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Former Meta Exec Nick Clegg: Artists’ Demands over AI Copyright Laws ‘Implausible,’ Would ‘Kill the Industry’

Former Meta executive Nick Clegg has claimed that requiring tech companies to ask permission before using copyrighted work to train AI systems is unworkable and would destroy the AI industry in the UK.
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Google Throws Money at Hollywood to Make Propaganda Supporting AI

Google is funding short films that portray AI in a more positive light, moving away from the doomsday narratives common in Hollywood science fiction. The big tech Masters of the Universe hope that giant piles of cash can solve AI's long-term PR problem.
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Elon Musk Threatens to Cripple America’s Space Capabilities to Spite Donald Trump

In a stunning escalation of the war of words between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump on Thursday, the SpaceX tycoon announced that the company would begin "decommissioning" its Dragon spacecraft "immediately," a threat to America's space launch capabilities fueled by his personal animosity for the President. Musk later walked back the threat.
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