Neal Freiman

He didn't really face any tough questioning.

He wasn't sweating.

You know, it really wasn't particularly tough on him.

And so that was the general observation inside the courthouse was that Zuck wasn't really pushed to his limits.

Selig's been on one.

There's been this huge PR push by the CFTC in support of prediction markets as it pertains to what's going on in this Nevada courtroom.

So Selig, he wrote a op-ed in the Wall Street Journal saying that the CFTC will no longer sit idly by while overzealous state governments undermine the agency's exclusive jurisdiction over these markets.

He further added that event contracts allow businesses and individuals to hedge event-driven risks, enable investors to manage portfolio exposure, and provide the public with information about the outcome of future events.

He said these things are great and they should be part of anybody's sort of investment scheme.

And he also, in addition to the Wall Street Journal opinion piece, he posted a video on Exxon Tuesday that went kind of viral.

He said he sent a message to anyone who's going to challenge the CFTC's authority, which

We will see you in court.

Many people responded to this, including fellow Republicans, those who represented states that want to push back on Kalshi and Polymarket, including Utah Governor Spencer Cox, who replied to this particular video and said, I don't remember the CFTC having authority over the derivative market of LeBron James rebounds.

These prediction markets you are breathlessly defending are gambling, pure and simple.

Moving on, India is currently hosting a massive AI summit, hoping to burnish its tech resume with over 20 world leaders and tech CEOs like Sam Altman and Sundar Pichai in attendance.

So far, it's been bumpy.

Not Fyre Fest level, but I'll let you be the judge.

In one of the embarrassing episodes, a staffer at a private Indian university showed off a robotic dog she claimed was developed by the college.

But after people on the internet got wind of it, they quickly busted this claim.

Apparently, this robot dog was made by a Chinese robotics company, is already commercially available, and widely used in research.