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"It's largely a convenient boogeyman": former DOJ antitrust chief on AI and China
16 arguments: why he says the labs want permission to stop spending, what "robot jail" for AI agents would mean, and why the Apple case is still live
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Virginia senator: data centers should lose bonus depreciation until they meet standards
7 arguments: What he wants around energy, water and setbacks, why he says Chinese open models cost 10% and deliver 90%, and what Loudoun County actually…
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David Sacks: slow down if you want, but stop asking for antitrust waivers
7 arguments: Why he calls frontier AI a two-company duopoly, the Lina Khan statement he agrees with, and why he says the safety panic is a hoax timed to…
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Aidan Gomez: the evaluators being proposed share funders with Anthropic
5 calls: Why an antitrust exemption is the part he objects to, what he wants instead of a lab-written rulebook, and the argument he is making against…
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Sarah Frier: nothing has been slowed down, and the IPO is still coming
4 insights: Why the 3,800-word manifesto carries no concrete commitment, what Americans actually object to about AI, and the antitrust snag in the…
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Adam Conover: Hollywood gave YouTube 60% of television and didn't notice
15 arguments: Why he says an algorithm is a harder gatekeeper than CBS ever was, what one episode of his cable show cost, and why he gave back Sam…
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Harry First: The government asked to break up Google without naming a buyer
8 arguments: Why the Chrome case was always the weaker one, what a senior Justice Department official signaled about an appeal, and why Europe won't…
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Ben Fritz: 30 movies a year forces studios back into the riskiest kind of film
4 takeaways: Why blockbusters cannot fill a 30-film slate, what a low-budget original risks at the box office, and the pledge that won over AMC, Regal…
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John Cochrane: a light plane cost $80K in the 1970s and $800K now, on 1950s engines
13 takeaways: why he ranks 2% against 3.5% growth above climate change, the property right that gave the US fracking and Europe none, and what AI does…
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