AI safety bill driven by fears Trump would reverse efforts to rein in technology: California’s latest AI safety bill is driven by fears that another Donald Trump presidency would overturn federal efforts to rein in the technology — and it’s backed by people connected to a potential Trump ally: Elon Musk. Semafor

+ “If [Trump] does take a very strong anti-AI safety stance, it will obviously make things difficult and it maybe makes sense not to ally with [him].” -- Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center for AI Safety

AI is a green curse as well as a blessing: The amount of energy used by data centres is staggering. John Thornhill

+ Goldman Sachs estimates that AI investment could reach as high as $200 billion globally by 2025.

Here’s why AI probably isn’t coming for your job anytime soon: A chief data officer explains why AI still has a long way to go before it can compete with human creativity or judgment. FC

The war for AI talent is heating up: Big tech firms scramble to fill gaps as brain drain sets in. Economist

Hollywood’s take on AI: Either AI will serve the creative class, or it will serve AI. Noema

Instagram is training AI on your data. It’s nearly impossible to opt out: FC reports creators are training Instagram’s AI against their will, because Meta is using deceptive UX to keep them doing it.

Google’s AI overview search results copied my original work: Google’s AI feature bumped my article down on the results page, but the new AI Overview at the top still referenced it. What gives? Wired

Bloomberg: Apple’s AI push sets stage for everything from glasses to robots

Hey, Siri! Let’s talk about how Apple is giving you an AI makeover. Apple, a latecomer to artificial intelligence, has struck a deal with OpenAI and developed tools to improve its Siri voice assistant, which it is set to showcase on Monday. NYT

Mapping AI’s rapid advance: Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt weighs in on where AI is headed, when to “pull the plug” and how to cope with China. Noema

Nvidia’s new sales booster: The global push for national AI champions: To control their artificial-intelligence destinies amid US and Chinese tech dominance, countries are building their own computing infrastructure. WSJ

AI used to predict potential new antibiotics in groundbreaking study: Scientists used an algorithm to mine ‘the entirety of the microbial diversity’ on Earth, speeding up antibiotic resistance research. Guardian

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc