Rocky week for AI as shares slump but no sign of crash – yet
AI industry shares experienced a rocky week with declines but no signs of a crash. California proposes a billionaire tax that is shifting the governor's political stance. Other stories include UK social media ban for under-16s, OpenAI delaying model release per Trump administration request, Meta pausing employee tracker for AI training over privacy concerns, and redesign of US government websites stoking surveillance fears.
The markets are souring on artificial intelligence, but is this the bubble being burst? Meanwhile, California proposes a tax on billionaires
Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after fending off sunburns at the beach. Today, we’re discussing a rocky week for the AI industry’s finances and how California’s proposed billionaire’s tax is changing the political posture of the state’s governor.
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