Alphabet
Meta and Snap must detail child protection measures by Dec. 1, EU says
Meta and Snaphave been given a deadline to give more information on how they protect children from illegal and harmful content.
Amazon
Apple suffers setback in fight against EU’s $14 billion tax order
An adviser to Europe’s top court said an EU tribunal made legal errors when it ruled in favor of Apple.
Amnon Shashua
Exclusive: Geely’s Zeekr edges closer to US IPO, to make filing public this week – sources
Zeekr will this week publicly release some details of its plans to list shares in New York.
Alphabet
Google, Meta win court fight against Austrian online content rule
Top EU court backs Google, Meta, and TikTok against Austrian law mandating hate speech deletion.
AGI
Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model codenamed ‘Olympus’ -sources
Amazon to invest millions in Olympus LLM model to rival OpenAI and Alphabet.
Ad copy
Meta to require disclosures for AI-created, altered political ads
Meta said in a blog post it would require advertisers to disclose if their altered or created ads.
Beijing
TikTok owner ByteDance offers to buy back shares from staff at $160 apiece
China’s ByteDance, the parent of short video app TikTok, is offering to buy back shares from its employees outside the United States.
Alphabet
US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets
US watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments and digital wallets, aiming for consumer safeguards.
Abril Elfi
Thousands Express Interest In Volunteering To Receive Musk’s Neuralink Microchip
Thousands volunteer for Elon Musk’s Neuralink microchip brain implant study.
Academic access
Elon Musk’s X restructuring curtails disinformation research, spurs legal fears
Over 100 social media studies on X (formerly Twitter) disrupted by Elon Musk’s platform access restrictions.