AI's Wild West: Boom, Bust, and Ethical Minefield.

"It is not things themselves that disturb men, but their judgments about these things." - Epictetus

⚡ Tech News

• Meta Plans Fourth Restructuring of AI Efforts in Six Months - Theinformation.com
• While AI wipes out entry level roles, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it’s actually ‘the most exciting time to be starting out one’s career’ - Fortune
• The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. - Quanta Magazine
• Powerful new AI models knock the wind out of European adopter stocks - Reuters
• Top exec reveals the ‘stupidest thing’ companies adopting AI can do - CNN
• OAN’s Matt Gaetz apologizes for using AI-generated fakes of women soldiers in female military recruitment segment - The Independent
• Tell Google's new AI tool about your travel needs and it'll find flight deals for you now - ZDNET
• Meta AI Bot Child Investigation - Cnbc.com
• Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children - The Guardian
• A Trump-favored MAGA network praised an increase in women soldiers. Its images were fake - CNN
• Roblox Shares Plunge After Louisiana AG Files Suit - Bloomberg.com
• We are gen Z – and AI is our future. Will that be good or bad? - The Guardian
• Roblox Extends Policy on Romantic and Sexual Content - Corp.roblox.com
• Trump’s Favorite TV Network Caught Using AI Deepfakes of Soldiers - The Daily Beast
• Google’s new Flight Deals uses Gemini AI to turn casual travel ideas into personalized flight options - TechRadar
• Flight Deals is our new, AI-powered flight search tool - The Keyword
• A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home. - Reuters
• Zuckerberg Squandered His AI Talent - Forbes.com
• Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble - The Verge
• AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over - Fortune
• Is AI hitting a wall? - Financial Times
• Otter.ai Faces Class-Action Lawsuit - Npr.org
• Senior, 76, died while trying to meet Meta AI chatbot ‘Big sis Billie’ — which he thought was real woman living in NYC - New York Post

📈 Market News

• Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq notch weekly wins as slew of data muddies rate-cut path - Yahoo Finance
• S&P 500: $6,449.80 (-0.29%)
• Nikkei: ¥43,378.31 (+1.71%)