June 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

The Ad Industry Has No Intention of Letting AI Ruin the Party
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Gary Vaynerchuk, the internet marketer and hype man, has never met a trend he didn’t love. After pumping up crypto subcrazes such as web3 and NFTs, he’s now tinkering with generative artificial intelligence, testing tools to translate his podcasts and videos into every language automatically. He thinks the tech is legit. “It’s also disrupting all creative works. Like, I can write a hit song right now based on the last 500 hit songs,” he says, perched on a barstool, barefoot, aboard his corporate yacht parked at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in southern France. The Ad Industry Has No Intention of Letting AI Ruin the Party https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-27/generative-ai-steals-sho…

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Online Tribal Lender Gets Pause To Consider Arb. In RICO Suit
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Online Tribal Lender Gets Pause To Consider Arb. In RICO Suit By Ali Sullivan An Indiana resident accusing a tribal lending company of charging illegally high interest rates will have to wait to press his case after an Indiana federal judge on Tuesday paused the litigation to hash out the lender's bid to send the claims into individual arbitration. Order attached https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1693475?nl_pk=99a2a594-20ad-4b2f-a2…

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Warren Frets Yellen, Hsu 'Wrong' On Post-SVB Bank Mergers
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Warren Frets Yellen, Hsu 'Wrong' On Post-SVB Bank Mergers By Jon Hill U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called Tuesday for a check-in from top Biden administration regulators on where they stand with efforts to strengthen bank merger oversight, saying she's concerned that two of them have gone wobbly after the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and other regional lenders. Letter attached https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/1693562?nl_pk=8da16ff7-f140-…

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Wells Fargo Sued Again Over Alleged Diversity Hiring Sham
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Wells Fargo Sued Again Over Alleged Diversity Hiring Sham By Jeff Montgomery A Wells Fargo & Co. pension fund stockholder has hit the company with a Delaware Chancery Court suit for documents related to allegations that it used bogus interview records to obscure failures to meet hiring diversity obligations. https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1693449?nl_pk=55937051-a4cc-4230-8…

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New York Life Workers Seek Class Nod In 401(k) Suit
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

New York Life Workers Seek Class Nod In 401(k) Suit By Grace Elletson A group of current and former New York Life Insurance Co. workers asked for class status in their New York federal court lawsuit alleging the insurance giant retained underperforming proprietary investment funds in two retirement plans, arguing that their claims can be litigated in one fell swoop. Memorandum attached https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1693293?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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Ye Wants 'Life Of The Party' Copyright Suit Tossed
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Ye Wants 'Life Of The Party' Copyright Suit Tossed By Elaine Briseño The rapper formerly known as Kanye West on Tuesday pushed for dismissal of a New York federal lawsuit that accuses him and his music labels, UMG and Def Jam, of copyright violation for allegedly incorporating beats and melodies from the song "South Bronx" into a version of "Life of the Party." 2 documents attached https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/1693051?nl_pk=00e0f28d-575b-4889-8d…

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DOJ, Prof Spar Over Secret Jones Day VW Emissions Docs
by Gunnar Larson 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

DOJ, Prof Spar Over Secret Jones Day VW Emissions Docs By Linda Chiem The U.S. Department of Justice, Volkswagen and a Loyola Marymount University professor sparred in California federal court this week over whether a confidential Jones Day report on the German automaker's internal investigation into the 2015 emissions-cheating scandal should be made public. 3 documents attached https://www.law360.com/fintech/articles/1693453?nl_pk=bd316618-088c-4274-ab…

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No Freehold Title in cryptoanarchism
by pro2rat＠yahoo.com.au 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Even long time carpetbaggers are coming around https://twitter.com/dlondonwortel/status/1673310171613782017?cxt=HHwWgoCzoY… Reposts exposing fraudulent cypherpunks to ridicule

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Bank of England proffers regulatory arbitrage opportunities
by professor rat 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Either that or rotten smelling befouled British CLICKBAIT " Digital pound will be pseudonymous with a focus on privacy: BoE CBDC chief " https://cointelegraph.com/news/digital-pound-will-be-pseudonymous-with-a-fo… Reposts like Excalibur will appear at a time of grave danger for England On paper BRITcoin looks even better than Bitcoin! However not even the British constitution is worth the paper its not printed on.

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BREAKING: Trump Hush-Money Case Looks Bound For NY State Court
by Gunnar Larson 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

BREAKING: Trump Hush-Money Case Looks Bound For NY State Court By Pete Brush A New York federal judge strongly indicated Tuesday that he will return Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's criminal hush-money case against Donald Trump to state court, saying he would officially rule within two weeks. https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1693431?nl_pk=a931e1a0-e840-4de…

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