This Week In Techdirt History: December 21st – 27th
Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, Congress sold out to Hollywood yet again by sneaking the CASE Act and a felony streaming bill into the funding omnibus, with the former introducing absolutely insane ...
Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
ISO corporate scapegoat.
OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on ...
Why CIOs must lead AI experimentation, not just govern it
The drumbeat for AI is deafening. We’re surrounded by a mix of hype, fear and intense pressure to do something with this technology that seems to be advancing at the speed of light. For CIOs and ent...
What Crypto Whales Are Buying For Potential Gains In January 2026
Year-end usually brings position cuts across crypto. Big wallets and smart money often reduce exposure to secure profits, sit on cash, and wait for lower-liquidity conditions to finish. That’s norma...