Jon Stewart hosted FTC (Federal Commerce Fee) chair Lina Khan on his weekly Each day Present phase yesterday, however Stewart’s personal revelations had been simply as fascinating as Khan’s. In the course of 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 wished to have you ever on a podcast and Apple requested us to not do it,” Stewart instructed Khan. “They actually stated, ‘Please don’t speak to her.'”
In truth, all the episode appeared to have a “issues Apple would allow us to do” theme. Forward of the Khan interview, Stewart did a phase 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 choice 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, searching for to know if the choice had something to do with doable 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 straight 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 had been the explanation his present was cancelled, however they do point out that Apple asserted editorial affect over points that straight concerned it.
Elsewhere within the phase, Khan mentioned the FTC’s lawsuit in opposition to Amazon, stating that the FTC alleges the corporate is a monopoly maintained by way of unlawful practices (exorbitant vendor charges, shady advertisements). Additionally they touched on the FTC’s lawsuit in opposition to Fb, tech firm collusion by way of AI, company consolidation, exorbitant drug costs and extra.