United Airlines Drops Attempt to Acquire American Airlines

About this episode

The episode discusses United Airlines' failed acquisition attempt of American Airlines, along with news about OpenAI's new deal with Microsoft and China's ban on Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus.

Plus: OpenAI and Microsoft reach a new deal, giving the startup more freedom. And China bans Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Alex Ossola

Topics covered

• United Airlines
• American Airlines
• OpenAI
• Microsoft
• China
• Meta
• AI startup

Keywords

• United Airlines
• American Airlines
• OpenAI
• Microsoft
• Meta
• AI
• China
• acquisition

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Organizations: United Airlines, American Airlines, OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Manus

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