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Trump, the "Ultimate Influencer," Reverses on TikTok

Episode Summary

Josh and Lauren are (finally!) reunited on today's ep, in which we lead with Trump's lengthy Bloomberg interview in which he seems to voice support for TikTok, against the grain of a bipartisan effort to push the app out of Chinese hands. Elsewhere, big tech scraped YouTube videos to build AI models, and we briefly discuss the rise and fall of certain creator conferences.

Episode Notes

Here's what we covered today:

• Is TikTok pushing young voters towards the far-right? - Tubefilter
• Trump Interview: His Plan for Taxes, Tariffs, Jerome Powell, More
• TikTok Loses in First Challenge to EU’s Big Tech Crackdown - Bloomberg
• The 18-Year-Old High Schooler Behind the RNC’s Creator Strategy — The Information
• Here's why VidSummit is going to be bigger than ever this year - Tubefilter
• Apple, Anthropic, and other companies used YouTube videos to train AI - The Verge
• MrBeast's latest vid: 50 YouTubers Fight For $1,000,000