Welcome to Social Buzz, a daily column looking at what’s trending on social media platforms. I’m Caitlin Fichtel, an editor on Bloomberg’s Breaking News team, which monitors everything from company statements to tweets from some of the most prominent people in the financial world. Here’s your daily look at what the internet is talking about.
(Bloomberg) — Welcome to Social Buzz, a daily column looking at what’s trending on social media platforms. I’m Caitlin Fichtel, an editor on Bloomberg’s Breaking News team, which monitors everything from company statements to tweets from some of the most prominent people in the financial world. Here’s your daily look at what the internet is talking about.
Tony Awards Will Go On
The Tony Awards will go ahead as planned after the striking screenwriters’ union said they would not picket the show, The New York Times reported. It will proceed in an altered form that conforms with “specific requests” from the Writers Guild of America.
Driving Dog
A man in Colorado tried to switch places with his dog after he was pulled over for speeding in order to avoid being arrested, AP reported. The man said he was not behind the wheel when the officer approached the vehicle and showed signs of being drunk.
Musk Subpoenaed
Elon Musk was issued a subpoena by the US Virgin Islands in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co. of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking. The US territory said in court papers it had reason to believe Epstein may have referred or attempted to refer Musk to JPMorgan as a client. Several other billionaires, including the Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have also been issued subpoenas by the USVI. Musk addressed the issue on Twitter in a response to a posted article, calling it “idiotic.”
Chocolate Milk Ban
The US Department of Agriculture is considering a ban on chocolate and strawberry milk in school cafeterias due to the drinks containing added sugars, The Wall Street Journal reported. However, proponents of the drinks say removing it will lead to children drinking less milk.
OpenAI CEO to Testify
OpenAI Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman plans to tell Congress that artificial intelligence technology is becoming so powerful that the US and other governments should consider imposing regulation on products “above a crucial threshold of capabilities.” Altman, who will testify for the first time since OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded in popularity, plans to say that artificial intelligence companies should be subjected to a “combination of licensing or registration requirements” for the release of advanced models, according to his prepared remarks, which don’t specify what that threshold would look like.
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–With assistance from Bob Van Voris, Anna Edgerton, Rachel Metz and Melissa Shadrick.
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