> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://adjacent.media/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Regulators at the Gate, Chips, Cars, and Supply Chains, Money and Markets, Plus One Diesel Order - URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-10-08-am/ - Published: 2026-10-08T10:15:34.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-08T10:15:34.000Z - Description: Regulators are pressing Big Tech from several directions this Thursday: Brussels wants a bigger levy, Florida wants OpenAI’s attention, and Common Sense Media has a few words about teenagers and ChatGPT. - Author: Jonathan Greene - Tags: #scan-am, #scan Regulators are pressing Big Tech from several directions this Thursday: Brussels wants a bigger levy, Florida wants OpenAI's attention, and Common Sense Media has a few words about teenagers and ChatGPT. Chips keep getting geopolitical, crypto keeps getting volatile, and Trump has opinions about diesel dye. > **$83 million** — Bitcoin long liquidations in 24 hours as the price slid below $84,000\. *(The Defiant)* --- ### Connected World #### [Brussels looks to capture Big Tech through tax on large corporations](https://www.ft.com/content/ad06ed89-f600-4694-8c95-7d53b6d3315b?syn-25a6b1a6=1&ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) By taxing all large companies instead of naming US digital giants, the Commission hopes to avoid the retaliation a targeted levy would invite. *(Financial Times)* #### [Big AI has a problem on the right. It starts in Florida.](https://www.vox.com/politics/505319/ron-desantis-ai-james-uthmeier-openai-lawsuit?ref=adjacent.media) When the populist right and AI's critics find common cause, the industry's Washington playbook gets a lot less comfortable. *(Vox)* #### [ChatGPT for Teens is an 'unacceptable risk,' says Common Sense Media](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1006355/openai-chatgpt-for-teens-common-sense-media?ref=adjacent.media) Not the review OpenAI was hoping to get framed and hung in the lobby. *(The Verge)* #### [Meet the doctor-whisperer helping OpenAI navigate AI's medical minefield](https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-doctors-chatgpt-health-advice-2026-10?ref=adjacent.media) With 300 million people a week asking ChatGPT about their health, somebody had better be checking the answers. *(Business Insider)* #### [100 days later: Microsoft still steers Windows and Copilot users to Edge, everywhere the law lets it](https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/over-the-edge-2-100-days-later/?ref=adjacent.media) Mozilla's follow-up report is a browser maker complaining about a rival, but "everywhere the law lets it" is a pointed qualifier. *(Mozilla Blog)* ### Machines & Minds #### [Intel will stay on Musk's Terafab chip project, CEO tells Bloomberg](https://thenextweb.com/news/intel-terafab-musk-lip-bu-tan-tsmc?ref=adjacent.media) Lip-Bu Tan is keeping a foot in Musk's Texas fab ambitions, which is either smart hedging or a very expensive side project. *(The Next Web)* #### [Japan's Rapidus teams up with 17 firms to win customers for 2nm chips](https://thenextweb.com/news/rapidus-17-design-partners-2nm-customers?ref=adjacent.media) A state-backed newcomer lines up customers first and makes the chips second, a sensible order of operations. *(The Next Web)* #### [Porsche, Facing Falling Profits, Plans to Cut 25% of Its Work Force](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/business/porsche-china-job-cuts-volkswagen.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) The brand that once printed money for Volkswagen is now learning what China looks like from the other side of the ledger. *(NYT)* #### [China's 'Self-Reliance' Drive Is Upending Trade With Europe](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/business/china-europe-trade-manufacturing.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) Beijing's make-it-at-home push is widening the trade imbalance, and Europe's industrial base is feeling it. *(NYT)* ### Connected World #### [Bitcoin Sinks Below $84,000 in Sudden Sell-Off](https://thedefiant.io/news/markets/bitcoin-sinks-below-84-000-in-sudden-sell-off?ref=adjacent.media) Coinbase recorded a low of $83,551, a reminder that sudden moves are routine in this market. *(The Defiant)* #### [Robinhood adds $25 million worth of bitcoin to balance sheet as it deepens crypto push](https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-10-07-robinhood-adds-25-million-bitcoin-balance-sheet-417890?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) Buying the dip as a signaling exercise, with timing that is either brave or merely convenient. *(The Block)* #### [Citi shortens its analyst program to two years as Wall Street fights private equity for young talent](https://fortune.com/2026/10/07/citi-slashes-promotion-timeline-analyst-program-hiring-war-private-equity-ai/?ref=adjacent.media) Faster promotions are the cheapest way to compete with PE's pay packages, and the tortoise is clearly tired of losing to the hare. *(Fortune)* #### [Trump Allows Cheaper, Dyed Diesel to Be Used in Nonfarm Vehicles](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/business/trump-dyed-diesel-fuel-executive-order.html?ref=adjacent.media) (paywall) Waiving the off-road requirement for tax-exempt red diesel is a pump-price play, with enforcement questions to match. *(NYT)* ### Connected World #### [Xbox has secured GTA 6 streaming rights](https://www.theverge.com/report/1005859/microsoft-xbox-gta-6-streaming-rights?ref=adjacent.media) Xbox's CEO promises something "no" one has done around GTA VI, a hell of a way to build hype for a game that needs none. *(The Verge)*