ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown
The suit argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws.
NYTIMES (David McCabe, Laurel Rosenhall, Benjamin Mullin and Shawn Hubler) - Paramount Weighs Some Concessions in Bid to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger
Seeking to settle a lawsuit with 12 states, Paramount has discussed measures to protect the editorial independence of CNN and the divestiture of Comedy Central.
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - California is not a good place to grow a business: Joel Pollak
California Post opinion editor Joel Pollak discusses California Attorney General Rob Bonta blocking the Paramount merger and analyzes Governor Gavin Newsom's handling of wildfires.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Hollywood Titan Paramount Threatens to Pull Out of California, Move to Nashville
An antitrust battle over a proposed merger of Paramount Skydance with Warner Brothers has Paramount’s CEO David Ellison threatening to move the studio out of […] Source
JUSTTHENEWS (Ashe Short) - Florida joins 21 other states in FTC suit accusing Amazon of rigging ad auctions
If the allegations hold up, a hidden charge buried inside Amazon's ad auctions would have quietly raised the price of everyday goods for millions of shoppers. The question is how little visibility either sellers or regulators have into the pricing machinery of the country's largest online marketplace.
JUSTTHENEWS (Just the News staff) - Bipartisan push for FTC investigation of Amazon and Walmart over 'Made in USA' fraud
They added that they believed “consumers who seek out Made in the USA products should be able to rely on accurate country-of-origin information when making purchasing decisions.”
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Paramount threatens to leave California after a century, as state attorneys general move to block $110 billion merger
Paramount executives have told Los Angeles officials the studio is "deadly serious" about abandoning California, its home for more than 100 years, unless the state drops its antitrust challenge to the company's pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Ellison's company put the threat in sharper terms this week, telling L.A. Mayor Karen Bass […] The post Paramount threatens to leave California after a century, as state attorneys general move to block $110 billion merger appeared first on American Almanac .
Paramount executives have told Los Angeles officials the studio is "deadly serious" about abandoning California, its home for more than 100 years, unless the state drops its antitrust challenge to the company's pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. CEO David Ellison's company put the threat in sharper terms this week, telling L.A. Mayor Karen Bass that a deposit has been placed on "moving trucks" and identifying Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas as potential new homes. The escalation comes less than two weeks before an October 1 deadline that will trigger a ticking fee of roughly $7.2 million per day, money Paramount must pay directly to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders for every day the deal remains stalled. Over a full quarter,…Open
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - Exclusive: Warren backs pause on AI
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is the latest prominent Democrat to back a pause on advanced artificial intelligence, her office told Axios exclusively. Why it matters: The idea of slowing down AI development — once considered a non-starter in a fierce race to beat China — is gaining momentum. Driving the news: Warren on Wednesday will call for a pause on advanced AI development but will stop short of calling for a ban on superintelligence, breaking with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). - "We should immediately press pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe," Warren will say ahead of a roundtable hosted by Sanders on Wednesday. - "Congress must urgently pass…