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'ONE RULE': Trump to ink executive order blocking state AI laws

'ONE RULE': Trump to ink executive order blocking state AI laws: “I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something.” Read More

Paramount goes to war with Netflix for Warner Bros. Discovery with hostile $108.4B bid: Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile, $108.4 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, days after Warner Bros. agreed to be acquired by Netflix for $82.7 billion. Read More

OpenAI boasts enterprise win days after internal ‘code red’ on Google threat: ChatGPT Enterprise usage grew 8x year-over-year as workers report saving an hour daily, but OpenAI faces competitive pressure from Anthropic and questions about cost sustainability. Read More

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X deactivates European Commission’s ad account after the company was fined €120M: X has seemingly penalized the European Commission's account after the commission fined the company over blue checkmarks and ad transparency. Read More

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