Jon Sarlin

NEW: TikTok released an AI video generator. We found it recited “Mein Kampf" and Osama Bin Laden on command with no watermarks. It pulled access after CNN asked them about it. cnn.com/2024/06/21/bus…

The Black List 2025: Matisse Haddad's 'Best Seller' Leads List Of Hollywood's Best-Liked Unproduced Screenplays deadline.com/2025/12/the-bl…

Trump now claims to never draw pictures. I tracked down a woman who solicited two doodles from Trump for a charity auction in 2004. She told me she was “shocked and impressed” by how good his were.

HBO kept an incredibly tight lid on the film. Not surprisingly, the crypto market went nuts and Polymarket’s betting pool grew to over $30 million dollars. My previous interview with Hoback was widely dissected by bettors hunting for clues. (Thanks for watching!)

Meanwhile,@peterktodd tells me that the post was “just a coincidence.”

NEW: An HBO doc says @peterktodd invented bitcoin. Now Todd is denying to CNN that he’s Satoshi, while filmmaker @CullenHoback tells us Todd is displaying “next level game theory.” cnn.com/2024/10/08/inv…

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Trump's campaign didn't respond to CNN's inquiry into whether he would support Sen. Lummis' bill.

"If the government comes in and starts guaranteeing that it's going to buy Bitcoin of a certain amount every day for years, that will pump the market, that will make some rich people much richer." - @SilvermanJacob

New: Pro-crypto politicians want the US gov to get directly into the bitcoin business. Trump has called for a "stockpile" while RFK Jr. and Sen. Lummis (R-WY) have gone further, proposing the US gov spend billions on a "bitcoin reserve." I talked with @SilvermanJacob and @allisondmorrow about the new frontier of pro-crypto policies.

New: A hidden TikTok AI feature not available in the US is being used by 4chan to make hardcore porn and is now seen as one of the best porn-generating AIs that exists. Bytedance turned all image generations off when we asked them for comment 404media.co/4chan-is-using…

NEW: NBC is recreating Al Michaels’ voice using A.I. for this summer’s Olympics coverage. I talked to Michaels, who was skeptical but gave the project his blessing: “Frankly, it was astonishing. It was amazing. And it was a little bit frightening.” vanityfair.com/news/story/nbc…