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Anthropic will pay Google $200 billion for chips and cloud access, Meta may be using 'dark patterns' to steer people away from non-algorithmic feeds, and Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI over chatbots pretending to be licensed doctors
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- Engadget News + Next
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- May 6, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 415
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Summary
-The Information reported that Anthropic has agreed to pay a staggering $200 billion to Google over the next five years. -Irish regulators have opened two investigations into Meta over whether the company is sufficiently complying with a European law requiring platforms to offer users alternatives to targeted algorithmic feeds. -Pennsylvania is suing AI startup Character.AI for offering chatbots that pretend to be licensed doctors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices