Jon Stewart Says Apple Wouldn’t Let Him Talk About AI

Comic Jon Stewart is opening up about why “The Downside with Jon Stewart” was abruptly canceled by Apple TV+ after two seasons — and he isn’t holding again.

Stewart, who’s again at Comedy Central’s “The Day by day Present” after stepping down in 2015, informed audiences on Monday that Apple wouldn’t let him focus on AI technology and its potential risks.

“What’s that sensitivity? Why are they so afraid to have these conversations out within the public sphere,” he requested his visitor, Federal Commerce Fee chair Lina Khan.

She replied: “I feel it simply reveals the hazard of what occurs if you focus a lot energy and a lot decision-making in a small variety of corporations.”

Earlier within the present, Stewart went on a rant about AI.

“So whereas we look ahead to this factor to remedy illnesses and remedy local weather change, it is changing us within the workforce – not sooner or later, however now,” Stewart stated. “So whereas we look ahead to this factor to remedy illnesses and remedy local weather change, it is changing us within the workforce – not sooner or later, however now.”

The comic additionally revealed that, when he had slated Khan to look beforehand on his Apple program, he was explicitly informed “no.”

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“Apple requested us to not do it,” Stewart stated. “They actually stated, ‘Please do not discuss to her.'”

Stewart’s Apple TV+ present ran from 2021 to 2023 with an accompanying podcast the place he reportedly had creative control over each packages — besides that wasn’t the case, Stewart stated.

The New York Times first reported that Stewart’s Apple present was canceled in October 2023, citing disagreements in “present matters associated to China and synthetic intelligence” that “have been inflicting concern amongst Apple executives.”

A number of states and the Federal authorities have sued massive tech corporations like Amazon and Google over alleged monopoly energy over their respective industries, specifically the web retail market and the search engine market.

Apple was sued in an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Division of Justice for monopolization of the smartphone market, which can level in direction of why Apple was allegedly involved with Khan showing on Stewart’s former present.

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Apple has not but commented on Stewart’s accusations.

Stewart hosted “The Day by day Present” for 16 years earlier than stepping down in 2015.