Jon Stewart hosted FTC (Federal Commerce Fee) chair Lina Khan on his weekly Each day Present section yesterday, however Stewart’s personal revelations have been simply as attention-grabbing as Khan’s. Throughout the sit-down, Stewart admitted that Apple requested him to not host Khan on a podcast, which was an extension of his The Downside with Jon Stewart Apple TV+ present on the time.
“I needed to have you ever on a podcast and Apple requested us to not do it,” Stewart instructed Khan. “They actually stated, ‘Please don’t discuss to her.'”
In actual fact, the complete episode appeared to have a “issues Apple would allow us to do” theme. Forward of the Khan interview, Stewart did a section on synthetic intelligence he referred to as “the false promise of AI,” successfully debunking altruistic claims of AI leaders and positing that it was strictly designed to exchange human staff.
“They wouldn’t allow us to do even that dumb factor we simply did within the first act on AI,” he instructed Khan. “Like, what’s that sensitivity? Why are they so afraid to even have these conversations out within the public sphere?”
“I believe it simply exhibits the hazard of what occurs once you focus a lot energy and a lot resolution making in a small variety of corporations,” Khan replied.
The Downside With Jon Stewart was abruptly cancelled forward of its third season, reportedly following clashes over potential AI and China segments. That prompted US lawmakers to query Apple, in search of to know if the choice had something to do with potential criticism of China.
Whereas stating that Apple has the correct to stream any content material it desires, “the coercive ways of a international energy shouldn’t be instantly or not directly influencing these determinations,” the bipartisan committee wrote. (Apple’s response to this, if any, has but to be launched.)
Stewart did not say that the AI and Khan interview points have been the rationale his present was cancelled, however they do point out that Apple asserted editorial affect over points that instantly concerned it.
Elsewhere within the section, Khan mentioned the FTC’s lawsuit towards Amazon, stating that the FTC alleges the corporate is a monopoly maintained by way of unlawful practices (exorbitant vendor charges, shady adverts). In addition they touched on the FTC’s lawsuit towards Fb, tech firm collusion by way of AI, company consolidation, exorbitant drug costs and extra.
