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    Companies brings together the latest on corporate deals, disputes and leadership shake-ups from across the business world, spanning household names in media, technology, retail and sport. Expect coverage of boardroom reshuffles, courtroom battles over mergers and settlements, and the financial fallout when firms face fraud allegations or regulatory scrutiny, alongside lighter stories about workplace disputes and unusual legal rulings.

    Much of the current activity centres on the entertainment and technology industries, from antitrust wrangling between major studios to shifting fortunes at prominent tech firms, as well as the ripple effects of high-profile ownership changes involving frozen assets and sports clubs. Smaller, fast-growing companies also feature, reflecting how emerging businesses jostle for investment and recognition alongside established giants.

    This topic matters because corporate decisions, however distant they may seem from daily life, tend to shape the products, services and workplaces that readers encounter directly. Tracking these stories helps make sense of how power, money and accountability move through the companies that increasingly influence culture, employment and public life.

    • Sam Altman says OpenAI going public in 2026 would be ‘ill-advised’

      Sam Altman has ruled out an OpenAI initial public offering in 2026, telling Fortune it would be “ill-advised” given the current focus on safety issues. Speaking in a 45-minute interview, the OpenAI chief executive said the company feels no pressure to float and will only do so “when we’re ready”, a notably cautious stance from…

    • LG denies accusations of smart TVs continuously recording its users

      LG has publicly denied claims from a widely circulated report that its smart TVs continuously record users’ conversations, saying the accusations stem from “misconceptions” about how the devices actually work. The response follows a 135-minute investigation by Gamers Nexus, conducted with Level1 Techs and independent cybersecurity researchers, which alleged that LG TVs could capture audio…

    • Bulgaria investigates fire at weapons site that owner calls sabotage

      Bulgaria is investigating an overnight fire and series of explosions at an ammunition storage site run by private defence firm EMCO, with the interior minister saying authorities are “not ruling out outside interference.” No-one was hurt, but EMCO itself has gone further, insisting the blaze was sabotage and that human error has been “completely ruled…

    • Anthropic’s CEO proposes a three-step plan to curb AI development

      Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a three-step proposal aimed at slowing the pace of frontier AI development, warning that unchecked progress risks losing control of AI systems, enabling misuse for cyberattacks and bioterrorism, and causing serious economic disruption. He said the plan would not be easy to implement but argued “we owe it to…

    • Anthropic CEO says it’s time to pump the brakes on AI

      Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for the pace of AI development to slow down, unveiling a three-step plan to “pace the frontier” and giving external evaluators such as METR broader access to Anthropic’s models to check compliance with safety practices. The move signals a notable shift in tone from an industry leader, suggesting growing…

    • Anthropic CEO outlines plan to ‘pace the frontier’

      Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has published a blog post calling for AI developers to “pace the frontier” – deliberately slowing the rate at which AI capabilities advance – and announced that Anthropic will unilaterally adopt one of three proposed measures. The intervention comes amid growing unease in the industry, following the resignation of Anthropic researcher…

    • ‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown

      Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, has called on the artificial intelligence industry to slow the pace of development, proposing a three-part plan and pledging that his company would unilaterally adopt its first element: giving third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems to verify safety measures and assess model alignment. The appeal, made in a…

    • LG responds to TV spying allegations

      LG has issued a public rebuttal after Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs and independent security researchers this week raised concerns about how its smart TVs log and upload user data. The company says the coverage created “misconceptions”, insisting its TVs “do not continuously record or transmit users’ conversations” and that wake-word detection for its voice assistant is…

    • Anthropic CEO begs AI bosses to slow down on potentially deadly technology after whistleblower’s chilling warning

      Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on the artificial intelligence industry to slow its rate of progress, warning that AI capabilities are advancing dangerously fast. His appeal came shortly after Jacob Coxon, a researcher who worked at both Anthropic and OpenAI, resigned and publicly warned that neither company was acting responsibly, suggesting the technology…

    • Nvidia’s Groq acquihire is on the DOJ’s radar, but it’s already too late

      Nvidia’s $20 billion deal to license Groq’s AI chip technology and hire away its top engineers has drawn an antitrust probe from the US Department of Justice, according to a New York Times report. The arrangement left Groq’s inference business technically independent but stripped it of the engineering talent needed to keep developing its own…