CNN: Elon Musk’s AI photo tool is generating realistic, fake images of Trump, Harris, and Biden

See how AI detection works, and fails, to catch election deepfakes WP

Crypto Democrats rally behind Harris campaign in push for policy revamp: Reuters reports billionaire Mark Cuban, Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci and congressman Adam Schiff were among a group of cryptocurrency advocates who called on Kamala Harris to reset the Democratic party's policy on digital assets ahead of the November election.

Kamala Harris should not cave to overtures from the crypto crowd: Industry lobby groups are seeking the lighter touch of the CFTC regulation rather than SEC oversight. Dennis Kelleher

Crypto: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer aims to get cryptocurrency rules in the US passed into law this year.

California’s AI safety bill is a mask-off moment for the industry: AI’s top industrialists say they want regulation—until someone tries to regulate them. The Nation

AP: Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and stories

Nvidia scraped millions of YouTube videos without the consent of creators to train and develop its AI model that generates video content, according to a new federal lawsuit.

Google’s antitrust defeat could shape AI markets: Court ruling on search could prevent companies from dominating newer markets. Richard Waters

Google’s AI search gives sites dire choice: Share data or die: Bloomberg reports publishers say blocking the company’s AI bot could also prevent their sites from showing up in search.

Eric Schmidt walks back claim Google is behind on AI because of remote work: Ex-Google CEO had said the tech company’s work-life balance was ‘more important than winning.’ WSJ

Sahara AI, a startup co-founded by a University of Southern California associate professor, has raised $43 million as it seeks to address thorny copyright and privacy issues surrounding artificial intelligence technology.

Lenovo is the latest company to get an AI boost to earnings.

Apple pushes ahead with a tabletop robot.

Musk’s ‘fun’ AI image chatbot serves up Nazi Mickey Mouse and Taylor Swift deepfakes: Guardian reports Grok doesn’t reject prompts depicting violent and explicit content as X owner calls it ‘the most fun AI in the world!’

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc