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Gail Slater Leaves Role as Justice Dept.’s Antitrust Chief

Her departure follows months of mounting tension over her division’s work to determine whether companies violated antitrust laws.

Β© Pete Kiehart for The New York Times

Abigail Slater was in the job as assistant attorney general for the antitrust division for roughly a year, after her confirmation in March.
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The Drama at Thinking Machines, a New A.I. Start-Up, Is Riveting Silicon Valley

Defections, secret conversations, deal talks that fizzled and a battle for control: The turmoil at Thinking Machines Lab is the artificial intelligence industry’s latest drama.

Β© Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Ms. Murati with Mr. Altman and two other OpenAI colleagues in 2023. She co-founded Thinking Labs a year ago.
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U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight

The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

Β© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, led by Jamieson Greer, said that the European Union had β€œpersisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives” against U.S. companies.
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