NY Times Tackles OpenAI Over Copyright Infringements

The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for using tons of its articles without asking first.

Turns out, these articles were helping chatbots like ChatGPT get smarter.

Now, other writers and book publishers are also in the ring, trying to put the brakes on these AI models from hoovering up their words without forking over cash.

Microsoft recently invested $13 billion in OpenAI, and the NY Times wants a piece of the action.

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Shoppers Unleash Wallet Power

Early November to Christmas Eve saw sales grow by 3.1%, not as big as last year's 7.6% boom, but still solid.

What's Hot and What's Not? Shoppers splurged on clothes, with sales up 2.4%, while jewelry dropped 2%, and gadgets barely slipped.

More people are buying online, pushing internet sales up 6.3%, while in-store spending had a smaller 2.2% step-up.

Turns out, nearly 70% of the U.S.'s economic action comes from folks like you and me buying stuff. So, now you know who is propping our economy.

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Apple Watch Ban Frozen

The U.S. Appeals Court has hit the pause button on a sales ban of Apple's latest smartwatches.

What now? The court is demanding the International Trade Commission respond by January 10.

This ordeal, affecting Apple's $17 billion smartwatch business, stems from a claim of patent infringement by medical-tech firm Masimo.

Apple sighs with relief, for now, as the court is permitting the sale of its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches.

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MicroStrategy's Multi-Billion Dollar Bitcoin Strategy

MicroStrategy, a Bitcoin "purist" company, has loaded up on Bitcoin again.

From the end of November to late December, they grabbed 14,620 Bitcoins, at the tune of $616 million.

Their total stash? A whopping 189,150 Bitcoins. This treasure chest is now worth over $8 billion.

That's nearly 1% of all the Bitcoins out there.

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