AI Policy

Jeff Bezos said at VivaTech that AI will create a labor shortage rather than eliminate jobs, arguing that human demand for work is endless and AI will lower barriers. His optimistic view contrasts with polls showing half…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged G7 leaders to maintain unified AI regulation at a summit lunch with President Trump, days after the Trump administration imposed export controls on Anthropic's 'Fable' AI model over cyber…

Anthropic became the first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition, contributing to a new $915 million funding tranche that brings total pledges to $1.8 billion. The move marks Anthropic's first climate-…

The White House ordered Anthropic to block all jailbreaks of its Claude Fable 5 AI model after the Commerce Department used Export Administration Regulations to force the model offline on June 12, citing cybersecurity ri…

Smart fridges and other internet-connected appliances risk losing functionality and security when manufacturers stop providing software updates, a process known as 'zombification.' A 2025 FTC report found that 89% of sma…

The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to block access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all foreign nationals, including those in the US and the company's own employees, citing national security authorities.…

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its June meeting, while the dot plot projections signaled a hawkish outlook with higher rates expected through 2027. The decision aligns with market expectations and sugg…

Companies are manipulating AI chatbots to smear competitors by publishing biased reviews and listicles that get cited by AI answer engines. A report by Hard Numbers found that 70% of buyer-style prompts were influenced b…

Britain lobbied the White House for an exemption from the Anthropic AI export ban but was told there was "zero chance." The rejection exposes the UK's dependence on American AI and strengthens the case for sovereign alte…

Senior Trump administration officials discussed structuring government equity stakes in AI companies, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent favoring using equity to seed Trump Accounts and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutni…

Illinois could become the first U.S. state to make driving while wearing AI smart glasses a felony, after the General Assembly approved a bill updating distracted-driving law with no hands-free or stopped-traffic excepti…

AI researcher Gary Marcus warns that a weak OpenAI IPO could trigger a cascade of financial problems for Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave, as their valuations depend on OpenAI's massive chip and data center demand. OpenAI i…

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has introduced two new conduct requirements for Google's general search services, mandating fair and transparent ranking of organic results and legally obligating search data po…

Only 16% of Americans believe AI will benefit society over the next two decades, according to Pew Research Center, even as 21% of U.S. workers use AI chatbots in 2025. The public's top fears include job elimination, eros…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for a U.S.-led AI coalition during a closed-door lunch at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, with around a dozen tech executives including OpenAI C…

The UK Competition and Markets Authority ordered Google to explain how it ranks search results and to allow users to port their search data to third-party services within 3 to 6 months, citing concerns over transparency …

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he left OpenAI because he didn't trust Sam Altman, stating 'why argue with someone when you don't trust them?' in a Bloomberg interview. Amodei expressed peace with the rivalry, saying the…

A California judge overturned the human trafficking conviction of Chazz Jackson, a Black man sentenced to 79 years to life, because an Anaheim police detective testified that 'pimps are generally Black,' violating the st…

A Pew Research Center survey of 5,119 US adults found that 49% now use AI chatbots, but 40% believe AI will harm society, 67% distrust government regulation, and 59% distrust companies to develop AI responsibly. ChatGPT …

Over one million Dutch adults now rely solely on social media for news, yet only 12% trust what they see there, according to the 2026 Digital News Report. News interest in the Netherlands has dropped from 61% to 45% sinc…