AI News for Jan 19, 2025

Welcome to 'The Automated Daily', your ultimate source for a streamlined and insightful daily news experience. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: -Get $2,000 off the purchase of a Tesla product - https://ts.la/ron46932 Today's topics: -Amazon AI crawler issues -Perplexity AI and TikTok merger -AI in cryptocurrency vulnerabilities -Microsoft combats AI misuse -AI-powered translation tools -AI's impact on employment -AI disinformation in elections -Restoration of ELIZA chatbot -OpenAI's o3 model advancements - https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/amazon-crawler/ - https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/18/perplexity-ai-submits-bid-to-merge-with-tiktok/ - https://shlomie.uk/posts/Hacking-Virtuals-AI-Ecosystem - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/18/perplexity-ai-makes-a-bid-to-merge-with-tiktok-us.html - https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/01/10/taking-legal-action-to-protect-the-public-from-abusive-ai-generated-content/ - https://github.com/taahamahdi/i18n-ai-translate - htt