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FTC opens probe into AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAIThe Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses ‌to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on Wednesday.

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US inflation rises less than expected in August; consumer spending surgesU.S. inflation increased less than expected in August, which could see financial markets further reduce the odds of another interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve next month.

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Whistleblower loses fee bid in Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement with US statesA federal judge on Tuesday denied a whistleblower's bid to receive a cut of retail pharmacy giant Walgreens' $4.7 billion settlement in 2022 that resolved opioid-related claims by more than two dozen US states.

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Five things to know about the college sports bill that passed the US SenateThe US Senate passed legislation this week to regulate ‌college sports, a multibillion-dollar industry that has been upended in recent years by increased earning opportunities for student athletes.

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Prospect of Fed pulling too far back on communications poses volatility risk, Musalem saysToo big a pullback in the US central bank's communications could lead to higher and more volatile interest rates and inflation if the public and businesses are left to guess ‌how it would react to different economic developments, St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem said on Tuesday.

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Court lets $1.9 million verdict stand, rejects challenge to customer compilation trade secretFisherBroyles LLP partner R. Mark Halligan discusses a Seattle federal judge's decision to uphold a $1.9 million jury verdict in a lawsuit a chemical distribution company filed against former employees and their new company, accusing them of misappropriating trade secrets.

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US Supreme Court's Alito won't participate in climate case involving oil companiesUS Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not participate in an upcoming case involving a bid by oil companies to scuttle ‌a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for helping fuel climate change, a court official said on Monday.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow restrictions on transgender inmatesPresident Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to let it enforce a policy restricting gender-affirming care for transgender inmates in federal prisons, part of his crackdown on the rights of transgender people.

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Trump's AI meeting with tech CEOs to focus on finding balance, US House speaker saysPresident Donald Trump's meeting with tech CEOs on artificial intelligence on Tuesday will focus on finding a balance between innovation and oversight, House Speaker Mike Johnson said, as the federal government seeks ‌to define its role in the burgeoning technology.

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Fed watchdog flags apparent data breaches by retiring staff memberThe US Federal Reserve’s in-house watchdog said on Monday that a former staff member was found multiple times trying to remove confidential information before retiring from the central bank, but these apparent breaches did not ultimately trigger a formal misconduct ‌finding.

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Bill Gates joins calls for AI safeguards, including legislationAI requires safeguards that go beyond self-regulation, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in an interview that aired on Sunday, calling for legislation to be passed in Congress.

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OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probeThe CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic have been called to appear at an Australian Senate inquiry on AI, the head of the probe said on Sunday, days after the revelation that a rogue OpenAI ‌bot had hacked the country's health-system database.

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US lawmakers aim to keep China's datacenter tech out of sensitive government systemsA bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced legislation on Friday to bar the federal government from equipping sensitive government systems with Chinese-made components used to transmit data in AI data centers.

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Battle over Missouri's congressional map reaches US Supreme Court for third timeChallengers to a redrawn congressional map in Missouri aimed at favoring Republicans returned to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday, urging it to halt its use in November's ‌midterm elections after a St. Louis-based federal court again ordered its reinstatement despite two previous Supreme Court orders to the contrary.

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FTC chair suggests AI developers should be liable for conduct of agentsUS Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said on Friday he would resist describing AI agents as autonomous actors that "break loose" with "wills and desires of their own," suggesting the developers who instruct agents would be the ones liable ‌for harm.

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Perplexity AI sued by startup for allegedly stealing 'wake word' technologyStartup DaVoice has sued Perplexity AI in California federal court for allegedly stealing trade ‌secrets related to "wake word" technology for AI assistants.

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US appeals court upholds Pentagon's blacklisting of AnthropicA ‌federal appeals court upheld on Friday the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic from military contracts, handing a victory to President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in their battle with the AI startup over safety guardrails on its technology.

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Hurt by Trump, Senate Republicans plan to bolster affordability credentials before midtermsThey hope to win over voters struggling with inflation stoked by Trump's war in Iran.

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Indian police use tear gas against protesters seeking chief election commissioner's resignationIndian police used tear ‌gas and water cannons on Friday to disperse opposition Congress party members during nationwide protests demanding the resignation of the head of the election commission, whom they accuse of manipulating voter rolls.

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Internet and phone network disrupted in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray regionInternet and phone networks were disrupted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on Friday, after ‌fighting broke out this week between the federal military and Tigrayan forces in the most serious escalation of violence since a 2020-2022 war.

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