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Lora Kolodny

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Seven stories in 2025 Q4 capped a coverage shift from Elon Musk and Tesla to AI platforms, Big Tech governance, and federal policy.

Who they are

Lora Kolodny is a person whose coverage footprint sits in technology-industry stories involving Elon Musk, Tesla, Twitter and its social-media alternatives, then broadens into the business, policy, safety, and platform-control questions surrounding Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, and AI startups.

The recent arc

The most recent coverage peak came in 2025 Q4, led by stories about the infrastructure and governance consequences of the AI buildout: Microsoft’s withdrawn Wisconsin data-center proposal amid local opposition, Figure AI’s former product-safety head suing the humanoid-robot company, Microsoft’s $3.1 billion earnings hit tied to its OpenAI investment, and Trump’s order seeking to preempt state AI laws. Apple also features prominently, through its removal of ICEBlock after a Justice Department request, the reported Prompt AI acquihire, and researcher departures to Meta.

The tension

The central tension is between technology companies’ control over increasingly consequential AI platforms and the external forces contesting that control. Apple is challenged by xAI’s accusation that its App Store favors OpenAI, while its ICEBlock removal puts platform moderation under direct government pressure; Microsoft and OpenAI illustrate how AI investment, infrastructure expansion, and public resistance are becoming intertwined. Earlier Tesla Full Self-Driving scrutiny and Musk’s conflict with Trump add a parallel theme of companies whose product ambitions and government relationships carry regulatory risk.

Why it matters

If this trajectory continues, the coverage will matter less as a record of isolated product or corporate developments and more as a view into who sets the operating rules for AI: platform owners, major model providers, regulators, states, or local communities. The outcome remains uncertain, but the mix of App Store disputes, data-center opposition, safety allegations, and federal preemption points to AI’s deployment becoming a contested governance issue rather than solely a competitive technology race.

Lora Kolodny has appeared in 53 articles since 2015-11. Coverage peaked in 2025Q4 with 7 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Elon Musk, Elon, Bluesky, Twitter.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-11-26
CNBC 12 related

As Microsoft accelerates its AI buildout in rural Wisconsin, one community's vocal opposition led the company to withdraw plans for a proposed data center site

The village of Caledonia, Wisconsin, sandwiched between Chicago and Milwaukee along Lake Michigan, is dotted with corn and soybean fields … X: @emilyjashinsky and @veracityalways Bluesky: @jordannovet...

2025-10-16
CNBC 11 related

Sam Altman says OpenAI is “not the elected moral police of the world”, after receiving backlash for saying that ChatGPT will offer “erotica for verified adults”

plus 3 other reasons I've switched to Claude for productivity Grace Priscilla Teo / Tech in Asia : Sam Altman says OpenAI shouldn't act as global moral authority Jensen Huang / Moneycontrol : Sam Altm...

2025-10-04
Fox Business 92 related

Apple removes ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE officer sightings, from the App Store; AG Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to ask Apple to remove the app

Here's What We Know ABC Columbia : Apple removes ICE tracking apps Joe Sommerlad / The Independent : Apple pulls ICE tracking apps after pressure from the White House thesun.my : Apple pulls immigrati...

2025-08-23
Financial Times 29 related

Filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed a letter of intent

for less than $100B: filings John Quintet / iPhone in Canada : Elon Musk Asked Mark Zuckerberg to Fund OpenAI Takeover: Filings Swastika Das Sharma / Livemint : Elon Musk wanted Mark Zuckerberg to joi...

2025-08-13
Reuters 42 related

Elon Musk says that Apple “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI” to top its App Store, an “antitrust violation”, and xAI will take legal action

This is a column about AI.  My boyfriend works at Anthropic. Becca Monaghan / indy100 : Elon Musk has dropped the Trump feud for now - he's falling out with another CEO instead Forbes : Elon Musk Says...

2025-01-04
The Verge 6 related

Elon Musk fanboy Adrian Dittmann's X activity and alleged 4chan posts suggest he might be Musk's fake online persona; source: the viral 4chan screenshot is fake

www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/243...  [embedded post] Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona : According to The Verge, that screenshot that seems to tie the Adrian Dittmann account directly to Elon Musk is alm...

2024-11-26
The Verge 4 related

Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default, another improvement seemingly sparked by competition from Bluesky

For You, following, or a custom one — as your default.  Also making this more visible in the app.  Interested to see how and if people use this. Jason Kottke / @jkottke : FINALLY.  Threads will finall...

2024-10-19
Reuters 43 related

NHTSA opens a probe into Tesla's Full Self-Driving, covering 2.4M vehicles, after four reported crashes in low-visibility situations, including one fatal crash

Feds open new safety investigation Matt Binder / Mashable : Tesla's Full Self-Driving software is under federal investigation Felix Reeves / GB News : Tesla faces investigation over fears Full Self-Dr...

2024-09-10
Washington Post

Election officials across the US say false election rumors spread by Elon Musk to his 197M+ followers often coincide with calls by locals to purge voter rolls

The X billionaire's false posts about noncitizen voting spur officials to fact-check him, lead to requests to purge voter rolls … Threads: @lorakolodny Threads: Lora Kolodny / @lorakolodny : 👇🏼why dID...

2023-04-19
Fox News 28 related

In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk says he's working on “TruthGPT or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe”

a ‘maximum truth-seeking AI’ Sebastian Moss / datacenterdynamics.com : Elon Musk claims he is funding ‘TruthGPT’ AI project, to challenge ChatGPT and Bard Katyanna Quach / The Register : Guy rejects t...

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