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February 3, 2025, 3:45 PM
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Musk Watch:
An OPM staffer believes a server Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not undergone a Privacy Impact Assessment  —  The Musk-connected political hires include two recent high school graduates  —  Several of Elon Musk's associates installed at the Office …
Rochelle Raveendran / CBC News:
In the wake of US tariffs on Canadian goods, the premiere of Ontario Doug Ford says he's “ripping up” the province's $100M Starlink contract  —  Musk part of President Donald Trump's team that wants to destroy families, Ford says  —  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is …
Evan Weinberger / Bloomberg Law:
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent ordered the CFPB to stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities; on X, Musk has called to “Delete CFPB”  —  Search by Topic  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside …
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
OpenAI debuts Deep Research, an AI agent for creating in-depth reports, available to $200/month ChatGPT Pro subscribers and limited to 100 queries per month  —  OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company's AI-powered chatbot platform.
Bloomberg:
Trump signs an executive action to form a sovereign wealth fund; Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says it may be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US  —  - Fund could be used as US facilitates TikTok sale, Lutnick says  — Bessent says fund will be created in the next 12 months
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
The Beatles' Now and Then, created using AI and an original 1970s lo-fi demo, won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys; McCartney and Starr completed it in 2021  —  The “Now and Then” track was released in 2023 after machine learning was used to clean up an old John Lennon demo.
Monique Mulima / Bloomberg:
MicroStrategy says it didn't buy any bitcoin in the prior week, ending 12 consecutive weekly purchases worth $20B+ starting in October 2024, and holds ~$44.7B  —  The purchases had coincided with a record-breaking rally in the digital currency that had been driven in part by Donald Trump's embrace …

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him

Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump says he supports subpoenaing reporters in leak probes and that reporters should be forced to reveal the source of the leaked SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe

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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
A profile of Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski, whose overblown statements about AI replacing humans point to a future that tech companies are working toward

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Hayden Field / CNBC:
SoftBank commits $3B annually for itself and its subsidiaries to use OpenAI's tech, and launches SB OpenAI Japan to market OpenAI's enterprise tech in Japan
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