Google AI, Staking and SEC, Rihanna Shares Royalties With NFT +more

Microsoft using OpenAI in Bing search is big AI news. Disney had a big week and a pretty cool strategic play which diffused the proxy fight. How do these two correlate? OpenAI might be Microsofts version of Pixar ;)

This and more in this week's recap of news.

Week 06, Year 2023, Episode 44.

News Mentioned In Episode

• Google Announces Plans to Use Chatbot in Search
  
• Kraken Agreed to Shutter US Crypto-Staking Operations to Settle SEC Charges: Source
  
• Coinbase's CEO Cites 'Rumors' the SEC May Ban Crypto Staking for Retail Customers
  
• (These) NFTs Are Not Art: Judge Sides With Fashion Giant Hermès in MetaBirkins Case
  
• Binance to Suspend U.S. Dollar Bank Transfers
  
• Affirm Cuts 19% of Staff, Pulls the Plug on Crypto Service
  
• Here’s Why Artificial Intelligence Focused Cryptocurrencies Are Vastly Outperforming Bitcoin
  
• Inside Starbucks Odyssey
  
• New NFT Lets Rihanna Fans Make Money from Her Music, as Linkin Park Team Up with Web3 Artist
  
• The new 476-page Celsius Network investigation details all the red flags VCs and pension plans missed
  
• Fluke... or Sign of Life? CryptoPunk and Bored Ape Both Sell for $1M as NFT Values Rally
  
• Ex-Coinbase Manager Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading in Landmark Case
  
• Dell Joins Hedera Governing Council to Explore Developing Decentralized Applications
  
• Let Section 230 Stay
  

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