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OpenAI is the latest company to hop on the bandwagon of gating access by users' age. The AI business is beginning a global rollout of an age prediction tool to determine whether or not a user is a minor. “The model looks at a combination of behavioral and account-level signals, including how long an account has existed, typical times of day when someone is active, usage patterns over time,and a

The Federal Trade Commission will appeal its loss in a landmark antitrust case against Meta, the agency announced Tuesday.

US District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled in November that the government failed to prove that Meta had an illegal monopoly over a subset of social networking services meant for connecting with friends and family online. Boasberg wrote that the government had an

• Sam Altman and Elon Musk escalated their long-running feud on Tuesday in a series of posts on X.
• Each of the tech giants traded barbs about deaths and safety concerns tied to each other's products.
• The pair is in the middle of a lengthy legal battle over

Business Insider is on the ground at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, and we want to take you along with us.

We'll be updating our liveblog throughout the week with breaking news, insights from interviews and conversations, power-player sightings, and color from private events.

From global growth to AI, talent

• JD Vance, Donald Trump's vice president, is a former senator from Ohio.
• Vance met his wife, Usha Vance, while they were both students at Yale Law School.
• They wed in both Christian and Hindu ceremonies in 2014 and are

• Instagram is testing out replacing "following" counts with "friends" counts.
• What's a friend, according to Instagram? Glad you asked. It's someone who follows you back.
• Meta confirmed to Business Insider that it is running a "small global test" of the change.

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• Netflix reported fourth-quarter results that were slightly above Wall Street estimates.
• Netflix stock dipped in after-hours trading after its first-quarter 2026 guidance fell short.
• Netflix generated record viewership in December and is expanding into areas such as podcasts.

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• Ukraine fired nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night defending against Russian strikes.
• The figure, shared by President Zelenskyy on Tuesday, reveals the growing cost of the air defense fight.
• He said Ukraine needs more missile batteries and interceptors to keep pace with Russia's attacks.

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