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Sources: Meta angered FAIR staff by requiring extra review of research before publishing; Yann LeCun considered resigning over Meta's broader AI changes (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-change-publishing-research-…

A Meta Change on Publishing Research Causes a Stir in Its AI Group
In recent weeks, Meta Platforms made a change to its Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research lab that rubbed members of the group the wrong way: FAIR, as the group is known, would have to undergo additional review of its research before publishing it, according to two people familiar with ...

DMG Media, Guardian Media Group, and other UK publishers call for the CMA to include Gemini in its investigation into Google's search and search ads dominance (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/publ…

Publishers call for CMA to include Gemini in Google investigation
Publishers have responded to the UK's competition watchdog (CMA)'s investigation on Google's market dominance.

Potemkin village populism (David R. Lurie/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-potemkin-village-populism
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p37#a250903p37

In what Public Citizen called
"the greatest corruption in presidential history,"
Donald Trumpand his family added $5 billion in cash to their fortunes this Labor Day
as his new cryptocurrency was opened to the public market.
The currency, known as WLFI,
is owned by World Liberty Financial,
a company founded by the president's sons, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump.
A Trump business entity owns 60% of the company and is entitled to 75% …

'Greatest Corruption in Presidential History': Trump Family Reaps $5 Billion More in Crypto Profits | Common Dreams
In what Public Citizen called "the greatest corruption in presidential history," US President Donald Trump and his family added $5 billion in cash to their fortunes this Labor Day as his new cryptocurrency was opened to the public market.

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won't solve America's wildfire problem
https://theconversation.com/boosting-timber-harvesting-in-nationa…

Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won’t solve America’s wildfire problem
The Trump administration and members of Congress propose cutting environmental reviews and public involvement to boost logging. But data show reviews aren’t the problem.

High Plains Public Radio plans to expand rural coverage with a "contributors network" of part-time and volunteer community members after receiving a $750K grant (Sophie Culpepper/Nieman Lab)
https://www.nie…

With public media under siege, High Plains Public Radio builds a blueprint to cover more rural news with fewer resources
To expand regional coverage while keeping costs down, HPPR aims to build out a “contributors network” of part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team.

Toronto-based quantum computing company Xanadu says it will go public in the US and Canada via a SPAC, in a deal that values the combined business at ~$3.6B (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/xanadu-to-go-public-on-nasdaq-and-tsx-in-3-6-billion-u…

Xanadu to go public on Nasdaq and TSX in $3.6-billion USD SPAC deal
Toronto-based quantum computing firm Xanadu has struck a deal to go public by merging with a SPAC called Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp.

Seven US and French news publishers sign up with Perplexity's Comet Plus, a $5/month add-on for the AI-powered Comet browser, with revenue splits for publishers (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/perple

Perplexity launches AI subscription revenue-share scheme for publishers
AI platform Perplexity has signed up seven US-based and French publishers as launch partners for its Comet Plus subscription.

At a talk, the FCC's Anna Gomez says she's called on the FCC to define "public interest" so the agency can't weaponize the term to censor TV and radio stations (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2025/10/fcc-anna-gomez-public-interest-d…

FCC Commissioner Gomez: Agency must define "public interest" requirement
Speaking at an event on Thursday, FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez called on the agency to issue a rule that defines a broadcaster's public interest obligation.

TollBit: publishers with OpenAI licensing deals have a ChatGPT clickthrough rate almost 7x higher than those without agreements; OpenAI has 40 US and UK deals (David Buttle/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-ana

Publishers with AI licensing deals have seven times the clickthrough rate
Publishers with OpenAI licensing deals benefit from a ChatGPT clickthrough rate almost seven times higher than those without agreements.