Elon’s $1T Deal

Elon’s $1T payday… nice deal if you can get it. The lawsuits against OpenAI are exploding. The new Grand Theft Auto gets delayed (again). Now the Texas Attorney General is going after Roblox. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

• Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package (WSJ)
• Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions (NYTimes)
• ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026 (Bloomberg)
• Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases its second AI update in four months as China’s AI race heats up (CNBC)
• Texas sues Roblox for 'putting paedophiles and profits' over safety (BBC)
• 'It's organized crime': TikTok Shop says it's fighting a new wave of AI scammers (Business Insider)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time (MIT Technology Review)

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