Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is suing Apple and OpenAI in U.S. federal court, accusing them of illegally conspiring to thwart competition.

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Robert Hockett, is a professor of law and public finance at Cornell Law School, where he focuses on financial and monetary law and economics. He says Trump’s scheme to push out Cook is precisely the kind of political meddling Fed policy was designed to guard against.

Economics and Business

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Li Chen is a professor of manufacturing management at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, where he’s studied supply chains of low-cost retailers such as Shein and Temu.

Economics and Business

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OpenAI is expected to reveal the next generation of ChatGPT, titled GPT-5, on Thursday. 

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John Tobin-de la Puente is a professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse. He says long-term investors are unlikely to rely on EPA’s announced reversal to change their investment portfolios. 

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Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University, studies the greenhouse gas footprint of methane extracted from shale formations and liquified natural gas. He comments on reports of a drafted plan coming from the EPA that will seek to repeal the 2009 declaration known as the “endangerment finding,” scientifically establishing greenhouse gases endanger human lives.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Samantha Sheppard, an associate professor of cinema and media studies who studies race and representation in film, television, and digital media, says his death represents a significant cultural loss for the industry and Black audiences, in particular.

Arts & Humanities

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David Shoemaker, a professor of philosophy at Cornell University who studies the moral psychology of humor, says that political satire—long a staple of late-night TV—plays a critical role in democracy, cutting through partisanship and exposing hypocrisies that traditional news often can’t.

Arts & Humanities

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Landon Schnabel, an associate professor of sociology at Cornell University who studies religion and social change, argues that tax exemptions exist for organizations serving the public good, not for private club discussions among insiders.

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Wendong Zhang is an associate professor of applied economics and policy and the co-author of Economic Impacts of the 2025 Trade Wars, a policy brief detailing how U.S. tariffs could drive global trade realignments and welfare redistribution.

International

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