Lauren Edmonds / Business Insider:
Sam Altman says Elon Musk's idea of putting data centers in space is ‘ridiculous’  — Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch satellites that act as data centers into space.  — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said placing data centers in space isn't feasible right now.  — He called the idea “ridiculous” during an event in New Delhi.

Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
Trump calls on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or face “consequences,” after she said corporations that “take a knee” to Trump would be held accountable  —  Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences,” …

Josh Sisco / Bloomberg:
Sources: DOJ's review of Netflix's WBD takeover examines whether Netflix wields anticompetitive leverage over creators in violation of Clayton and Sherman Acts  —  The Justice Department's investigation of Netflix Inc.'s proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. includes scrutiny …

AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo:
Sam Altman says there is some “AI washing”, where companies blame AI for layoffs that they would otherwise do, alongside “real displacement by AI” of some jobs  —  Hold up, let him cook.  —  Sam Altman is starting to get the sneaking suspicion that companies might …

Russell Brandom / TechCrunch:
Open source projects like VLC and Blender are seeing a decline in the average quality of contributions, likely as AI coding tools lower barriers to entry  —  A world that runs on increasingly powerful AI coding tools is one where software creation is cheap — or so the thinking goes …