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Historians Lament Education Secretary’s Use of AI Imagery

Historians Lament Education Secretary’s Use of AI Imagery

Matt Growcoot, PetaPixel

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been criticized for using artificial intelligence in a series of posts paying homage to female icons in American history. [Read More]

AI State Law PreemptionSocial Issues & Culture

Apr 15, 2026, 9:47 AM

The OpenAI-Anthropic Cold War Comes to Illinois

The OpenAI-Anthropic Cold War Comes to Illinois

AJ Dellinger, Gizmodo.com

A proxy war in the Land of Lincoln.

AI State Law Preemption

Apr 14, 2026, 6:55 PM

Letters from Our Readers

The New Yorker

Readers respond to E. Tammy Kim’s article about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Nicholas Lemann’s report about the Trump Administration’s attack on higher education, and Jill Lepore’s piece about whether A.I. needs a constitution.

Policy & LegislationLegal & JusticeEducationAI State Law Preemption

Apr 13, 2026, 10:00 AM

Democratic AI to serve the public – OneProject.org

Democratic AI to serve the public – OneProject.org

Fairhead, Oneproject.org

Rethinking AI power: why the public must govern the systems shaping our lives.

AI State Law PreemptionTechnology Regulation

Apr 11, 2026, 9:35 PM

Cadence (CDNS), Nvidia (NVDA) Expand Agentic AI Collaboration

Cadence (CDNS), Nvidia (NVDA) Expand Agentic AI Collaboration

Maham Fatima, Yahoo Entertainment

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS) is one of the 9 Best QQQ Stocks to Buy Now. On March 16, Cadence announced an expanded collaboration with Nvidia...

AI State Law PreemptionTechnology Regulation

Apr 11, 2026, 5:36 PM

Why Appier Group (APPIF) Is Framing Itself as an Agentic AI-as-a-Service Company

Why Appier Group (APPIF) Is Framing Itself as an Agentic AI-as-a-Service Company

Habib Ur Rehman, Yahoo Entertainment

Appier Group, Inc. (OTC:APPIF) is one of the fastest-growing agentic AI stocks to buy. The most interesting part about Appier is that the company is not...

AI State Law Preemption

Apr 11, 2026, 5:06 PM

How Veritone (VERI) Is Positioning aiWARE and Data Refinery for the Agentic AI Shift

How Veritone (VERI) Is Positioning aiWARE and Data Refinery for the Agentic AI Shift

Habib Ur Rehman, Yahoo Entertainment

Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ:VERI) is one of the fastest-growing agentic AI stocks to buy. On March 26, 2026, Veritone announced a multi-year agreement with Oracle...

AI State Law PreemptionTechnology Regulation

Apr 11, 2026, 5:06 PM

Trump’s Two-Faced AI Policy

Trump’s Two-Faced AI Policy

Andy Jung, Techdirt

The Trump administration’s AI policy is two-faced, torn between deregulation and despotism. In March, the administration released its National AI Legislative Framework, directing Congress to “prevent the United States government from coercing technology provi…

AI State Law PreemptionTechnology Regulation

Apr 10, 2026, 10:07 PM

10 Friday AM Reads

10 Friday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • The AI Jobs Scare Meets 250 Years of Data: What does history show? The economic stories of transformative technologies often display two important elements. 1) A rough patch at some point;  2) Business productivity (e…

AI State Law PreemptionEconomy & FinanceTechnology Regulation

Apr 10, 2026, 10:30 AM

What is the quantum ‘Ghost Murmur’ purportedly used in Iran? Scientists question CIA’s claim of long-range heartbeat detection

What is the quantum ‘Ghost Murmur’ purportedly used in Iran? Scientists question CIA’s claim of long-range heartbeat detection

Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American

Ghost Murmur was described as a futuristic CIA tool that could detect a heartbeat from vast distances. Physicists say the public story clashes with the basic limits of magnetic sensing

Security & IntelligenceTechnology RegulationAI State Law Preemption

Apr 8, 2026, 9:00 PM

OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them

OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them

Tina Nguyen, The Verge

Happy ceasefire day and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech's rocky journey through the world of politics. If you're not a subscriber yet, you can do so here, but my only request is that you sign up before Donald Trump deci…

Economy & FinanceAI State Law Preemption

Apr 8, 2026, 8:10 PM

Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times)

Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times)

Techmeme.com

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times: Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security  —  Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical…

