About this episode

The episode discusses Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI for alleged trade secret theft and the implications of AI on policy and social media usage for children.

More than 200 economists and tech leaders signed a “We Must Act Now” letter encouraging policymakers to understand and address the AI moment, and the European Union is planning a ban of children under 13 from using social media with staged access as they get older. Starring Jason Howell and Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Merritt

Guests: Jason Howell, Robb Dunewood

Topics covered

• AI
• trade secrets
• social media
• policy
• economics

Keywords

• Apple
• OpenAI
• trade secrets
• AI policy
• social media ban
• economists
• tech leaders

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, OpenAI, European Union

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