Tic Toc's CEO testified before an overwhelmingly hostile House Committee on Thursday as his company hopes to fend off a potential US ban of the app. GOP Representative Kathy Morris came out blazing in our opening remarks: We do not trust Tic Toc will ever embrace American values. "I expect today you'll say anything to avoid this outcome," she told him. Mr Chu for his part largely dodged complicated questions but fired back with comparisons to American tech giants, including Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
Scott and Kara* dissect TikTok CEO Shou Chew’s testimony in the House as the app fends of a potential U.S. ban. And in A.I. news, Google released its chat bot, Bard, to the general public. Plus, President Trump is still a free man, the Fed has raised interest rates yet again, and Ford’s EV business is in the red. Then, a listener question about getting paid in stock.
*See what we did there?
You can listen to Kara’s interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman here.
For a deeper dive on the implications of the potential Trump indictment, check out Stay Tuned from friend of the show, Preet Bharara.
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