AI State Law PreemptionSecurity & Intelligence

Apr 8, 2026, 10:35 AM

Anthropic is launching a new AI model for cybersecurity

Anthropic is launching a new AI model for cybersecurity

Hayden Field, The Verge

Anthropic is debuting a new AI model as part of a cybersecurity partnership with Nvidia, Google, Amazon Web Services, Apple, Microsoft, and other companies. Project Glasswing, as it's called, is billed as a way for large companies, and potentially even the go…

AI State Law PreemptionTechnology Regulation

Apr 7, 2026, 4:41 PM

What is Claude? Here's everything you need to know about Anthropic's increasingly popular chatbot

What is Claude? Here's everything you need to know about Anthropic's increasingly popular chatbot

Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider

Anthropic launched Claude in July 2023. Three years later, the chatbot is garnering lots of attention — and locked in a rivalry with OpenAI's ChatGPT.

AI State Law PreemptionArtificial Intelligence

Apr 7, 2026, 9:12 AM

Giants believe deal with AI company is sound decision that will expand fan experience at Oracle Park

Giants believe deal with AI company is sound decision that will expand fan experience at Oracle Park

Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle

The Giants have partnered an AI firm, ElevenLabs, which could mean translation services or new music choices will be available at Oracle Park during games.

AI State Law PreemptionTechnology Regulation

Apr 7, 2026, 4:14 AM

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com

Once you learn this term, you will unfortunately see it everywhere.

AI State Law Preemption

Apr 5, 2026, 1:47 PM

Project Mario: the inside story of DeepMind

Project Mario: the inside story of DeepMind

Colossus.com

The inside story of how DeepMind’s experiments in AI safety governance transformed Demis Hassabis from an idealist into a realist

AI State Law Preemption

Mar 31, 2026, 3:18 PM

The Download: AI health tools and the Pentagon’s Anthropic culture war

The Download: AI health tools and the Pentagon’s Anthropic culture war

Thomas Macaulay, MIT Technology Review

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. There are more AI health tools than ever—but how well do they work?  In the last few months alone, Microsoft, Amazon, and…

AI State Law PreemptionHealth & Science

Mar 31, 2026, 12:10 PM

Newsom Signs Executive Order Requiring AI Companies to Provide Safety, Privacy Guardrails

Newsom Signs Executive Order Requiring AI Companies to Provide Safety, Privacy Guardrails

Steven Musil, CNET

California's governor says order aims to prevent misuse of AI technology.

AI State Law Preemption

Mar 31, 2026, 2:22 AM

Anthropic's post-Pentagon resistance surge is fading

Anthropic's post-Pentagon resistance surge is fading

Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider

Data obtained by Business Insider shows interest in Claude remains high, but is leveling off after the explosion of downloads last month.

AI State Law Preemption

Mar 30, 2026, 9:33 AM

Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Siri to Get Powerful AI Features and a Standalone App

Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) Siri to Get Powerful AI Features and a Standalone App

Talha Qureshi, Yahoo Entertainment

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the Good Stocks to Buy Now. After a long waiting period, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Siri is expected to get more powerful ...

Technology RegulationAI State Law Preemption

Mar 29, 2026, 8:15 PM

Federal Judge: Supply Chain Risk Designation of Anthropic Is ‘Orwellian’

Federal Judge: Supply Chain Risk Designation of Anthropic Is ‘Orwellian’

Annie Cushing, Annielytics.com

The federal government tried to brand Anthropic, an American AI company, a national security threat for refusing to build surveillance and weapons tools. A federal judge looked at that argument and called it what it is: retaliation. On Friday, Judge Rita F. L…

Legal & JusticeTechnology RegulationAI State Law Preemption

Mar 28, 2026, 2:27 PM

Meta to fund seven new natural gas power plants to fuel AI data centers — Entergy partnership to deliver 7 gigawatts of power for Louisiana AI facility

Meta to fund seven new natural gas power plants to fuel AI data centers — Entergy partnership to deliver 7 gigawatts of power for Louisiana AI facility

Luke James, Tom's Hardware UK

Meta is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas plants to supply its largest data center, massively expanding the fossil fuel infrastructure underpinning its AI buildout.

EnergyAI State Law Preemption

Mar 28, 2026, 12:00 PM

Trump wants a deadlocked Congress to move on AI. Frustrated states say they already have

Trump wants a deadlocked Congress to move on AI. Frustrated states say they already have

Deepa Shivaram, NPR

State lawmakers have been stepping in to regulate artificial intelligence, clashing with the federal government's inaction as concerns about oversight and safety grow.

AI State Law PreemptionState Elections

Mar 28, 2026, 9:00 AM

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