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Pope Leo XIV's encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas' criticizes tech monopolies and calls for open-source AI, framing it as a disarmament from Silicon Valley control, which resonates with the open-source community's arguments against closed frontier models.
Peter Thiel argues that founders should aim for monopolies, highlighting 'Complex Coordination'—integrating many pieces into something new—as an overlooked but powerful category, citing Apple, Tesla, and SpaceX as examples.
Google has officially filed its appeal against a federal ruling that deemed it an illegal search monopolist, arguing that it won the market fairly and that the court's remedies were excessive.
More than 30 states are asking a federal judge to order the breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster after a jury found it to be an illegal monopolist, seeking remedies far beyond the DOJ's settlement.
The article argues that tech companies like Amazon are building AI and data center infrastructure to become essential public utilities before regulations are established, creating dependency to avoid accountability.