House Speaker Johnson says there's “potentially” a role for Congress in creating AI guardrail legislation and that he plans to hold a meeting with AI executives
Trump does notRiley Rogerson /Politico:Hakeem Jeffries: Congress must act ‘immediately’ to rein in AIAlexander Bolton /The Hill:Thune: Legislation to regulate AI needs to have a ‘light touch’New York ...
Sources: some lawmakers urge Speaker Johnson to cancel the fall House recess until Congress passes AI safeguards, after Anthropic researcher warnings
let alone the next Congress — to start acting.Scott Greenfield /@scottgreenfield:No doubt AI demands swift regulation, but does anyone seriously believe that Congress is knowledgeable enough to addres...
Sources detail efforts by Alphabet and Meta to sink KOSA, which passed in the Senate almost unanimously, by dividing US House lawmakers using culture war issues
https://www.wsj.com/... X: @designitforus : Big Tech is manipulating folks on both sides of the aisle to stall #KOSA. Exactly how they run their platforms - constructing culture wars to pad their bott...
Substack's founders criticize Twitter, saying the abrupt change is a reminder of why writers need a platform “that protects the free press and free speech”
Substack is part of a seismic shift in the media economy … Shweta Ganjoo / Techlusive : Twitter bans liking, retweeting Substack link: Here's why Lon Harris / dot.LA : Twitter Goes to War With Substac...
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response … Rick Webb / Webb Chatham Report : Good morning. Hello. How are you? #562 Cooper Midroni / Future Proof : Chip Off the...
Email shows Facebook execs mulling how to remove a fact check label, determined to be well founded, after it was applied to a viral climate misinfo post
under pressure from @RepMikeJohnson. Climate change is not a matter of opinion. Facebook's @OversightBoard must fix this now. https://heated.world/... Climate Power / @climatepower : When a dangerous ...
The maker of viral deepfakes of Mark Zuckerberg and Boris Johnson says they show how personal data can be used in unexpected ways, even of those in power
Maya Shwayder / Digital Trends : Tweets: @mayaergas and @furorrises Tweets: Maya Shwayder / @mayaergas : All those viral #deepfake videos you've been seeing? Many of them are the work of this one guy...
A look at what happens when algorithms used to automate health assessments in Arkansas start cutting essential state-sponsored home care for disabled patients
Colin Lecher / The Verge : Tweets: @mslopatto , @flyosity , and @hccandrea Tweets: @mslopatto : This is what happens when you put an algorithm in charge of healthcare: people's benefits are cut and n...