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Fearing Trump action, US nonprofits seek shelter in the UK

Several American nonprofits are exploring setting up legal entities in Britain, in part as a precautionary measure against feared executive orders.
Donald Trump wearing a “USA” baseball cap.Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

How China wins in the new propaganda war

A new Chinese initiative will pay for US influencers to visit and collaborate with local counterparts, according to state media.
IShowSpeed, or Darren Watkins, posing in a YouTube thumbnail.@livespeedy7451/YouTube

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies amid investor pressure

The media giant has lost nearly half its value since Discovery and Time Warner merged three years ago.
The exterior of the Warner Bros. Discovery Atlanta campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.Alyssa Pointer/Reuters

Ahead of Cannes Lions, Michael Kassan and UTA try to bury their feud

A settlement could be announced in time for the annual festival later this month.
Michael KassanDiarmuid Greene/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr/CC BY 2.0

Netflix buys Daily Beast TV pilot as it races against YouTube

The project is still in its early stages.
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Politico’s AI tool spits out made-up slop, union says

Unionized staffers say the AI tool violates language in their contract.
Printouts of AI-generated text taped to a wall in Politico’s officePrintouts of AI-generated text taped to a wall in Politico’s office.

Mixed Signals: Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons on how food ate media

Top Chef has been shaping how we think and talk about food for the past two decades.

Politics, when nothing’s behind the scenes

The most plugged-in people in Washington are reading the same tweets you are.

UnitedHealthcare lawsuit accuses Guardian of trying to ‘capitalize’ on CEO’s killing

UnitedHealth is being represented by Clare Locke, a firm that’s made a name for itself aggressively pursuing defamation lawsuits against the media.

If AI can personalize ads, why not news?

A future where AI can create content on the fly will upend news and the news industry.

The podcasters arrive

Comedians like Adam Friedland have experienced a dizzying rise to prominence.

Business Insider recommended nonexistent books to staff as it leans into AI

Some titles on the list included books with extremely garbled titles and fake authors.

ABC’s Strahan expected to stay with ‘GMA,’ on a lighter schedule

The agreement would, however, likely represent a reduction in Michael Strahan’s daily hosting duties.

Mixed Signals: Adam Friedland on comedy, TV, and whether he’s the Joe Rogan of the left

Adam Friedland represents a new kind of comedian — one who rose up through podcasting and now hosts a late night-style weekly interview show… on YouTube.

‘If we don’t innovate, we die’: Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving a 30-year-old dot-com star

His challenge is to breathe new life into an old brand by persuading advertisers and users to look at it afresh.

AI-powered fanfiction blurs political reality

Fake stories about real politicians sometimes get more views than real-world reporting that’s not built for the algorithms.

Jonathan Nolan’s ‘Person of Interest’ predicted AI. Westworld is helping build it.

The TV show creator and screenplay writer says he most asked about the 2010s crime drama depicting thefts of GPUs and generators to feed AI oracles.

Analysis: The party of cringe

The Democratic Party’s shortcomings remain the biggest story in Washington.