- Elon Musk's xAI, with backing from the Trump administration, is arguing in court that only the president may enforce federal laws, a claim that would gut the ability of citizens to sue.
- The dispatch explains that permitting rules function mainly as shelter from lawsuits, so loosening them without also limiting litigation leaves builders facing more legal exposure and uncertainty.
- Gas turbines at SpaceX's Memphis data center keep running because the administration tells courts the site supports the Department of War and is vital to national security.
- A Bloomberg op-ed claims China's lead in AI video generation, driven by demand for microdramas, sets it up to lead in world models and then in general-purpose robots.
- The dispatch is skeptical: ChatGPT and Claude already train on images as well as text, and U.S. labs stepped back from video, with OpenAI discontinuing Sora in March, to focus on models that speed up AI research.
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By Mitchell Howe
AI pressures threaten citizen suits, and microdramas fund video models
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