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Users Exploit AI Chatbots to Create Nonconsensual Deepfakes of Women in Bikinis, OpenAI Calls Prompt Injection 'Persistent and Possibly Unavoidable' Security Risk, and Alphabet announced its plan to acquire clean energy developer Intersect for $4.75 billion.Link to Show Notes

Paramount Skydance amends hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, Italy’s AGCM fines Apple €98.6 million over App Tracking Transparency, Nvidia plans to ship its H200 AI chips to China by mid-February. Show Notes

Google sues SerpApi, Chrome and Edge browser extensions secretly collect and sell AI chatbot conversations, Starlink satellite explodes. Show Notes

OpenAI Seeks $100 Billion Funding Round, Eyeing $830 Billion Valuation, Meta Launches Superintelligence Labs to Reorganize AI Efforts, and LG Allows TV Owners to Remove Copilot Icon.Link to Show Notes

Shenzhen scientists develop EUV lithography prototype, the FTC probes Instacart's AI pricing tool, and Apple is modifying its iOS app store policies in Japan.Link to Show Notes

Netflix announced a partnership with iHeartMedia for exclusive rights to air at least 15 video podcasts, X defends claims it abandoned the Twitter trademark, and Instagram tests Instagram for TV through Fire TV devices in the US. Check out the show notes here.

PayPal files to become a bank in the U.S., the U.S. has paused the "$40 billion Technology Prosperity Deal" with Britain, and Ford shifts away from large EVs.Link to Show Notes

Robot vacuum maker iRobot files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Starlink reports a near-miss collision with newly launched Chinese satellite, and Amazon rolls out AI-feature 'Ask This Book' with no way for authors to opt-out. Check out the show notes here.

YouTube embraces payouts in PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, Apple’s foldable phone expected to boost Samsung profits, Amazon pulls AI recap video for Fallout S1. Show Notes