After months of uncertainty, Paramount Skydance reached a settlement with 12 states, led by California, that had sued to stop its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, arguing it would damage the film industry.(经过数月的不确定性，派拉蒙天舞与以加利福尼亚州为首的12个州达成和解，这些州此前起诉要求阻止其收购华纳兄弟探索，理由是这会损害电影产业。) Under the agreement Paramount is committed to spend an extra $1.5bn over five years on domestic film production and must distribute at least 30 movies a year in cinemas for the next two years, and 32 a year for the following three years, or pay heavy fines. California’s politicians had been rattled by Paramount’s threat to leave the state. Its attorney-general said the settlement(和解；协议) “is not a vote of support(支持票；表示支持)” for the merger, but it does clear the way for(为……扫清道路) its completion.
经过数月的不确定性，派拉蒙天舞与以加利福尼亚州为首的12个州达成和解。这些州此前起诉要求阻止派拉蒙收购华纳兄弟探索，理由是这会损害电影产业。根据协议，派拉蒙承诺在未来五年额外投入15亿美元用于本土电影制作，并且必须在未来两年每年在影院发行至少30部电影，随后三年每年32部，否则将面临巨额罚款。加州政界此前因派拉蒙威胁要离开该州而感到不安。加州总检察长表示，和解协议“并非对合并的支持票”，但它确实为交易的完成扫清了道路。
Investors shrugged off(对……不以为意；置之不理) talk about AI’s potential to wipe out humanity to spur another rally(上涨；反弹) in tech stocks, pushing the NASDAQ Composite(纳斯达克综合指数) to a new record. AMD(超威半导体公司) became the fourth American chipmaker to rise above a market valuation(估值) of $1trn. Investors have had occasional moments of doubt this year over the prospects for AI, though the overall trend for tech stocks has been positive, so far.(今年以来，投资者偶尔对人工智能的前景产生疑虑，但迄今为止科技股的整体趋势一直向好。)
投资者对人工智能可能毁灭人类的说法不以为意，推动科技股再度上涨，将纳斯达克综合指数推至新高。AMD成为第四家市值突破1万亿美元的美国芯片制造商。今年以来，投资者偶尔对人工智能的前景产生疑虑，但迄今为止科技股的整体趋势一直向好。
Meta also saw its stock surge(飙升；激增), after its Muse(Meta推出的个人AI助手应用) personal AI agent became the most downloaded free app on the Apple store. Meta promotes the app by claiming users can work their Muse to save money, improve health, shop smarter, and even improve relationships.
Meta的股价也大幅上涨，因其Muse个人AI助手成为苹果商店下载量最高的免费应用。Meta宣传该应用时声称，用户可以用Muse省钱、改善健康、更聪明地购物，甚至改善人际关系。
The old guard
老卫队