(WSJ) The deal is part of the efforts by the world’s largest asset manager to bolster data capabilities as it expands into private-market investments. Read more here.

(Washington Post) In his new book, Steven Brill points to a flood of bad information as the culprit behind the rise of polarization. Read more here.

(Washington Post) Once hailed as a model for internet governance, Meta’s Oversight Board has been criticized as slow-moving and increasingly irrelevant. Read more here.

(Goldman Sachs) Tech giants and beyond are set to spend over $1tn on AI capex in coming years, with so far little to show for it. So, will this large spend ever pay off? MIT’s Daron Acemoglu and GS’ Jim Covello are skeptical… Read more here.

(Washington Post) The Stanford Internet Observatory provided real-time analysis on viral election falsehoods but has struggled amid attacks from conservatives. Read more here.

(Business Insider) As more LPs walk away from their positions in VC firms, at least one firm is raising hundreds of millions to quietly buy up distressed positions. Read more here.

(Bloomberg) When Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and his top deputies this week unveiled a landmark arrangement with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into the iPhone, iPad and Mac, they were mum on the financial terms. Read more here.

(Bloomberg) A federal appeals court struck down the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules requiring hedge funds and private equity firms to detail quarterly fees and expenses to investors — a significant setback in the regulator’s clampdown on the private-funds industry. Read more here.

(Roy Swan, Observer) Data irrefutably indicates that “pro-woke, pro-DEI” shareholder activism would deliver greater economic value to all stakeholders than an anti-woke, anti-DEI strategy. Read more here.

(WSJ) The pace of innovation in AI is slowing, its usefulness is limited, and the cost of running it remains exorbitant. Read more here.