Gov. Gavin Newsom has until November 1 to accept a $1.42 billion federal broadband deployment grant. If he does, state internet regulations cannot be enforced for 14 years.
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The Week AI Blinked?
For investors, the shine has come off artificial intelligence. The reason why is simple: Even if it’s a fabulous technology, it’s an unprofitable business.
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Identity Crisis
Citizen access to public agencies is a basic public function. Why does government contract out the process of verifying identity to a for-profit monopoly company?
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‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt
Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.
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License Plate and Switch
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
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Why Is Sam Altman a Free Man?
OpenAI’s models aren’t ‘going rogue’ from their creators as much as they are mimicking them.
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AI Safety Needs More Evidence and Less Speculation
Strange nerds distributing imaginary stories on the internet is no basis for a system of government.
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What Congress Actually Needs to Do About AI: Staff Up
In 1995, Newt Gingrich lobotomized Congress’s technical brain trust. It should be rebuilt.
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Will an AI Slowdown Tank the Economy?
Anthropic and OpenAI want to hit the brakes on AI investment—the only thing propping up the broader economy.
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Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI
Why panic when you could just use existing laws?