Issue #31
Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement approved, plus a White House rift over Chinese AI
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Today covers the approval of Anthropic's copyright settlement, a White House divide over Chinese AI models, and the resignation of the administration's latest AI czar. We also look at Google's new AI chip, YouTube's updated policies on AI-generated content, and changes to a widely used AI protocol.
1 of 7 · TechCrunch AI
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved
A judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement, resolving claims tied to the company's use of copyrighted works. The settlement ends this case but leaves unresolved the wider legal question of using copyrighted material to train AI models.
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China’s AI models have Trump’s AI world at war with itself
Advisors and former advisors to President Trump on AI publicly criticized leading US AI companies over the weekend, including comments from David Sacks, the administration's former AI and crypto czar. The disputes center on how the US should respond to competition from China's AI models.
Read the full story →3 of 7 · MIT Technology Review
The Download: Chinese AI divides the White House, and a record copyright payout
The Trump administration's advisers on AI are publicly split over how to respond to China's leading AI models. Separately, a record copyright payout was reported in a case related to AI. Note: The provided content is truncated and lacks specifics on the copyright payout (amount, parties, or ruling). A more accurate summary would require the full text of that story.
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Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient
Alphabet is reportedly developing a new AI chip aimed at improving the efficiency of its Gemini models. The effort could reduce the computing costs associated with running the company's AI systems.
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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned
The director position at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation has seen repeated turnover following David Sacks's departure from the czar role. The most recent director has resigned, continuing the instability in the position.
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YouTube clarifies policies around AI slop and upsetting videos
YouTube revised its monetization policies to more clearly specify which AI-generated and low-quality videos are ineligible for ad revenue. The update clarifies existing rules around mass-produced and repetitive content.
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AI’s most important protocol is getting a little bit easier to use
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol is adopting a stateless approach to server-side session IDs, aligning it more closely with how standard websites operate. The change is intended to make the protocol simpler to implement.
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