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Jamie Dimon is not mincing words. The JPMorgan chief publicly called out Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong over the Clarity Act, a proposed crypto market structure bill, vowing to fight its passage to the bitter end. The clash puts two of finance's most powerful voices on a collision course over how — or whether — to legitimize digital assets in American law.
Shifting from Wall Street to Silicon Valley's supply chain ambitions, a US startup called InchFab is betting it can democratize chip manufacturing the way IBM once democratized computing. Their approach centers on compact, lower-cost fabrication systems built around smaller wafers, designed to slash expenses, simplify training, and open semiconductor production to industries that could never afford a traditional fab. It's an audacious idea at a moment when chip independence has become a national priority.
And in a story that cuts to the heart of the AI creative economy, Amazon is moving forward with an animated series based on The Good Advice Cupcake — a character originally built by Loryn Brantz for BuzzFeed. The problem is the show will be AI-animated, and Brantz says she never consented to that use of her creation. It's exactly the kind of licensing gray area that artists and technologists are going to be fighting over for years.
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