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University of Washington professor Emily Bender argues the AI safety debate is too focused on hypothetical existential threats while overlooking harms already happening today. She points to environmental costs, disruption to workers, surveillance, misinformation and chatbot dependence. She argues that incidents involving AI systems accessing outside networks should be viewed as the responsibility of the companies deploying them - not as autonomous models "going rogue." She joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

Paramount Skydance Corp. closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., combining two of the five largest Hollywood film studios and uniting major franchises such as Harry Potter and Mission Impossible. The new company, called Skydance, will be home to dozens of TV networks and two major subscription streaming services, Paramount+ and HBO Max, and will be led by David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz as co-chief executive officers. Bloomberg's Hannah Miller joins to discuss.

A pullback in oil prices drove stocks to all-time highs, with Wall Street also buoyed by enthusiasm about corporate resilience and the artificial-intelligence trade that has powered the bull market. The equity advance extended into a fourth straight day, sending the S&P 500 up nearly 1% and toward its first record close since August. Brian Belski, CEO and CIO at Humilis Investment Strategies, discusses the structural equity bull market and a little Vikings football.

Google parent Alphabet agreed to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy Corp. in a 20-year power-purchase agreement that will drive more than $4.3 billion in investments to upgrade systems at 11 Constellation reactors. Bloomberg's Will Wade joins to discuss.

Johnson & Johnson Chairman & CEO Joaquin Duato says artificial intelligence is a force multiplier and has to be embraced. He's on this week's episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. This interview was recorded on June 16 in Washington.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said the Fed will look later this year to update its rules for fixed-dollar asset thresholds in a bid to account for inflation and economic growth. "This will preserve the policy intent at the time the threshold was implemented," Bowman said Tuesday in remarks to a community banking research conference.

Paramount Skydance closed its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, completing one of the biggest media mergers of all time. Hannah Miller reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

WHP Global is bringing Toys "R" Us back to life with over 120 new US stores despite falling consumer confidence. Yehuda Shmidman, the founder, chairman and CEO of the brand licensing company WHP Global, joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why toy demand is surging, the rise of the "kidult" shopper, and how an asset light licensing model is powering billions in sales and potential IPO plans.

After decades of budget deficits and steadily rising debt, markets are putting a new price on French risk.  Investors are charging much more to hold government bonds, the stock market is under pressure and the cost of insuring bank bonds against default has jumped. The euro fell to its weakest level since May 2025 on Monday, reflecting fears that upheaval will spill beyond France's border. Ozan Tarman, Vice Chair: Global Macro at Deutsche Bank, discusses the growing debt pressures across Europe and contagion risks.

American AI companies' performance lead over China narrowed sharply in past months to a record low after labs such as DeepSeek gained ground, threatening US tech supremacy, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Willy Lee, Principal at Neostellar, offers his view from the VC world when it comes to AI investments and the IPO market.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - Option Care Health (OPCH) shares jumped after the Financial Times reports that McKesson and PE firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice are closing in on a deal to buy the provider of medical infusion services, that would value the business at more than $5b including debt. - Constellation Energy (CEG) shares are higher on news Google and Constellation Energy announced a long-term deal to bring 890 MW of new nuclear capacity on the PJM grid in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. - SpaceX (SPCX) shares are the most actively traded in the premarket as NASA is close to announcing a bulk purchase of rocket launches to fuel its $30 billion drive to build a permanent base on the moon for humans to live and work. It also made Elon Musk a trillionaire once again.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon says investors should get used to the fact that markets go up and down. He says if you try to game the market, you are guaranteed to lose money. He speaks exclusively with Tom Mackenzie at JPMorgan's Tech Stars Conference in London.