U.S. car loans total $1.5 trillion. Why consumers are struggling https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/08/11/us-car-loans-total-1point5-trillion-why-consumers-are-struggling.html

36% of Americans have more debt than emergency savings—how to save money and pay off loans simultaneously https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/02/how-to-save-money-and-pay-off-loans-simultaneously.html

U.S. Office Vacancy and Sublease Space Reach Record Highs in Q2 2023 https://knowledge-leader.colliers.com/stephen-newbold/u-s-office-vacancy-and-sublease-space-reach-record-highs-in-q2-2023/

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Office space vacancies in US and London reach at least 20-year highs https://www.ft.com/content/698f41af-0d88-424b-80b0-241be01dac35

America’s Downtowns Are Empty. Fixing Them Will Be Expensive. https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/wrecking-ball-targets-empty-downtown-offices-d0e3391

A timeline of Sam Altman’s firing from OpenAI — and the fallout https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/a-timeline-of-sam-altmans-firing-from-openai-and-the-fallout/

Airbnb CEO Chesky Emerges as Altman Ally, Adviser https://www.theinformation.com/articles/airbnb-ceo-chesky-emerges-as-altman-ally-adviser

OpenAI’s Board Approached Anthropic About Merger https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-approached-anthropic-about-merger

Former GitHub CEO Friedman, Scale AI Founder Wang Declined OpenAI Top Job https://www.theinformation.com/articles/former-github-chief-nat-friedman-declined-openai-interim-ceo-role

Matteo Franceschetti post https://twitter.com/m_franceschetti/status/1726732560770666979

Greg https://blog.samaltman.com/greg

A Fundraising Survival Guide http://paulgraham.com/fundraising.html

The EU’s Digital Services Act goes into effect today: here’s what that means https://www.theverge.com/23845672/eu-digital-services-act-explained

Meta Pauses Ads for Users Under 18 in Europe as It Rolls Out Subscriptions https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-pauses-ads-for-users-under-18-in-europe-as-it-rolls-out-subscriptions-5696c5a0

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Jonah Manzano Thread post https://www.threads.net/@jonahmanzano/post/Cz6IWvVLT39

ChatGPT is temporarily banned in Italy amid an investigation into data collection https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167491843/chatgpt-italy-ban-openai-data-collection-ai

Meta’s Threads to Launch in Europe in App’s Biggest Expansion Since Debut https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-threads-europe-launch-98448df5

Adobe / Figma deal could harm UK digital design sector https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adobe-figma-deal-could-harm-uk-digital-design-sector