weekly-highlights

OpenAI agrees to stagger rollout of its most powerful model to only Trump-approved customers | Fortune

OpenAI is staggering the rollout of its newest and most powerful AI model after a request…

Larry Ellison quietly gave $45 million to a pro-Trump group—then Oracle landed a starring role in a $500 billion AI buildout | Fortune

While many of Big Tech’s biggest names have been fairly public and open about their dealings…

Paris court gives oil giant Total Energies half a year to tighten climate policies. Climate activists cry foul | Fortune

A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy giant TotalEnergies must account for its customer’s…

Deviled eggs, seltzer and a burger you can't quit: The GLP-1 crowd is (halfway) reinventing the American BBQ | Fortune

Americans are heading into the Fourth of July weekend with lighter coolers, cheaper eggs, and a…

Bill Ackman, David Tepper, and other billionaire fund managers are quietly piling into Amazon | Fortune

A murderers’ row of hedge fund managers agree on one investment move: Amazon is a bargain…

Companies are demanding states cut red tape. Data center-wary voters may think differently

Announcing a $20 billion economic development deal last June — the largest, by far, in Pennsylvania…

Fortune 500 bosses demanding staff return to the office share one trait: Narcissism, research finds | Fortune

CEOs have offered many different reasons for calling workers back into the office—despite research that suggests…

Walmart’s $1.4 billion Vibe.co deal is a direct shot at Amazon’s booming ad business | Fortune

Walmart’s biggest acquisition in two years is a signal from CEO John Furner that he is…

Gen Z graduates are blaming AI for their unemployment woes when they should be looking somewhere else | Fortune

While recent graduates kicked off their summer of potential unemployment by booing commencement speakers extolling the…

Anthropic releases Claude Tag, a virtual employee that works within Slack | Fortune

Anthropic has released a version of its popular chatbot Claude that operates like a virtual employee.…