Get your invite request in soon -- we've have a record level of interest in Axios' first AI+ Summit in #NYC , coming to you June 5 ⤵️

Excited to announce our next AI+ Summit will be June 5 in New York as part of #techweek . And thrilled to be co-hosting with my fabulous partner in crime Ryan Heath. More details soon…

⤵️ Highly recommended AI event

What do you think of the idea of AI as critical infrastructure -- and does it need a new New Deal? Chris Lehane makes the pitch to me in his first interview as OpenAI vice president of public works. ⤵️ on ⁦Axios⁩ axios.com/newsletters/ax…

TikTok not going anywhere before the election (unless they decide they want to divest ASAP).
Good context on coming 1st amendment lawsuit, timeline, and other potential moves from Stef Kight Ashley Gold Dan Primack Justin Green
axios.com/2024/04/23/tik…

Corporate boards are often risk averse and move at a glacial pace -- but AI is starting to change that at some companies axios.com/2024/04/23/ai-…

There are growing efforts in medicine to correct a major blind spot: women’s pain. axios.com/2024/04/22/wom… Tina Reed

In what is being called a 'monumental' and 'historic' win for local news, New York lawmakers have approved $90 million worth of payroll tax credits over the next three years to hire local journalists as part of the state's 2025 budget.
axios.com/2024/04/21/ny-…

Her investigations were not welcome in Modi’s India, so neither was she smh.com.au/world/asia/her…

' any great power that spends more on debt service (interest payments on the national debt) than on defense will not stay great for very long
... about to be put to the test by US this year, when net interest outlays will be 3.1% GDP, defense spending 3.0% niallferguson.com

i asked SARAH, the World Health Organization's new AI chatbot, for medical help near me, and it provided an entirely fabricated list of clinics/hospitals in SF. fake addresses, fake phone numbers.
check out Jessica Nix's take on SARAH here:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

1. Why not release this information at the time, who really benefits from the lack of transparency and secrecy?

2. What happened to strict liability? Whether someone benefits or not, surely at this scale it proves it’s systematic?

So disappointing from WADA.

Safe spaces election via Mike Allen axios.com/2024/04/20/bid…

Meta releases new compact #Llama3 AI models, and updates AI assistant axios.com/2024/04/18/met…

This is clearly Draghi's pitch for the European Council. As you'd expect, it's a good one. Will EU leaders make the right substantive decision and send him to Brussels to replace Charles Michel?

geopolitique.eu/en/2024/04/16/…

Some Chips Act thoughts…🧵

600 firms want a slice of a $39b grant pool. With Micron’s $6.1b award next week, almost 85% of that money will be spoken for — vast majority going to four companies that’ll produce advanced chips

Here’s what’s been announced (or legislated) so far:

News from #TED2024 Bezos Earth Fund announces it is committing $100 million for a grand challenge to apply AI to real world challenges in nature and climate, CEO Andrew Steer announced

Finally, a Pringles holster for your Crocs axios.com/2024/04/16/pri…