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Morning Brief host Julie Hyman sits down with Yahoo Finance Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley and Washington Crossing Advisors senior portfolio manager Chad Morganlander to discuss the latest updates with the New York Times's (NYT) lawsuit against OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) and Microsoft (MSFT).

Trump has called AI risks a hoax while Amodei, Altman and Musk want a slowdown

Florida is suing Netflix for billions, accusing the streaming giant of secretly tracking children for advertisers while publicly promising families a safe alternative to social media surveillance. The outcome could unravel the economics powering Netflix's fastest-growing business.

The team digs into the details of the settlement and how it will impact Meta.

Meta’s $17 billion settlement with state attorneys general includes a long list of restrictions for teen users, but it won’t hold back its underlying business.

Meta Platforms will pay up to $18 billion and significantly overhaul its teen-usage policies across its platforms.

AMZN stock dropped on Monday after a Wall Street Journal report said the FTC plans to sue the company over how it prices ads on its retail site.

Meta just settled one of the largest state attorney general cases in tech history, and the stock did not move. Jim Cramer has a theory about why investors treated a major legal victory like it never happened.

The lawsuit alleged that Meta knowingly designed platforms like Instagram and Facebook to addict children, despite knowing about the harms the platforms could pose to young users.

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Meta Platforms (META), Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google and Snap (SNAP) face one fewer teen social media ad

An appeals court ruled more than 3,000 lawsuits against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snapchat over addictive design claims targeting youth can proceed.

Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) is pushing to open source superintelligent AI models and has launched Muse Glimmer as part of this effort. Mark Zuckerberg outlined a plan to make advanced AI widely accessible rather than keeping it locked behind premium services. Meta announced a US$1b fund aimed at supporting communities located near its data centers. The 9th Circuit allowed thousands of social media addiction lawsuits against Meta to proceed, increasing legal and regulatory pressure on the...

The company is fighting to protect itself from liability in multiple cases of social media addiction and a potentially crushing wave of payouts.

Platforms like Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google are facing a long road of litigation.

The appeals court ruled Section 230 provides a liability defense, not immunity, making Meta's appeal premature

By Diana Novak Jones Aug 10 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet's Google, ByteDance's TikTok, and other social

In the midst of an expensive AI transformation, the company is grappling with litigation that could cost it billions and force painful changes.

R.K.C. had already settled with YouTube, TikTok, and Snap, leaving Meta as the sole defendant ahead of jury selection

A closely watched social media addiction lawsuit that had been set to go to trial next week has been dropped after the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Meta, leaving none of the major tech companies facing trial in the case.

A Florida teen suing social-media platforms over claims their design led to mental health issues dropped his lawsuit against Meta Platforms ahead of a trial slated to begin next week in Los Angeles.

By Daniel Wiessner July 22 (Reuters) - A novel lawsuit claiming that Meta Platforms relied on discriminatory AI tools to select employees for layoffs highlights the problems workers face in suing

By Daniel Wiessner July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta Platforms to block the tech giant from laying them off while they pursue claims that they were

There’s no sugarcoating it; getting laid off is awful. But if you've been following the news, it feels like tech workers are being laid off left and right. Here’s what one Reddit user, who was recently laid off from an account executive role at a tech company, had to say on the r/Layoffs subreddit: ...

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.

Plaintiffs allege Meta's AI-assisted evaluation process was discriminatory.

If you have ever caught yourself doom scrolling on Instagram or Facebook for hours on end and felt bad, don't; the technology is working exactly how it was intended to. Everything from the length and style of the Reels to the algorithms' encyclopedic knowledge of your likes and dislikes is designed ...

Four US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties from Meta Platforms over allegations that its platforms addict young users. The case targets core design and engagement features across Meta’s social apps and is set for trial in August. The penalty request is close to Meta’s current market value, raising questions about regulatory risk and future operating flexibility. Meta Platforms, NasdaqGS:META, faces this legal fight with its stock trading at around $615.58 and a mixed recent...