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- It’s ‘kind of jarring’: AI labs like Meta, Deepseek, and Xai earned some of the worst grades possible on an existential safety indexby Patrick Kulp, Tech Brew on December 5, 2025 at 10:18 pm
Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google DeepMind took the top three spots with an overall grade of C+ or C.
- U.S. consumers are so financially strained they put more than $1 billion on buy-now, pay later services during Black Friday and Cyber Mondayby Jeena Sharma, Retail Brew on December 5, 2025 at 9:59 pm
BNPL made up for more than 7.2% of total online sales on Cyber Monday.
- Musk’s SpaceX discusses record valuation, IPO as soon as 2026by Edward Ludlow, Loren Grush, Lizette Chapman, Eric Johnson, Bloomberg on December 5, 2025 at 9:59 pm
The transaction would value Elon Musk’s startup at a valuation higher than OpenAI’s record-setting $500 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
- The rise of AI reasoning models comes with a big energy tradeoffby Rachel Metz, Dina Bass, Bloomberg on December 5, 2025 at 9:56 pm
AI reasoning models used 30 times more power on average to respond to 1,000 written prompts than alternatives without it, a new study finds.
- Hollywood writers say Warner takeover ‘must be blocked’by Thomas Buckley, Bloomberg on December 5, 2025 at 9:50 pm
“The world’s largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent,” the WGA said.
- Netflix–Warner Bros. deal sets up $72 billion antitrust testby Josh Sisco, Samuel Stolton, Kelcee Griffis, Bloomberg on December 5, 2025 at 9:46 pm
The company faces a lengthy DOJ review and a possible lawsuit seeking to block the deal if it doesn’t adopt some remedies to get it cleared, analysts said.
- ‘This is a bad idea made worse’: Senate Dems’ plan to fix Obamacare premiums adds nearly $300 billion to deficit, CRFB saysby Nick Lichtenberg on December 5, 2025 at 9:43 pm
The plan to protect Obamacare would cost nearly $550 billion over 10 years if it were made permanent, the budget watchdog said.
- Trump calls affordability a ‘Democrat scam’ and ‘con job’—but nearly three-quarters of his voters think cost of living is bad or the worst everby Jason Ma on December 5, 2025 at 8:51 pm
A Politico poll found that 37% of Americans who voted for Trump in 2024 believe the cost of living is the worst they can ever remember.
- Top analyst says Netflix’s $72 billion bet on Warner Bros. isn’t about the ‘death of Hollywood’ at all. It’s really about Googleby Nick Lichtenberg on December 5, 2025 at 7:17 pm
“If I were Netflix,” S&P Global’s Melissa Otto told Fortune, “I would want to build a moat around my business.”
- Elon Musk says Tesla owners will soon be able to text while driving, despite it being illegal in nearly all 50 statesby Sasha Rogelberg on December 5, 2025 at 6:57 pm
Safety experts say sending texts behind the wheel of a full self-driving Tesla would completely undermine the automated features the vehicle has in place.