What I'm Reading - 7/27/25

It was lovely to see many of you at TrustCon and the National Realtors Government Affairs Directors Conference in Charleston.

After a few months on the road, I am finally staying put for a bit. I don’t have any travel at the moment until September, which I’m looking forward to. The primary goal for this time is to complete a solid draft of my book. And, spend some quality time in the pool.

Have a great Sunday!

What I’m Reading

AI Developments

1. Axios: Altman plans D.C. push to "democratize" AI economic benefits

2. The White House: America's Ai Action Plan

3. The White House: Promoting The Export of the American AI Technology Stack

4. The White House: Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure

5. The White House: Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government

6. TechCrunch: YouTube Shorts is adding an image-to-video AI tool, new AI effects

Stories About Specific Countries

1. CNBC: YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

2. European Commission: Explanatory Notice and Template for the Public Summary of Training Content for general-purpose AI models | Shaping Europe’s digital future

3. Meta Newsroom: Ending Political, Electoral and Social Issue Advertising in the EU in Response to Incoming European Regulation

Political & Social Commentary

1. The New York Times: How a Video Studio Embraced A.I. and Stormed the Internet

2. Stratechery: Content and Community

3. Silver Bulletin: Why Colbert got canceled

4. Big Technology: Condoleezza Rice: Pulling University Funding Threatens U.S. Tech Dominance

5. Trust & Safety Professional Association: T&S Professionals Global Compensation Report

6. Internet Exchange: If It Breaks Wikipedia, It’s Probably Bad Policy

7. CNN Business: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of an AI ‘fraud crisis’

8. Pew Research: Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results

9. Inner Loop: The GOP's message for tech billionaires

10. Bruce Mehlman’s Age of Disruption: Six-Chart Sunday – New Realities

11. On Substack: The Substack AI Report - by Arielle Swedback

12. Axios: What news sources AI chat bots read

13. Generative Pulse by Muck Rack: Own Your Brand’s AI Footprint

14. Project C: Top 50 Creator-Model Journalists

15. WIRED: Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

16. 📰🤖by Matt Karolian: Can The Washington Post Make It Without Their "TikTok Guy" Dave Jorgenson?

17. The New York Times: Can The Washington Post’s TikTok Guy Make It Without The Post?

18. Echelon Insights; 2025 Political Tribes

19. Semafor: How Cory Booker convinced his party to get extremely online

20. The New York Times: How Is Joe Budden’s Podcast Network on Track to Make $20 Million This Year?

21. The New York Times: Who Is Watching All These Podcasts?

Legal & Regulatory

1. Axios: Exclusive: Hawley and Blumenthal introduce AI protection bill

Company Announcements

1. OpenAI: AI as the greatest source of empowerment for all

2. OpenAI: OpenAI and UK Government announce strategic partnership to deliver AI-driven growth

3. Google: Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page

4. ROOST: ROOST Announces “Coop” and “Osprey”: Free, Open-Source Trust and Safety Infrastructure for the AI Era

5. New Democrat Coalition: New Democrat Coalition Innovation Agenda

6. House Judiciary Committee Republicans: The Foreign Censorship Threat: How the European Union’s Digital Services Act Compels Global Censorship and Infringes on American Free Speech | Report