Polls show how AI is changing the workplace
Twenty-eight percent of US employees say they use AI at least weekly, according to a two-year study from Jobs for the Future, The Families & Workers Fund, and Gallup.
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Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework
It’s the latest indication that Democrats are not giving up on a sustained push for answers from the administration.
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Trump administration presses Congress for anti-fraud legislation
The proposed legislation sent to the Hill would impose mandatory minimum sentences for fraud offenses involving federal benefits programs.
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Trump expands access to tax-exempt diesel
It’s an implicit acknowledgment that the Trump administration is running out of ways to stem the conflict’s economic fallout.
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Trump to sign executive order in effort to contain diesel prices
The executive order will reportedly expand access to tax-exempt diesel.
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OpenAI is adding text watermarking in ChatGPT and Codex
An invisible, machine-readable watermark in text output is rolling out to ChatGPT and Codex, but only for users in the European Union at first. OpenAI says its textGrain watermarking "matched or exceeded" other approaches like Google DeepMind's SynthID for text, which is also the basis for the…
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Sen. Adam Schiff on AI regulation, free speech, and impeaching Trump one more time
Today, I’m talking with Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it’s all there.
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Slovenia’s .si domains hit 20,000 in a day after Trump renamed AI
Slovenia’s domain registry recorded 20,276 new .si web addresses in the 24 hours to Monday afternoon, the live counter on Register.si shows. The .si country code matches the initials of “super intelligence”, the name President Donald Trump has told US agencies to use instead of AI.
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US President Donald Trump pledges cash to retirees ahead of midterms
Critics warn that the latest promise would worsen the deficit and amount to bribery.
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The messy bargain that could bring down your power bill
There’s no place like Kansas, a state whose howling winds are so fierce that in the 1800s, the roaring soundscape drove local farmers into madness. It is so windy in Kansas that every so often, trains get swept off their tracks or trampolines get hurled into the air and flung into neighbors’ trees.
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Fewer young Americans are ‘thriving,’ poll finds
Only 44% of adults ages 18 to 29 describe themselves as thriving, according to Gallup.
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House Democrats slam Trump over Russia sanctions
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer wouldn’t commit last week to imposing Russia sanctions recently enacted by Congress.
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Democrats demand testimony from housing director
Democrats are renewing their calls for Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to appear before Congress.
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Trump administration eyes Iran midterm play
Some in the administration worry that Iran will consider taking action to damage the president ahead of the midterms.
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Democratic-controlled Senate would confirm ‘very few’ Trump nominees
If Democrats are in charge, don’t expect many of the president’s picks to move at all.
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Japan's Takaichi aims to reassure markets over spending agenda
TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reassure financial markets over her government's fiscal policy, pledging on Monday to respon
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Air Force removes all bombers from British base and redeploys them to the U.S. after a planned terror attack linked to Iran was foiled
RAF Fairford, located 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East.
Fortune AI2 min read
Sam Altman said 'the world should accept some bad things happening' for the benefits of AI
Sam Altman said he does not accept "the really catastrophic risks" of AI, believing that people will do "more good stuff than bad stuff."
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