Trump's (Possible) Impact on Tech, NVIDIA Wins, and How the NYTimes uses GenAI
Tools and news from the world of artificial intelligence.
Morning y’all!
We’re halfway through the week! Humpday might be one of my more favorite days, after Friday of course.
I suppose the biggest news, of course, is that Trump won the election. This will definitely impact the tech industry and key players like Elon who may have a seat in the larger team of Trump. Who knows?! I’ve got a larger breakdown of what this might mean at the end of this issue.
NVIDIA is the largest company now.
Short and long form video, open source.
How the NYTimes is using GenAI.
A quarter of new code comes from AI for Google. Oh.
On-brand content via AI.
AI Agent revolution and what you should know (crypto).
AI image editor for Figma.
ScrapeGraphAI. Open source.
How to use Bolt to build web apps locally.
Tencent opens it’s new open source model.
Nifty is project management with AI.
And that’s it friends! Short and sweet (except for the bottom section). Have a great day! Be hopeful! We’re still here.
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— Summer
With Donald Trump's second administration, anti-Big Tech rhetoric will ramp up and champions of AI deregulation will dominate, but expect any policy positions to quickly shift depending on the president's whims.
The big picture: Trump often flip-flops and changes his mind, bringing uncertainty to the tech policy space for the next four years. Who has his ear — and when — will determine much of his time in the White House, rather than any stated policies.
Vice President-elect JD Vance does, however, bring along a more defined view of tech to the administration, embracing populism and skepticism of the Big Tech behemoths.
Here's what the Trump-Vance win could mean for tech policy.
AI regulation: Deregulation is the name of the game now. Talk of AI safety, risk mitigation and regulating the industry will be replaced by a focus on rolling back regulations to unleash the industry and compete with China.
The AI executive order is now a year old, and many of the instructions and reporting requirements are well underway, so any repeal effort would be largely moot. But the Trump administration could still remove the reporting requirements for companies with dual-use foundation models.
Expect much of the conversation on AI to revolve around national security, competition with Beijing and avoiding burdensome regulation, rather than implementing safety standards or guardrails.
One of Trump's most enthusiastic backers — Elon Musk — would have a lot to gain with a friendly White House as he raises billions for his xAI startup and navigates a host of government contracts and lawsuits.
Antitrust: Many of the Big Tech cases that continue today began under the first Trump administration.
Personnel picks will determine how aggressive the approach under the next administration will be, but both Trump and Vance have blasted Big Tech consolidation and power.
Section 230 and content moderation: Trump and Republicans frequently complained about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and accused social media companies of bias during and after his first stint in the White House.
Any overhaul of Section 230 will be hard to come by in light of recent Supreme Court cases around content moderation.
Trump could back off on all of that talk, as his Truth Social relies on Section 230 to operate.
But Section 230 makes Big Tech an easy target, and lawmakers on the Hill like to talk about repealing it.
TikTok: TikTok is now facing a ban in the U.S. if it doesn't divest from Chinese owner ByteDance, pending its court challenge.
Trump may have started the process that led TikTok to where it is today, but he's said on the campaign trail that he no longer wants to ban TikTok.
Privacy: The push to pass a federal privacy bill remains at a standstill after efforts blew up in the House.
If nothing shifts in the lame duck, expect a renewed effort from pro-business interests and advocacy groups for a federal standard next year. That would be the case no matter who ended up in the White House.
Regardless of how you feel, Trump is in the seat for the next 4 years.
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