Government & Policy

Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms

Silicon Valley is pouring millions into pro-AI PACs to sway midterms

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In Brief Posted: 8:11 AM PDT · August 25, 2025 Image Credits:TechCrunch Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI President Greg Brockman are among the Silicon Valley veterans putting more than $100 million into a network of political action committees (PACs) that will advocate against strict AI regulations in next year’s midterm elections, reports The Wall Street Journal. 

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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

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Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative

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Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

Anthropic takes aim at OpenAI, offers Claude to ‘all three branches of government’ for $1

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Just a week after OpenAI announced it would offer ChatGPT Enterprise to the entire federal executive branch workforce at $1 per year per agency, Anthropic has raised the stakes. The AI giant said Tuesday it would also offer its Claude models to government agencies for just $1 — but not only to the executive branch.

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How your solar rooftop became a national security issue

How your solar rooftop became a national security issue

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James Showalter describes a pretty specific if not entirely implausible nightmare scenario. Someone drives up to your house, cracks your Wi-Fi password, and then starts messing with the solar inverter mounted beside your garage — that unassuming gray box that converts the direct current from your rooftop panels into the alternating current that powers your

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Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids

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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he intends to investigate whether Meta’s generative AI products exploit, deceive, or harm children, after leaked internal documents showed the company’s chatbots were allowed to have “romantic” and “sensual” chats with children.  “Is there anything – ANYTHING – Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a

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US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

US government is reportedly in discussions to take stake in Intel

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In Brief Posted: 1:38 PM PDT · August 14, 2025 Image Credits:Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg / Getty Images The Trump administration continues to meddle with semiconductor giant Intel. The U.S. government is reportedly in discussions to take a stake in Intel, according to reporting from Bloomberg. This deal would be structured to help the company expand its

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