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The article reports that Google and other tech companies are helping draft state AI chatbot safety laws while seeking exemptions for their most popular products. It highlights families harmed by chatbots, including a mother whose 13-year-old daughter died after interacting with one, and the lawsuits driving the push for regulation.
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A New York Democratic assemblymember is pushing for a special session to regulate AI and argues New York should not cede standard-setting to California. The newsletter also reports a DOJ settlement with NYU Langone over gender-affirming care and a rising measles outbreak.
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A rare Mission Creek houseboat in San Francisco, one of only 20, is listed for $1.749 million near OpenAI headquarters—about seven times what the owner paid in 2002. The listing illustrates how the AI boom has inflated local real estate and transformed a former industrial area into a hub of tech wealth.
A Tennessee grandmother is suing Fargo, North Dakota, after AI facial recognition software misidentified her in a bank fraud case, leading to nearly six months in jail. The report centers on the wrongful accusation and the resulting lawsuit.
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More than 170 Democratic organizers and campaign staff signed a letter urging party leaders to reject donations from the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future. The letter argues the funds conflict with Democratic values, while the super PAC defends its cross-partisan approach to AI regulation. The push comes amid heightened concerns about AI's impact on jobs, the environment, and national security.
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Internal documents unsealed in a copyright lawsuit show Microsoft and OpenAI employees worried that scraping millions of news articles to train AI models could amount to the 'largest theft of labor in human history.' OpenAI's head of ChatGPT also acknowledged an 'existential threat' to publishers, while the companies publicly defend their practices as fair use.
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An opinion piece argues that Congress must urgently regulate artificial intelligence, warning that runaway AI could cause catastrophic harm. It blames congressional Republicans and President Trump for blocking AI guardrails and urges readers to vote Republicans out in November.
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An advice/analysis piece explains why many Americans distrust AI and offers ways to reduce exposure to AI features, from disabling Siri and Apple Intelligence to adding '-ai' to Google searches. It interviews technologists and critics who describe AI as increasingly forced into everyday products and raise concerns about privacy, labor, inequality, and dehumanization.
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This podcast episode asks whether Donald Trump's enthusiasm for artificial intelligence could lead the world into disaster. It notes that tech bosses have called for a slowdown and government guardrails, while Trump dismisses doomsday predictions as a hoax. The discussion examines the motives behind his support for the AI industry.
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The article profiles David Sacks, a venture capitalist and Trump adviser who has become a leading opponent of government AI safety regulation. It explains his influence on Trump's dismissive stance toward AI doomsday warnings and his alignment with the 'open weight' AI faction against OpenAI and Anthropic.
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OpenAI disclosed new instances of concerning AI model behavior, prompting an interview with former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon. Coxon warns that AI systems are not fully controllable and that recursive self-improvement could lead to rapid, dangerous advances, calling for international coordination and a slowdown.
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King Charles gathered AI industry leaders and the AI minister at Dumfries House, warning that artificial intelligence carries existential dangers and must be kept under sufficient control. He called for safety-focused development and international cooperation, with attendees including Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic.