State education officials have long lagged behind tech developments, and now they’re playing catchup on establishing guidelines for AI use in K-12 classrooms. At the same time, polls find declining support for AI in the classroom.
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The AI Ouroboros
Like the mythical ouroboros, the snake that eats itself, Nvidia is propping up the AI industry with circular funding deals to keep the AI bull market charging forward.
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AI Is Changing How Politics Is Practiced in America
AI is poised to play a more volatile role than ever before in America’s next federal election in 2026. With little prospect of regulatory action, there are no safeguards against the dramatic potential impacts for our democracy.
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AI’s $600 Billion Blind Spot
A new report offers a legislative road map for creating a competitive and secure cloud computing market, without forcing policymakers to reinvent the wheel.
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Ted Cruz Attempts to Exempt Big Tech From the Law
The Texas senator has introduced a bill allowing any AI company a streamlined path around regulations.
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This Proposed Media Empire Runs on AI
Oracle scion David Ellison wants to combine two of the largest movie studios and streaming networks, along with dozens of cable stations.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Politics and Policy of AI
On our live show, David talks with Bryan McMahon and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis about the limits and hazards of the current state of artificial intelligence, and what politicians should do about it.
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Democrats Must Oppose the AI Industry
As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.
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What If There’s No AGI?
The technological struggles are in some ways beside the point. The financial bet on artificial general intelligence is so big that failure could cause a depression.
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What the Economy Really Looks Like
When you factor in all the data points, we have an anxious workforce, a business sector seeking opportunity in inflation, and an avalanche of bad policy bearing down on everyone.
