Some surprising data is coming out showing that there's a growing wave of hostility towards AI in the US, but we're not seeing the same things in Europe. What's happening and what could this mean politically?

There's been a TON of news in December, so we're finishing the year with an epic newsbag and assigning every story a place on the Naughty or Nice Lists. 

People are using AI for all kinds of things, but how is it being used in performance reviews and what should people watch for?

Also, ten European banks have banded together to launch a new European stablecoin. What is it, and what does it mean?

Today we're looking at some big and controversial changes being proposed to the EU's landmark privacy law GDPR. We're also going to look at what some call Google Zero - when people are no longer clicking on external links when they do searches. Is this the end of the internet?

This week: We look at the arguments for why we might be in an AI bubble as well as take a look at the war on Wikipedia and Elon's new alternative Grokpedia. 

Two key topics this week!

Big changes to the US H1B visa could be hurting US tech companies and providing recruitment opportunities for European businesses. 

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European regulations on political ads are causing Meta to just take its ball and go home. What could this mean for elections and public policy?

ASLM has announced a big investment in MistralAI. Who are these companies and what does this investment mean?

Also, LinkedIn might be raising prices, but, strangely, it's very hard to figure out if this is even true. 

We're seeing more reports of people having mental health crises after using AI chatbots. What's the news, what's the science, and what are different companies doing about it?

Everyone knows Spotify, and their cultural impact is massive, but how big are they and what does their future look like?

This week we've got a newsbag looking into ads on WhatsApp, early research from MIT on how using ChatGPT seems to make you dumb, a new fast fashion ban, and new anti-deepfake laws in Denmark.