Le Monde: Trump joins TikTok, app he once tried to ban

‘Little Tech’ sets its sights on Washington: Venture capital firms are bringing San Francisco’s startup culture to Washington as they try to tip the regulatory scales away from giants in the sector. They’re finding some strange bedfellows in the process. Politico

WTF is AI? TC

The AI revolution is already losing steam: The pace of innovation in AI is slowing, its usefulness is limited, and the cost of running it remains exorbitant. Christopher Mims

AI fake nudes are now a frightening reality for teens: Girls portrayed in AI-generated nude images can still face bullying and judgment, even when everyone knows the pics are fake, teens say. WSJ

You think you know how misinformation spreads? Welcome to the hellhole of programmatic advertising: The internet is a cesspool of misinformation, and the biggest blue-chip brands and their ad agencies are the ones funding it—by stuffing money into a Rube Goldberg machine no one really understands. Wired

Google scales back AI search answers after it told users to eat glue: WP reports the tech giant put AI-generated answers at the top of search results for most people in the United States two weeks ago.

Sam Altman says OpenAI doesn’t fully understand how GPT works despite rapid progress: "We don’t understand what’s happening in your brain at a neuron-by-neuron level, and yet we know you can follow some rules and can ask you to explain why you think something," Altman said at an A.I. conference today. Observer

Sam Altman was down and out at OpenAI. Now he’s taking on Google: The king of AI was sacked by his start-up – only to retake power and strike deals that could end in an all-conquering partnership with Apple. The Times

The new ChatGPT offers a lesson in AI hype: OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has much to prove. NYT

Klarna marketing chief says AI is helping it become ‘brutally efficient’: WSJ reports David Sandstrom explains how artificial intelligence is helping the Sweden-based financial technology company do more in less time.

Nikkei: Jensen Huang hints Nvidia is aiming for new AI chip every year

Nvidia unveils next generation of AI chips in bid to entrench market lead: FT reports the Silicon Valley chipmaker seeks to accelerate pace of development with new ‘Rubin’ processors.

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc