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Lever Weekly: The Humans Broke Containment

Silicon Valley's rogue agents, a bad Hollywood ending, and more from The Lever this week.
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LeverMind Quiz: Dude, Where's My Antitrust Case?

Test your knowledge of Hollywood mergers, super PACs, and other issues that really matter.
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AI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.

After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest experiments to national security officials. Now lawmakers are scrambling to catch up.
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The Machines Escaped. Their Masters Did So First.

The most frightening thing about rogue AI agents may be how faithfully they mirror the powerful humans who created them.
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What's Hiding In The Paramount Merger Settlement

Former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya and antitrust legal expert Lee Hepner dig into the fine print, loopholes, and false promises of the Paramount merger settlement.
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Iran War Victims Put Trump's Power Grab On Trial

An unprecedented lawsuit from Iranian-American families challenges Trump's ability to wage war without Congress.
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The Ellisons Have Made This Movie Before

With Paramount, you don't need a catalog of failed consent decrees to understand what is to come. You only need the record of the family making the promises.
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Midterm Madness: Big Crypto's Double Tap

An industry super PAC is declaring war on a purple-state Democrat for the second time in two years.
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AI Lending Is Risky Lending

Banks that adopt artificial intelligence average more "problem" loans and less small business lending.
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The Fine Print In Democrats' Hollywood Merger Surrender

Democrats promised to play hardball, then accepted loophole-ridden pledges leaving Paramount's $111 billion megamerger intact.
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What AOC And Ro Khanna Would Do With Trump's Power

Should the next Democratic president rein in Trump's expanded powers -- or use them?
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Big Crypto Buys Plan B

The Winklevoss twins gave another multimillion-dollar gift to MAGA Inc. before pushing the Trump administration to pursue cryptocurrency rules that Congress rejected.
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The Youth Hockey Giant That Can't Quit Private Equity

After denying its Wall Street ties, Black Bear quietly installed a private equity executive as CEO.
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Lever Weekly: Everybody Panic, Nobody Regulate

AI doomsday distractions, Big Tech's Democratic allies, a Cruz-linked attack ad, and more from The Lever this week.
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Is The AI Threat 'The Terminator' or 'The Big Short'?

An AI apocalypse involving killer robots is terrifying, but don't overlook a speculative bubble whose collapse will reverberate across the economy.
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