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Social Media’s Legal Reckoning Has Begun: ‘We Are in a New World’ | Analysis
Two landmark cases open the door to future claims over social media addiction, experts say, and could spur design changes
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Jury Orders Meta and YouTube to Pay $6 Million in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
The verdict against the tech giants comes one day after a New Mexico jury ordered Meta to pay $375 million in a child safety case
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RIP Sora: An AI Stepchild Neither Disney Nor OpenAI Really Wanted | Analysis
Sora’s short but sordid history as a controversial AI social platform comes to an end as Josh D’Amaro takes over
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Meta Found Liable in New Mexico Social Media Protections Case, Ordered to Pay Up to $375 Million
Meta says it will appeal the ruling, as the company faces another jury test in Los Angeles
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Disney Ends $1 Billion OpenAI Partnership After Sora Shuts Down
The entertainment giant says it will continue to engage with AI platforms to “find new ways to meet fans where they are while responsibly embracing new technologies that respect IP and the rights of creators”
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Epic Games to Lay Off Over 1,000 Employees, Cut $500 Million in Costs as ‘Fortnite’ Faces Engagement Downturn
CEO Tim Sweeney says the move is due to a mix of industry-wide challenges, such as slower growth and weaker spending, as well as struggling to deliver “consistent Fortnite magic with every season”
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Axios CEO Pitches AI ‘Moonshot’ as Company Reshapes Newsroom
The news outlet laid off 11 staffers last week as it moves to automate some tasks
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YouTube Is Making It Easier for Advertisers to Connect to Creators
The AI-powered tool will be directly integrated into the platform’s creator studio, the company announced ahead of its NewFronts presentation
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Tubi Partners With TikTok for Creatorverse Incubator Long-Form Content Development Program
“This partnership allows us to work with successful TikTok creators who are ready to take the next step creatively,” Tubi exec Rich Bloom says
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Democratic Senator Demands Answers on Trump’s $10 Billion TikTok Fee, Fears He Put Investors Before National Security
“The opaque, uncompetitive and ad hoc process surrounding this government-brokered sale, with numerous clear conflicts of interest, has no analogue in modern American history,” Mark Warner writes
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Tim Cook Pushes Back on Criticized Closeness to Trump: ‘I’m Not Political’
“What I do is I interact on policy, not politics,” the Apple CEO adds
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AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Is on a Redemption Tour | Analysis
Creator Eline Van der Velden changes her tune and discusses the real opportunity for AI
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AI Actors Are Coming, Even if Audiences Aren’t Buying It | Charts
An NRG survey shows a majority of audiences don’t believe AI actors will ever be as good as their human counterparts
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Trump Administration Poised to Pocket $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal
Investors in the new venture TikTok USDS LLC, including Oracle, MGX and Silver Lake, are reportedly set make hefty payments to the government
