This Week in Tech 1042: Well Played Astronomer

• OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August


• Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation


• UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation


• Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok


• Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out


• FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report


• Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial


• Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day


• A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups


• People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online


• Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories


• AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More


• Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission


• DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban


• FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger


• Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal


• Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59


• Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Molly White, Janko Roettgers, and Jacob Ward

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