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OpenAI complained to EU regulators about Microsoft's anticompetitive conduct—despite Microsoft being its largest investor with $13 billion committed. The move signals OpenAI's shift from AI supplier to platform owner, using regulators as leverage.
Washington promotes AI in classrooms. New data shows 19% of high schoolers report romantic AI relationships, 42% use it for mental health support. The more schools deploy AI, the more students feel disconnected from teachers—and from reality.
Germany blocked Chat Control, killing the Council majority needed for mandatory message scanning. The move preserves Europe's encryption advantage but leaves child safety policy unresolved—and exposes the continent's privacy-versus-sovereignty split.
OpenAI signed $1 trillion in compute deals with Nvidia, AMD, and Oracle—obligations stretching to 2029 that dwarf its current revenue. The company burns $5B annually while chipmakers now hold equity and expect payment. The tab comes due by 2027.
Tech giants are committing billions to small nuclear reactors that won't exist until 2030—while AI's power demands double now. The bet hinges on untested manufacturing efficiencies and fuel supplies that don't yet exist at scale.
BlackRock's $40 billion bet on AI data centers collides with stubborn physics: chips demand exponential power, cooling consumes half the energy budget, and grids struggle to keep pace. The construction boom is real. So are the constraints.
California just made voluntary AI safety pledges legally binding—the first state to do so. OpenAI and Meta cautiously support it. Venture capital opposes it. Congress remains paralyzed. Now 49 other states face the same choice, and the industry's nightmare patchwork begins.
Trump's TikTok deal transforms national security divestiture into political reward. Oracle's Ellison gains control over 170M users' feeds while son David runs CBS News—creating unprecedented cross-platform influence spanning social media and broadcast journalism.
Oracle's Larry Ellison is assembling an unprecedented media empire spanning TikTok, CBS, and potentially CNN while maintaining close ties to Trump. This cross-platform consolidation could reshape how political power, algorithms, and journalism intersect in America.
California's two AI bills reveal how industry shapes regulation: AB 1018 faces coordinated resistance while SB 53 enjoys selective support. The contrast exposes regulatory capture in real-time as federal preemption threats loom.
EU moves to block Meta, Apple, Google and Amazon from its new financial data system despite Trump's tariff threats. In a rare lobbying defeat for Big Tech, European banks successfully argued for "digital sovereignty" over innovation promises.
Trump's $100K H-1B fee sparked weekend chaos as workers abandoned vacations to race back to the US. The confusion revealed a deliberate shift toward class-based immigration favoring wealth over skills—and competitors are watching.
