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Majority Leader John Thune is asserting Congress' prerogative to act on AI — but he's urging a "light touch" even in the face of "consequential risks." Why it matters: On his first day back after a five-week break, Thune (R-S.D.) outlined his vision for congressional action on an issue President Trump has dismissed as a " hoax ." "Congress has a job to do," Thune said. "I think there are some…
Balancing AI innovation and public safety FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
The AI Copyright Cases Are Starting to Tell Us Something Adam Feldman | Substack
Market Today: AI Slowdown, Oracle Layoffs, 10-Year Yield Hits 5% GuruFocus
As AI fears spike, Trump bats down calls for regulation The Hill
Oracle Layoffs: New Job Cuts Hit as AI Spending Drives a Wider Big Tech Restructuring finchannel
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a surprise call from President Trump onstage at the All-In Summit Monday in Los Angeles, where the two dismissed fears of an AI takeover. Why it matters: Trump and Huang are staking out an increasingly clear rejection of AI doomerism right as some of the world's most powerful CEOs and AI experts call for slower AI development over safety concerns. Driving the news…
Trump tries to kill regulations on ‘HOAX’ AI dangers Politico
Oracle announces new layoffs to offset AI spending Fast Company
AI demand and spending drive Oracle's second round of layoffs this year Austin American-Statesman
President Trump lashed out at calls for new AI guardrails and protections on Monday, arguing AI only needs a "STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT" and that AI critics should "BEWARE!" Why it matters: Trump continues to plant himself against calls for AI safety regulations as a growing chorus of AI leaders and CEOs , spearheaded by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei over the weekend, call for a slowdown…
Oracle begins new round of AI-driven layoffs: report KRON4
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a press conference on Monday that the sites included 1,200 people’s likenesses in “hyper-realistic” sexual imagery.
AI is transforming modern life, but not without worry for some that it may be abused or have an adverse environmental impact.
Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I. The New York Times
Microsoft AI has published a draft Humanist AI Code of Conduct, opening a six-week public consultation on operational constraints for model training and deployment. The draft serves as a technical manual defining system behaviour, operational boundaries, and oversight protocols across MAI frontier models. It builds on the division’s humanist superintelligence framework announced last November…
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media.
Oracle is expanding its layoffs plan by $700 million as AI data center costs mount qz.com
6 Things to Know: CCISD schedule change, Quintanilla lawsuit, AI concerns KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi
Today's links But do you use keyboard shortcuts?: AI people are WEIRD. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Changeling"; Sony Rootkit vs CD drives; Google's scumbag lobbyists; NJ's e-voting coverup; Spying sex toys; Scott Walker dark money leak; "REAMDE"; Snowden's pardon. Upcoming appearances: Budapest, Edmonton, South Bend, Hudson, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria…
A middle ground between the cybersecurity and AI safety communities
President Trump is as all-in on AI as a politician could be: all gas, no brakes, and zero interest in hand-wringing about dystopian risks or public disdain. Democrats are as conflicted on AI as a party could be: skeptical of the labs, spooked by their warnings, but split on whether to shut it all down. Why it matters: This staggering divide makes consensus on federal AI regulation almost…