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Former President Obama criticized President Trump's approach to AI and called for stronger federal regulation during a Colgate University appearance. The article also highlights Democratic Rep. Sam Liccardo's argument that Congress must set AI standards, citing public support for safeguards.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tim Cook described Australia’s social media curbs as “world-leading” after meeting at Apple headquarters. Australia became the first country to ban social media for children under 16 and is proposing new feed-content controls. Albanese also called for global AI safety rules, contrasting with President Trump’s position that more regulation is unnecessary.
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An opinion essay argues that generative AI has ingested Latin music without consent and threatens artists' incomes, using Bad Bunny's cloned voice as an entry point. It calls for contracts, metadata, collective organizing, and laws like the NO FAKES Act to ensure Latin artists control and are paid for AI replicas.
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A review of Sharon Weinberger’s 'Valley of Death' chronicles how Elon Musk, Palantir, Anduril, and other private tech firms disrupted U.S. defense contracting by self-funding weapons and space technology. It treats the shift as a historic divide and raises concerns about private control of war technology and reliance on China.
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The article examines how David Sacks, a billionaire venture capitalist and former Trump AI adviser, persuaded Trump to oppose AI regulation, aligning the White House with deregulation despite bipartisan and expert calls for oversight. It highlights Sacks’s financial ties to AI companies and his attacks on safety evaluations as he helped shape executive orders and policy.
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An op-ed argues that Big Tech's calls for federal AI regulation are self-serving efforts to entrench market incumbents and hinder open-source competition. It praises Trump's deregulatory stance on AI, while urging conservatives to reject a sprawling federal AI bureaucracy and instead protect children and utility ratepayers through targeted enforcement.
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An op-ed argues that AI is not an existential threat and that pausing or heavily regulating it would be more dangerous, citing a new book by Grok 4.2. It claims Democratic politicians are using AI doom to gain power and that market-based self-regulation by AI companies is the best path, while warning about China's AI development.
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Former President Obama criticized President Trump's approach to AI regulation, warning of existential risks and arguing the federal government must act. The article also notes Trump's planned 'AI Force' and czar, his dismissal of regulatory concerns as a hoax, and warnings from tech researchers and bipartisan lawmakers.
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An exclusive look at a Houston training site under the Meta-backed America’s Workforce Academy, a $115 million initiative with Associated Builders and Contractors to prepare blue-collar workers for AI data center construction. The piece highlights the program as a response to a 349,000 construction worker shortage fueling the AI infrastructure buildout.
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A report describes a Capitol Hill debate over AI regulation after President Trump dismissed AI danger warnings as a hoax. It highlights Democratic criticism of Trump while stressing concerns that new safeguards could slow U.S. development and benefit China.
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The article argues that while warnings about AI safety are justified, the more immediate danger is a financial collapse of the AI bubble. It points to heavy debt issuance by hyperscalers, questionable unit economics, and opaque take-or-pay contracts that could trigger a broader market shock. It calls for regulation while warning that incumbent tech firms may seek regulatory protections.
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The column argues that AI safety doomers and Democrats are pushing regulation while Trump is right to prioritize accelerating AI development to boost productivity and outgrow the U.S. fiscal crisis. It links AI and data-center investment to economic resilience amid rising Treasury yields, inflation, and debt concerns.