This Week in Tech 964

AI Investing Trends, Taylor Swift Deepfakes

• 160-180k Apple Vision Pros sold 
• Ben Parr's 110+ Page Slide report I came out with on AI investing trends + predictions in 2023/2024 
• George Carlin AI Lawsuit: Estate Sues Creators Over Comedy Special 
• Nightshade, the tool that ‘poisons’ data, gives artists a fighting chance against AI 
• Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles 
• Taylor Swift explicit AI finally blocked on X after days 
• Tim Sweeney on Europe's new Digital Markets Act 
• iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find 
• N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says 
• Pokemon-like game has gone viral, 5m+ downloads in a week, lots of questions on copyright 
• Beeper’s push for iMessage on Android is really over 
• Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks

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Links

• Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
• Nightshade, the tool that ‘poisons’ data, gives artists a fighting chance against AI | TechCrunch
• George Carlin AI Lawsuit: Estate Sues Creators Over Comedy Special – The Hollywood Reporter
• Tim Sweeney on X: "Apple's plan to thwart Europe's new Digital Markets Act law is a devious new instance of Malicious Compliance."
• N.S.A. Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says - The New York Times
• iPhone Apps Secretly Harvest Data When They Send You Notifications, Researchers Find
• 110+ Page Slide report I came out with on AI investing trends + predictiosn in 2023/2024
• X Halts Taylor Swift Searches After Explicit AI Images Spread
• 160-180k Apple Vision Pros sold (is that enough to support a new ecosystem?)
• Building Under Regulation