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FTC issues formal subpoenas to six AI employers as no-poach probe shifts from inquiry to investigation

The Federal Trade Commission served civil investigative demands Friday on six of the largest U.S. AI employers, formalizing a labor-market probe and signaling that Washington's post-moratorium scrutiny of the industry will shift to antitrust ground.

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AI Talent War Reignites as Hyperscalers Dangle Record Pay Packages for Frontier Researchers

Compensation packages for senior AI researchers have surged past $20 million a year at several U.S. hyperscalers, recruiters and pay consultants say, as the collapse of the federal training moratorium and a record capex cycle reopen a hiring race that had cooled.

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May Day rallies fill European capitals as post-war economy and AI anxiety share the streets

Hundreds of thousands marched in Paris, Berlin, Rome and across Asian capitals on Friday in International Workers' Day demonstrations that braided traditional labor demands with anger over the cost of the Iran war and unease about an accelerating wave of AI-driven job losses.

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