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Sam's Checkmate: How Open Source AI and Silicon Valley Kingmakers dethroned the OpenAI emperor! Plus, Tesla's API Apocalypse has arrived.

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• Tesla Is Screwing Over Dozens Of App Developers — Tesla is preparing to begin charging software developers to access the Application Programming Interface for its cars—something used by just about every third-party dev that builds software that integrates with Tesla's vehicles.
• Donald Trump Names David Sacks as White House AI and Crypto Czar — Intelligence and Cryptocurrency, two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness. David will focus on making America the clear global leader in both areas,”
• E129: Sam Altman plays chess with regulators, AI's "nuclear" potential, big pharma bundling & more - YouTube
• OpenAI launches a new $200 monthly subscription and an updated model — The company is also introducing ChatGPT Pro, a new $200 monthly subscription tier that includes unlimited access to OpenAI o1, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice mode. It also includes a version of o1, exclusive to Pro users, that uses more compute to provide the best possible answer to the hardest problems (called o1 pro mode).
• Introducing ChatGPT Pro — ChatGPT Pro provides a way for researchers, engineers, and other individuals who use research-grade intelligence daily to accelerate their productivity and be at the cutting edge of advancements in AI.
• OpenAI explores advertising as it steps up revenue drive — OpenAI is discussing plans to introduce advertising to its artificial intelligence products, as the ChatGPT maker seeks new revenue sources as it restructures as a for-profit company.
• AI startups snatch San Francisco offices, use Zoom fatigue to recruit — “In-person teams have a magic to them,” Tratar said. “When one thing is going well it adds energy to the system and people get excited.”