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?
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Data Center of Attention
Candidates of every political persuasion are knocking themselves out trying to appease angry citizens wanting their lives and livelihoods put before Big Tech.
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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Another Monopoly Allowed to Stand
Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?
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How You’re Paying for All These Flock Cameras
Money intended for treatment of the opioid crisis and insurance fees to stop auto part theft have instead gone to installing AI-fueled license plate readers.
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Big Tech Crashes Headlong Into American Democracy
The AI oligarchs thought they could stuff data centers down the throats of the American people. They thought wrong.
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Anthropic (Re-)Enlists for War
The AI company is advertising for a ‘National Security Sales’ position, suggesting that its battle with the Defense Department will soon be over.
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The House Always Wins, Even on House-less Kalshi
Kalshi claims its peer-to-peer market structure makes it more fair than traditional sportsbooks. But users often face an opponent even more formidable than a traditional house: Wall Street.