Could Comcast and NBCUniversal Do Deals After They Break Up?

ImageAndrew here.The politics of A.I.

just got far more complicated.A new Chinese large language model appears to match, or perhaps exceed, some of the abilities of leading U.S.

offerings.This could change the calculus for American lawmakers.Until now, the risk of falling behind was hypothetical.

Now, regulators have a tangible competitor to factor in.More below.A catalyst for more M.&A.?Comcast became a cable and media giant over years of M.&A.

across two continents.It has just announced its latest deal — a breakup of itself.But the proposed split raises the question of whether the two parts of Comcast will become buyers, or sellers, Michael de la Merced writes.What’s happening: Comcast said on Monday that it planned to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky, its European media business, as a separate publicly traded company.What remains of Comcast will be its broadband operations, which reach more than 65 million U.S.

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