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  • Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws

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  • Can you imagine raising a kid without ChatGPT? Sam Altman can’t | Arwa Mahdawi

    The OpenAI CEO gushed about the bot’s parental-assistance abilities. Is it really his best child-rearing hack?Just how does he do it all? Every time I look at the news, Sam Altman’s face seems to be staring back at me. The CEO of OpenAI, a well-known workaholic, is constantly in the public eye explaining how AI will probably cure cancer and transform the social contract and generally change the world. While doing all that he’s reportedly gearing up for OpenAI to file for a stoc
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  • The Guide #221: Endless ticket queues, AI slop and ALL CAPS agony

    In this week’s newsletter: It was ​12 months of megamergers, manufactured musicians and thrillers stretched thinner than a streamer’s budget​. Join me for some cathartic moaning• Don’t get The Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt’s time for a big old moan. Next week’s newsletter will be a roundup of our favourite culture of the year, a bit of an annual Guide tradition by now, and something that’s great fun to put together.But do you k