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Police are still searching for Charlie Kirk’s assassin. The FBI released two images of a person of interest in Wednesday’s fatal shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, an indication that authorities have not yet identified him. Investigators believe the shooter, a “college-age” male wearing dark clothes, shot Kirk from a rooftop with a “high-powered bolt-action rifle,” which was recovered from a wooded area near the campus of Utah Valley University, where Kirk was speaking. According to the New York Times, a preliminary Justice Dept. report that ammunition in the rifle was engraved with statements of “transgender and anti-fascist ideology” didn’t match other summaries of the evidence and may have been misinterpreted. President Trump announced that he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Paramount Skydance is reportedly preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. CBS, CNN, Paramount+, and HBO Max could all soon be part of the same company. Paramount Skydance is readying a majority cash bid to buy all of rival entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery, the Wall Street Journal reported, in a move that would upend legacy media. Warner’s $33 billion market capitalization is more than double Paramount’s, but the bid is being backed by the family of new Paramount CEO David Ellison, whose father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, became the richest person in the world this week. WBD announced plans last year to separate its debt-ridden traditional TV business from its streaming and studios, and Paramount may be attempting to get out ahead of a potential bidding war for the latter, per the WSJ.
The FTC is investigating the effects of AI chatbots on children. The Federal Trade Commission is demanding information from OpenAI, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, xAI, and more tech companies about how kids interact with their AI chatbots and what safety measures are in place to protect them. AI companion bots are the subjects of several high-profile lawsuits against companies like OpenAI and Character.AI for allegedly bearing responsibility for children’s suicides. OpenAI and others have announced plans for additional chatbot safety features, including parental controls.—AE
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