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# AI Meets the Bill, Chips, Costs, and Corner Offices, Reality Check
- URL: https://adjacent.media/scan/2026-10-27-am/
- Published: 2026-10-27T10:15:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T10:15:32.000Z
- Description: Tuesday’s items: AI companies face courtrooms, chip budgets, and publisher terms-of-service fights. SpaceX is showing its balance sheet and Apple is handing off display leadership.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #scan-am, #scan

Tuesday's items: AI companies face courtrooms, chip budgets, and publisher terms-of-service fights. SpaceX is showing its balance sheet and Apple is handing off display leadership.

> **$41M+** — What Elvis Presley's rightsholders are seeking from Anthropic over 274 songs allegedly used in model training. *(New York Times)*

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### Machines & Minds

#### [Elvis Presley's rightsholders sue Anthropic over 274 songs](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/arts/music/anthropic-lawsuit-elvis-presley-songs.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.LVE.Unk9.7e04-FAQ9Ei8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&ref=adjacent.media)

The King's estate wants $41M+ and Anthropic says it will fight, adding another entry to the training-data docket. *(New York Times)*

#### [Meta delays rollout of updated commercial terms amid publishers' pushback](https://digiday.com/media/metas-new-scraping-terms-galvanize-publishers-into-collective-action/?utm%5Fcampaign=digidaydis&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fsource=general-rss)

Publishers acting together got Meta to back off its content-use terms, at least for now. *(Digiday)*

#### [After threatening AI export bans, China allows DeepSeek to keep selling](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/26/after-threatening-ai-export-bans-china-allows-deepseek-to-keep-selling/5305267?ref=adjacent.media)

Beijing wants export controls on paper, while national champions are still shipping in practice. *(The Register)*

#### [Is Anthropic Worth $2 Trillion?](https://www.gettheleverage.com/p/is-anthropic-worth-2-trillion?ref=adjacent.media)

A valuation check on the number everyone is now saying out loud. *(Get The Leverage)*

### Connected World

#### [Samsung plans to make 20% fewer mid-range phones due to rising chip costs](https://www.sammobile.com/news/samsung-plans-make-20-percent-fewer-galaxy-a-phones/?ref=adjacent.media)

Price hikes weren't enough, so volume is being trimmed too. *(SamMobile)*

#### [Nvidia's sales and marketing leadership is seeing a changing of the guard](https://www.businessinsider.com/nvidia-ai-growth-drives-leadership-shifts-sales-marketing-2026-10?ref=adjacent.media)

The pitch has moved from GPUs to AI infrastructure, and the people pitching have changed with it. *(Business Insider)*

#### [Apple Display Veterans Step Back as New Leaders Take Over](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/26/apple-display-veterans-step-back/?ref=adjacent.media)

Two three-decade Apple veterans hand off displays as the Ternus-era reshuffle continues. *(MacRumors)*

### Connected World

#### [The reactor meant to showcase nuclear's comeback keeps hitting problems](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/safety-concerns-cloud-americas-flagship-nuclear-restart/?ref=adjacent.media)

Regulators issued a warning on the flagship restart project after a contractor incident, a bad headline for the revival. *(Ars Technica)*

#### [Student-loan borrowers are facing a key issue ahead of the midterms: affording their new monthly payments](https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-borrowers-affording-new-monthly-payments-higher-bills-midterms-2026-10?ref=adjacent.media)

Over 10 million borrowers are behind on payments, a number campaigns eventually notice. *(Business Insider)*

#### [Inside Slack's Salesforce culture clash](https://buildingslack.com/salesforce-part-two/?ref=adjacent.media)

Benioff reportedly spent about an hour with Slack's CEO before the deal and didn't use Slack. *(Building Slack)*

### Connected World

#### [A profile of Marissa Mayer, whose startup Dazzle is building an AI assistant for mundane tasks](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/style/marissa-mayer-ai-assistants-women.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.LVE.bUTq.yuaOciiPS1zl&smid=url-share&ref=adjacent.media)

The former Yahoo CEO is back with an assistant aimed at non-technical users and the tasks nobody wants to do. *(New York Times)*