Likely in the next few weeks, a federal judge will decide if Donald Trump can become the first president to personally profit from selling early access to government information in his social media posts.
At a hearing Wednesday, Department of Justice civil attorney Brantley Mayers argued that there was no conflict whatsoever with Trump charging up to $100,000 monthly for instant API access to Truth Social posts that often break news from his administration.
Trump is the largest stakeholder and majority owner of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company that owns Truth Social, and the value of the API access comes largely from Trump’s role as president.
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Trump Media's planned Truth API is drawing regulatory scrutiny as lawmakers question whether premium access to market-moving Truth Social posts creates fairness concerns.
The post Why Trump Media’s New API Is Raising Questions on Capitol Hill appeared first on TechRepublic.
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Trump Media lance Truth API, un service payant qui livrera aux traders de Wall Street les posts de Truth Social en quelques millisecondes. Le président des États-Unis, actionnaire principal du groupe, monétise ainsi ses propres annonces auprès de marchés qu'il fait bouger lui-même.
Journalist and author Steven Rosenbaum has more reasons than most to distrust AI.
His new book, The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality, is all about "how Truth is being bent, blurred, and synthesized" thanks to the "pressure of fast-moving, profit-driven AI." Yet a New York Times investigation this week found what Rosenbaum now acknowledges are "a handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes" linked to his use of AI tools while researching the book.
These quotes include one that tech reporter Kara Swisher told the Times she "never said" and another that Northeastern University professor Lisa Feldman Barrett said "don’t appear in [my] book, and they are also wrong." Rosenbaum is now working with editors on what he says is a full "citation audit" that will correct future editions.
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