Crypto Matures, AI Stretches the Rules, and YouTube Takes the Living Room

4 little bits of Tech, that you might find interesting…

Welcome to issue 5 of The Tech Stop.

What you need to know this week about Monopolies, Crypto, AI, and the New Attention Economy:

1. The UK plans to increase oversight of Google Search giving businesses and consumers more choice and control. More…

   POV: Expect things to go on as they are, unless the CMA makes it worse.

2. Crypto adoption is accelerating: Fiserv will connect thousands of banks to crypto via a stablecoin platform, the Fed is dropping “reputational risk”, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are factoring crypto into mortgages. Read more: Here, here and here…

   POV: Crypto is going to happen, whether you think it’s based on thin air or not.

3. Meta and Anthropic did not violate copyright by training AI, but still face lawsuits for training on pirated text without permission. More and more…

   POV: It’s ok to steal, and AI revolution will go-ahead until it implodes due to being unsustainable - or not.

4. YouTube is the most-watched content source in the USA. Meta and TikTok would like a piece of that! More…

   POV: Time to switch advertising budgets to YouTube?

And sometimes, we all need to just switch off and think about things bigger than us. Check out this Treasure Chest…

Thanks for reading, see you next time 🙌

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