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TechCrunch Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into 'god mode' with latest AI post Sam Altman, the CEO of the AI startup headed for a $150 billion valuation, OpenAI, has historically pitched AI as the solution to the world's problems, despite its significant impact on energy resources, carbon emissions, and water usage to cool data centers, coming at the cost of the progress the world has made toward combating climate change. Far from being an occasionally helpful alternative to a Google search or a homework helper, AI, as Altman presents, will change humanity's progress — for the better, naturally. Through rose-tinted contacts, Altman pitches the numerous ways he believes AI will save the world.

First TikTok, now smart cars: How Biden's new proposed ban will affect US automakers The White House issued a long-anticipated proposal Monday that would ban Chinese smart cars because internet-connected vehicles pose a national security risk. The proposal, made amid an escalating trade war, could affect U.S. automakers and suppliers that rely on certain hardware to enable connected vehicle systems. "This is both strategic political theater designed to head off an issue before it fully metastasizes, and it's also likely to have an impact on companies operating today," Avery Ash, senior vice president of government relations at SAFE, a national security focused think tank, told TechCrunch.

YouTube tests a new way for creators to avoid takedowns YouTube is now testing a new feature that will let creators edit their videos to remove age restrictions and restore videos that had been impacted due to certain Community Guidelines violations. Until now, if a video received an age restriction label or was removed for breaking YouTube's Community Guidelines, creators had to go through an appeal process and wait for the result. Creators could only appeal once, and there was no recourse but to accept the result.

Announcing our next wave of Startup Battlefield judges at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Startup Battlefield 200 is a major highlight at every Disrupt, and we're thrilled to find out which of the thousands of startup applicants will get the chance to pitch to top-tier VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024. Join us at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28–30 to witness the epic showdown where every contender is set to make a significant impact. Get an insider's view of what the judges look for in a viable company as they provide detailed feedback on their evaluation criteria.

Yahoo Finance Revisiting Fed Chair Powell's remarks on immigrants in Springfield, Ohio — and their impact on the economy Jerome Powell is unlikely to weigh in on baseless charges of Haitian immigrant pet eating this week but the Fed chair has already weighed in on the town at the center of it all: Springfield, Ohio.

Yahoo Sports Week 2 preview: Burning questions, matchups to watch and 'Make or Break' starts | Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Welcome to our weekend preview show where we get you ready with everything you need to know heading into Sunday and Monday's action. Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to share 3 burning fantasy questions he wants answered in Week 2. Behrens also shares the three matchups he has his eye on in Week 2 that will have the most fantasy ramifications.

Yahoo TV In a night full of performances (and a few award wins), there was a lot going on that didn't make the TV broadcast.

Google's GenAI facing privacy risk assessment scrutiny in Europe Google's lead privacy regulator in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether it has complied with the bloc's data protection laws in relation to use of people's information for training generative AI. Specifically it's looking into whether the tech giant needed to carry out a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) in order to proactively consider the risks its AI technologies might pose to the rights and freedoms of individuals whose information was used to train the models. Generative AI tools are infamous for producing plausible-sounding falsehoods.

Apple punts on AI It was reasonable to expect that Apple would do with AI what it has done before with so many features and apps: wait, take notes, and then redefine. Tim Cook told us at the outset of Monday's "Glowtime" event that Apple Intelligence's "breakthrough capabilities" will have "an incredible impact." Craig Federighi said it will "transform so much of what you do with your iPhone."