TechScape: Tech CEOs hedge their bets and dial up Trump

The tech titans have picked up the phone and called the ex-president. Plus: AI chatbots and sharing your baby’s photos

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Welcome back. Today in the newsletter: tech executives play phone tag with Donald Trump, the liability of AI chatbots, and talking through sharing your baby’s photos online with your family. Thank you for joining me.

The CEOs of the biggest tech companies in the world are looking at the neck-and-neck polls, picking up their phones, and putting their ducks in a row for a potential Donald Trump presidency. The former US president has never shied away from threatening revenge against his perceived enemies, and tech’s leaders are heading off retributive regulatory scrutiny.