Is TikTok US Only Worth $14B?

Maybe… the TikTok thing has finally reached a resolution. Again. Maybe Amazon owes us all some money. Maybe that Neon app from yesterday was a bad idea. OpenAI and Meta make some super interesting strategic AI moves. And, of course, The Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

• Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership (AP)
• TikTok Being Sold for a Song (Spyglass)
• Amazon agrees largest ever civil penalty in $2.5bn settlement with US regulators (Financial Times)
• Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts (TechCrunch)
• OpenAI really, really wants you to start your day with ChatGPT Pulse (The Verge)
• Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop (TechCrunch)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• AI isn't replacing radiologists (Works In Progress)
• HSBC claims quantum trading breakthrough (FT)

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