The Download: animal welfare gets AGI-pilled, and the White House unveils its AI policy

Animal welfare advocates and AI researchers are exploring the potential of artificial general intelligence (AGI) to prevent animal suffering, with discussions ranging from using AI in advocacy work to cultivating meat with AI tools. The White House has revealed its AI policy blueprint, aiming to codify a light-touch framework into law and block state limits on AI, sparking a brewing war over AI regulation in the US. Elon Musk has been found liable for misleading Twitter investors, while the Pentagon is adopting Palantir AI as the core US military system. OpenAI plans to show ads to all US users of the free version of ChatGPT to generate revenue amid rising computing costs.