EP-251 Tesla’s Tough Quarter 🚗, Github Copilot’s New Premium Plans 💻, Openai’s Model Launch Surprise 🤖

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for monday, april 7th. dive into today's tech stories:

• tesla's challenging quarter: tesla faces a tough q1 with declining sales, stock price drops, and global protests, while competitors capitalize on the situation with trade-in deals.
• trump tariffs and tesla: new tariffs may offer tesla a slight edge due to its u.s.-sourced components, although broader impacts on tesla's energy-storage division are expected.
• github copilot's premium requests: github introduces a new "premium requests" initiative, affecting users seeking advanced ai models, with changes in restrictions and pricing.
• concerns over openai's model training: a study raises issues about openai's ai allegedly "memorizing" copyrighted content, calling for better data transparency and fair-use audits.
• chatgpt's growth in india: rapid adoption in india presents monetization challenges for openai, as user spending on subscriptions lags behind the u.s.
• openai's o3 and o4-mini models: openai reverses its decision, proceeding with o3 and o4-mini launches amidst gpt-5 delays, aiming for a comprehensive and robust model.

that’s all for today. we’ll see you back here tomorrow.