Wed. 03/05 – Digg Is Back!
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
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Elon can’t stop OpenAI, but the case will go on. Trump wants to stop the Chips Act immediately. Apple released more new Macs today. If you can believe it, Digg is back! They’re coming for Reddit! And the AI chatbot that might have passed the uncanny valley when it comes to AI generated speech.
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- Musk’s Fight With OpenAI Set for Expedited Trial This Year (Bloomberg)
- Trump Calls for End to $52 Billion Chips Act Subsidy Program (Bloomberg)
- Apple launches new Mac Studios with M4 Max and M3 Ultra chips (The Verge)
- Digg is coming back, thanks to its founder — and Reddit’s (The Verge)
- Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Says SEC Closing Investigation in 'Huge Win' for NFT Sector (Decrypt)
- Google Urges Trump DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company (Bloomberg)
- Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online (ArsTechnica)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the TechMeme right home for Wednesday, March 5th, 2025. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Brian McCullough today. |
| 0:08.5 | Elon can't stop Open AI, but the case will go on. |
| 0:11.6 | Trump wants to stop the Chips Act immediately. |
| 0:14.3 | Apple releases more new Macs today. |
| 0:16.7 | If you can believe it, Dig is back. |
| 0:18.6 | They're coming for Reddit. |
| 0:19.9 | And the AI chatbot that might have |
| 0:21.7 | passed the uncanny valley when it comes to AI generated speech. Here's what you miss today in the world of |
| 0:26.8 | tech. A US judge has denied Elon Musk's effort to halt Open AI's for-profit shift, saying Elon failed to meet |
| 0:38.7 | the burden of proof. But the judge did let other aspects of the suit proceed, quoting Bloomberg. |
| 0:44.6 | U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers wrote in her order that she wants to resolve Musk's claims |
| 0:49.6 | quickly, given, quote, the public interest at stake and potential for harm if a conversion contrary to law |
| 0:55.2 | occurred, Rogers said, she will hold an expedited trial solely on the core claim that OpenAI's |
| 1:01.0 | conversion plan is unlawful and, quote, potentially the interrelated contract-based claims, end quote. |
| 1:07.2 | The timing is significant because Open AI is already in talks to win approval for its conversion from officials in Delaware and California, a process that's expected to be complex. |
| 1:16.2 | We're pleased the court has offered an expedited trial on the core claims driving this case, which, in its words, present urgent issues in the public's interest. |
| 1:24.6 | Mark Toberoff, Musk's lawyer said in an email, we intend to accept the court's |
| 1:28.7 | offer, end quote. So this sort of seems like an initial setback for Elon's efforts. |
| 1:34.0 | Open AI is not immediately frozen in its tracks, but given that we have been told the earliest |
| 1:39.6 | this trial would happen, would be late 2026 or 2027 even. The fact that this is getting expedited is probably |
| 1:45.7 | positive for Elon. He'll have his day in court, and sooner rather than later. |
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