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# Evening Scan
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-09-22-pm/
- Published: 2026-09-22T23:09:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T23:09:31.000Z
- Description: The Ellison media empire cleared its last legal hurdle today, while over in AI-land two more frontier models dropped on the same news cycle — and one of them came with a same-day security scare attached.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-pm, #scan

The Ellison media empire cleared its last legal hurdle today, while over in AI-land two more frontier models dropped on the same news cycle — and one of them came with a same-day security scare attached.

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#### [Paramount Settles States' Lawsuit, Clearing Way for Warner Bros. Merger](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/business/paramount-warner-bros-ellison.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall)

David Ellison's Hollywood consolidation is now basically unblockable — Paramount-Warner Bros. is happening. *(NYT)*

#### [Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/09/muse-metas-extraordinarily-privileged-ai-assistant-has-a-serious-0-day/?ref=adjacent.media)

A researcher found any app or terminal command can grab Muse's auth tokens on Mac — awkward timing for the assistant Meta's been touting as outgrowing ChatGPT's early download numbers. *(Ars Technica)*

#### [A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US](https://www.theverge.com/transportation/998550/a-cut-cable-disrupted-hundreds-of-flights-across-the-us?ref=adjacent.media)

A single severed line cascaded FAA delays — the kind of infrastructure fragility story that always reads scarier than it sounds until it's your flight. *(The Verge)*

> “GM has confirmed it is NOT rolling phone projection to GM EVs.” — *Joanna Stern, via X*