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Washington stalled. Crypto didn’t

The Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, leaving federal crypto rules unresolved, but stablecoin and tokenization activity is accelerating. The piece argues regulators and markets are moving ahead through measures like the SEC's tokenized-stock exemption and industry experiments with AI-enabled payments. It calls for a framework that pairs innovation with consumer protections so U.S. finance can compete globally.

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What if AI is the only way humanity can survive?

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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Why is Big Tech begging Trump for regulations? Just look at who benefits

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.

Right 5.3

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SARAH VINE: First grief... then it's the humiliating labyrinth of online forms

Sarah Vine describes the bureaucratic and digital 'sadmin' her mother faces after her father's death, arguing that elderly and bereaved people are humiliated by online-only government and banking systems. The column also includes right-leaning political asides attacking Zack Polanski over immigration, pro-Palestinian celebrities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Rory Stewart over grooming gangs.

Right 4.9

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Trump invites public to vote on names to replace ‘artificial intelligence’

President Trump posted a poll on Truth Social asking the public to vote on a new name for "artificial intelligence," suggesting options such as Superior Intelligence or Extreme Intelligence. The article notes his related plans for an "AI Force" and czar, his opposition to regulation, and public concerns about data centers and AI's economic impact.

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Reform would dodge any Labour ban on foreign donors by 'setting up a crypto industry union'

A senior Reform UK aide said the party would set up a crypto industry trade union to bypass Labour's proposed ban on foreign donations, with an alternative plan to flood existing unions with Reform supporters. The article reports the plan and quotes Arron Banks attacking Labour and union leaders, while noting Labour's proposed residency rules would retroactively make recent £72m donations unlawful.

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OpenAI and Anthropic oversold AI security breaches to pressure feds into protecting turf: insiders

The article reports claims from tech insiders that OpenAI and Anthropic exaggerated recent AI security incidents to pressure the federal government into regulation that would entrench incumbents and lock out competitors. It says the breaches were ordinary failures of sandboxing and guardrails, not rogue AI, while senators cite the incidents to seek investigations or pauses.

Right 3.7