A proposed nationwide class action filed in Chicago says McDonald’s AI pricing platform lets independent franchisees share nonpublic price and sales data. McDonald’s says the tools are optional.
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SiriusXM’s comedy channel cut its roster of comics from 812 to 275, AI shopping agents got a sign-in standard without Amazon, and Lambda’s raise leans on Anthropic.
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Meta, Walmart, Stripe and Sierra want a standard sign-in for AI shopping agents. It fixes the stores that block agents by accident, not the one blocking on purpose.
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A unanimous Third Circuit panel ruled that Ross Intelligence’s AI training on Westlaw headnotes wasn’t fair use. The footnote both sides are quoting points two ways.
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The Supreme Court heard Boulder’s climate suit against Exxon and Suncor, no AI company at New York’s council hearing said it insures against catastrophe, and LIV Golf’s rescue needs players to re-sign by Oct. 13.
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Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta testified before all 51 New York City Council members Monday. None said it carries catastrophe insurance, as the council weighs $25,000-per-violation AI bills.
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OpenAI will test picture ads in ChatGPT’s image tool later this month. ChatGPT ads already passed a $1 billion-a-year pace, and Europe’s public ad archive starts in January.
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Schneider Electric agreed to buy PTC for $22.6 billion, Hyundai and Kia came within 3,564 cars of Ford, and Bank of America tracked what Gen Z bettors actually get back.
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More than 100 rural data centers in development could qualify for an expanded opportunity-zone tax break on Jan. 1. The biggest builders say they won’t use it.
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A Maine class action says DHS agents dumped observer photos, plates, and lookouts into Investigative Case Management — ICE’s Palantir-built case system — during a January immigration surge.
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