TL;DR — If you have thoughts on the deal, send the UK a letter in the next two weeks.
REGULATION
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CMA Launches Inquiry Into IPG-Omnicom Merger Competition Impact
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The @CMAgovUK has opened an inquiry to see if the IPG-Omnicom merger would create a "merger situation" that would harm competition in any relevant goods or services markets. It's just a standard procedure so far, with CMA inviting industry commentary submitted by May 21.
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OpenAI Legal Risk: Twitter Statements and Creative Industry Relations
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Email incoming from OpenAI attorneys (and maybe communications) in 3…2…1… Tweets like this won’t age well on the legal front, and aren’t great for PR with non-technical audience (e.g. creatives).
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AI Benefits and Drawbacks: Regional Sentiment Shifts Optimistic
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Does AI deliver more benefits or drawbacks? The answer depends on where you are. In many regions, sentiment is shifting from skepticism toward optimism. Dive into the details presented in the #AIIndex2025 report: https://
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Lumentum and Arista navigate tariff uncertainty in cloud sector
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Lumentum and Arista shine despite uncertainty Cloud computing demand for fiber optics and networking is supporting healthy results at both Lumentum and Arista, but both companies are waiting to find out what happens when the tariff pause ends on July 8th. Some companies, such as
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Self-deployable frontier AI for countries and enterprises
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Self deployable fully packaged frontier AI. If you’re a country you may want to look here instead, we can help! https://t.co/BE0g0PdHTG
— Arthur Mensch (@arthurmensch) 7 mai 2025Self deployable fully packaged frontier AI. If you’re a country you may want to look here instead, we can help!
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DLBacktrace: AryaXAI’s AI Explainability Engine for Regulators
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Can your AI explain itself — with clarity regulators can trust? Join us for an exclusive session unveiling DLBacktrace — AryaXAI’s breakthrough explainability engine for mission-critical AI. 📅 June 5, 2025 🕒 12:00 PM CEST | 11:00 AM BST | 3:30 PM IST aryaxai.com/events/inside-th…
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Deep State and AI: Alert on a Political and Social Tsunami
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I fully share the assessment of @dr_l_alexandre: the deep state as well as our political leaders must grasp the magnitude of the political and social tsunami that will strike if no measures on AI are thought out now. Thank you to him for including me in this tsunami.
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Political Irresponsibility in AI: Hidden Risks for Middle Classes
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La classe politique est IRRESPONSABLE en matière d’IA 1 Elle cache le tsunami à l’opinion 2 Elle maintient une administration remplis de technophobes ne connaissant rien à l’IA 3 Les élites et leurs enfants seront les grands gagnants 4 Les classes populaires et moyennes
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Trump Admin Disbands Disinformation Tracking Units Amid Platform Opacity
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Another important point from @WillOremus
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