02:41 In his newsletter, LA Times reporter Matt Pierce writes, in the big picture, for a journalist, this is just a different variation of the post hyperlink AI driven business model that Meta and Google are already building towards. 1 in which the world's Internet users park in one spot, look at ads, and are passively served free content via an algorithm. Canada just got there a little earlier than the rest of us. Speaking of the AI future, chip manufacturer NVIDIA's stock plunged mid April, signaling to some a lack of confidence in the future of artificial intelligence technology, or at the very least, that the growth expectations for the corporations producing its technological backing are simply too big to beat. Quote, while companies are investing heavily to build AI powered chatbots, not all of their experiments are boosting revenue and productivity, writes Peter Cohen for Forbes.
01:14 Quote, there is no more capitalistic entity than an organization controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. They are going to sell it, says senator Tim Kaine. One person looking to make the purchase, Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, who says the app's algorithm would have to be completely rebuilt within the US to adhere to privacy regulations, and so he is seeking a, quote, AI partner to do so. TikTok, for its part, has called the ban unconstitutional and plans to challenge it in court. Google search has started blocking access to news for certain users in California as the state threatens to pass a law which would require the tech giant to pay news outlets for the ads they place next to links to their news stories.