THE NEW YORK TIMES: Meta on Tuesday again defended itself over claims it addicted young people to social media, this time in the first bellwether federal trial, brought by states seeking about $200b in damages.
China is exporting more than AI models. It wants its data to influence the world’s chatbots, raising fears that Beijing’s narratives will spread with the technology.
There are growing doubts over what the US would be willing to do to deter China, given the enormous distraction and resource drain of the US-Israeli war against Iran.
President Donald Trump has for weeks blamed vandals for the damage that appeared at the reflecting pool shortly after its $16.4 million renovation was completed.
The NEW YORK TIMES: Bob Iger, the former chief executive of Disney, and Josh Kushner, the venture capitalist, are buying the Los Angeles Lakers. Their wives set them up.
The Reform UK leader forced a new election in his parliamentary seat after coming under pressure over his finances. His main challenger is Count Binface.