Digest: Paramount-Skydance Plans Warner Bros. Discovery Bid; FTC Investigates AI Chatbots, France Eyes TikTok Inquiry; Microsoft Endorses OpenAI's For-Profit Move - ExchangeWire.com
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Digest: Paramount-Skydance Plans Warner Bros. Discovery Bid; FTC Investigates AI Chatbots, France Eyes TikTok Inquiry; Microsoft Endorses OpenAI's For-Profit Move - ExchangeWire.com
"As AI technologies evolve, it is important to consider the effects chatbots can have on children, while also ensuring that the United States maintains its role as a global leader in this new and exciting industry. The study we're launching today will help us better understand how AI firms are developing their products and the steps they are taking to protect children."
"when TikTok executives came to see us, they told us that they were unaware of anything ... and I believe that this also constitutes perjury."
Paramount-Skydance is preparing a cash bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery with backing from the Ellison family, aiming to acquire the entire company including cable networks and the movie studio. The proposed transaction would combine two major Hollywood studios and could prompt antitrust review. The Federal Trade Commission issued orders to seven companies seeking explanations of how they measure, test, and monitor risks that AI chatbots pose to children and teens. FTC officials emphasized considering chatbot effects on children and launched a study to assess industry practices for protecting minors. A French lawmaker requested a criminal investigation into TikTok over alleged endangerment of young users. Microsoft endorsed OpenAI’s move toward for-profit operations.
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