Using Chatbots to Influence Voters
Democratic operatives are studying how to use AI chatbots and social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and ChatGPT, to influence less politically engaged swing voters in the next …
Democratic operatives are studying how to use AI chatbots and social media platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and ChatGPT, to influence less politically engaged swing voters in the next …
Axios reports that activists and citizens across the political spectrum are pushing back against license plate readers made by Flock and similar companies, fueled by privacy concerns and suspected pol…
The White House is working to strengthen safeguards against biological attacks after staffing cuts early in the second Trump administration depleted expertise in a field where officials increasingly f…
The Wall Street Journal reports that public opposition to artificial intelligence is growing across the U.S., with Flock cameras and data centers becoming unwelcome in several communities. On Thursday…
Artificial intelligence has become a major issue in U.S. elections for the first time, with hundreds of candidates for House, Senate, or governor staking out AI or data center policies on their campai…
The Wall Street Journal reports that former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have rekindled their relationship after a nearly yearlong effort involving back-channel calls, mutual friends, and invi…
Lawmakers and staffers across the U.S. Congress are using artificial intelligence chatbots—including Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in the House—to write speeches, sort constituent mail, and dra…
A new Axios-Generation Lab poll of 18- to 34-year-olds finds that 27% of younger Americans believe they or someone they know has lost a job because their employer replaced them with AI, despite resear…
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social that made him look younger and fitter, but the original photo from his golf outing, taken by freelance photographer Andrew Mordzynsk…
President Donald Trump's administration maintains a sanguine view of artificial intelligence, dismissing voter concerns about job displacement and retirement savings risks, according to a New York Tim…
A group of House Democrats is calling for the leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic and other major AI companies to testify before Congress following a spate of hacking incidents that the lawmakers say 'have s…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using her political machine to block California State Senator Scott Wiener from succeeding her in Congress, escalating a feud within San Francisco's Democratic est…
Axios reports that the 2026 election cycle will be the first where AI is both a dominant policy debate and a widely deployed political weapon, allowing candidates and bad actors to persuade and perple…
The White House is not commenting on whether it will publicly release its framework for voluntary reviews of advanced AI models, which it plans to brief companies on later today. AI firms including An…
President Donald Trump shared AI-generated images on Truth Social on Saturday, depicting himself arresting extraterrestrials and kissing a statue of Jesus Christ, as reported by Mediaite. The posts, w…
The Trump administration's main procurement agency is facing opposition from technology companies over its proposed ban on 'woke' AI, which aims to translate President Donald Trump's executive order i…
The number of AI chips in data centers worldwide is expected to reach about 200 million by the end of 2028, a tenfold increase from the current 20 million, according to a New York Times analysis. The …
Big companies are starting to hire again, reversing a trend of holding back on adding people due to economic uncertainties or beliefs that AI could handle more tasks, according to The Wall Street Jour…
Treasury yields are surging as governments and companies compete for capital to finance fiscal deficits and AI infrastructure, according to Axios. The bond sell-off reflects a structural shift requiri…
A Chinese government spokesperson on Wednesday rejected Trump administration allegations that Chinese researchers are stealing American trade secrets about artificial intelligence, calling the claims …