Democrat rolls out AI liability proposal
Massachusetts Rep. Lori Trahan’s “CLAIM Act” would make it easier for third parties to sue AI developers.
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AI safety group lays out demands for candidates
Guardrails Action warns politicians in a new letter that they’ll face ‘active, mobilized opposition’ if they don’t commit to safety regulations.
Semafor Tech2 min readIndonesia's new labor law soothes workers, worries businesses
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's new labor law, which the legislature passed on Tuesday, has won applause from workers' groups in the country but is sparking an
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readIndia's opposition protests pile pressure on Modi government
NEW DELHI -- India's opposition parties have escalated their protests over a nationwide revision of the voter rolls, mounting a fresh challenge to Pri
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readMeet Alexis Wilkins, the country singer and political commentator engaged to FBI director Kash Patel
FBI director Kash Patel is engaged to Alexis Wilkins, a conservative political commentator and country singer who is 19 years his junior.
Business Insider - AI7 min readThese 6 current US senators were born outside the country
Unlike the president and vice president, US senators do not need to be natural-born citizens in order to take office.
Business Insider - AI6 min readAnduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after Luckey joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
CNBC — Technology3 min readU.S. Military Withdraws From Another Base Over Fears of Drone Attack by Iran
At least 20 U.S. military sites have been damaged since President Trump started the war.
Gizmodo — AI5 min readCDC ‘closely monitoring’ suspected pneumonic plague case
The agency said there is “no indication of a broader threat to the United States” at this time.
Semafor Tech2 min readCollins stakes her future on picking her spots against Trump
The Maine Republican sat down with Semafor amid her toughest reelection fight yet.
Semafor Tech5 min readCrypto PACs’ House targets raise eyebrows
The cryptocurrency industry’s leading network of super PACs is backing 19 House Republicans but only 13 House Democrats.
Semafor Tech2 min readPolls 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.
Semafor Tech1 min readDemocrats 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.
Semafor Tech2 min readTrump 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.
Semafor Tech2 min readTrump 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.
Semafor Tech1 min readOpenAI 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…
The Verge - AI2 min readSen. 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.
The Verge - AI41 min readSlovenia’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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