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FTC鈥檚 biggest antitrust test: Successfully blocking Microsoft鈥檚 $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard could define Lina Khan鈥檚 tenure in the FTC. A legal skirmish with Big Tech will be long and expensive.

A string of recent regulatory setbacks is prompting questions about the effectiveness of FTC chair Lina Khan鈥檚 approach to Big Tech. Critics suggest a more prudent strategy may be more successful.

This week, Disney鈥檚 EMEA division announced several new UK unscripted original titles for Disney+, including documentaries on sports brands, music, and fashion, with a focus on A-list collaborations. Warner Bros.

For example, regulators in the UK are struggling to determine how copyright law will address AI art. Our take: Nvidia鈥檚 entry into the generative AI art segment qualifies it as a quickly emerging technology with real-world implications. Unlike nebulous metaverse-related technologies that seem years away from fruition, expect competition to intensify as companies find myriad ways to productize AI.

UK Telecom BT Group is planning to eliminate 55,000 jobs and will replace thousands of them with AI over the next five to seven years. Our take: A call for regulation by first-movers and leading AI companies could allow them to seize the narrative, adversely affecting startups that could find themselves shackled by future regulation.

Companies in the US are the most affected, accounting for 42% of leaks in 2022, followed by Germany and the UK with 5% each. The FBI fights back: The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it 鈥渉acked the hackers,鈥� shutting down Hive2, a major ransomware group responsible for attacking 1,500 companies in over 80 countries since mid-2021, per NPR.

Social media users in select countries (US, UK, Australia, France, and Saudi Arabia) trust brands over influencers when it comes to finance, apparel, and skincare, per an October study from Snap Inc. and IPG Magna. Finance is where this trend is most pronounced.

Mobile duopoly under scrutiny: Apple and Google own the platforms, mobile devices, operating systems, app stores, and browsers. UK regulators are preparing to enact more stringent regulations.