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President Trump could issue an executive order requiring any AI system used by or contracted with the federal government to demonstrate that it has paid for training data from across the political spectrum at equal market rates. Read More.

Major Western firms like HSBC and Saudi Aramco are adopting Chinese AI models, challenging U.S. tech leadership. DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Qwen offer performance comparable to U.S. giants like ChatGPT at lower costs. Chinese firms’ open-source models allow customization and offline use, attracting institutions globally. Congress drafts legislation to block federal Chinese AI use as Pentagon […] Read More.

The reporter is a Pulitzer Prize winner who infamously once accepted leaks explicitly designed to get Michael Flynn fired. Read More.

Mark Zuckerberg announced a sweeping reorganization of Meta's artificial intelligence efforts on Monday, creating a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs that signals the company's ambitious push toward developing advanced AI systems that could rival or exceed human capabilities. Read More.

An $88 million satellite designed to detect methane emissions has been lost in space. 👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Environmental Read More.

The demand for robust, ethical, and privacy-first verification systems is growing rapidly, explains Liudas Kanapienis, CEO and co-founder of Ondato. Read More.

In a wide-ranging interview on the future and global existential risks, billionaire technology investor Peter Thiel raised alarms not only about familiar threats like nuclear war, climate change, and artificial intelligence but also about what he sees as a more insidious danger: the rise of a one-world totalitarian state. Read More.

Three House committees gave the officials a chance to testify voluntarily but they declined, citing an ongoing DOJ probe into possible illicit foreign donations. Read More.

Proton’s lawsuit paints Apple’s App Store as a tollbooth where privacy comes at a premium. Read More.

The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Children’s Health Defense’s (CHD) petition to hear its case against Meta over the company’s collusion with government officials to censor CHD content on Facebook. The company deplatformed CHD from Facebook and Instagram in August 2022, and still has not reinstated the accounts. Read More.

The new law pairs mandatory curtailment with a voluntary demand response procurement program. Read More.

For privacy advocates, the strategy raises red flags due to its promotion of interoperable digital ID programs and a surveillance-oriented model of governance. Read More.

Susan Monarez, Ph.D., affirmed her belief that “vaccines save lives,” and pledged to prioritize vaccine availability. She said mRNA vaccines are “safe and with demonstrated efficacy,” and that she was unaware of any confirmed scientific link between vaccines and autism. Read More.

With the veteran suicide rate so high, there’s no shortage of speculations as to why. The national suicide rate among veterans is 50% higher than that of civilians. Read More.

The cancer of divisiveness is eating away at the Republican Party, and it’s time we acknowledged an uncomfortable truth: social media has polluted our movement with the very collectivist thinking we once rejected. Read More.