A US judge entered an order on Wednesday allowing Paramount to ‌close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros , ending a months-long holdup, as the company named Mattel's Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO to help run the combined business.

The Federal Trade Commission is conducting an industry-wide probe into Anthropic, OpenAI ‌and other AI labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, a senior FTC official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Anthropic could face legal claims from customers and users over the actions of rogue artificial intelligence agents, ‌though the legal framework is uncertain, the company said in the prospectus for its stock market debut seen by Reuters.

Paramount Skydance has settled with California and 11 other states that sued to block its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery , a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, clearing one of the last big hurdles to closing a deal that would reshape Hollywood.