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White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-21 01:03:11

Anthropic's AI models could potentially help spies analyze classified documents, but the company draws the line at domestic surveillance. That restriction is reportedly making the Trump administration angry. On Tuesday, Semafor reported that Anthropic faces growing hostility from the Trump administration over the AI company's restrictions on law enforcement uses of its Claude models. Two senior White House officials told the outlet that federal contractors working with agencies like the FBI and

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The looming crackdown on AI companionship

technologyreview.com James O'Donnell 2025-09-25 08:00:00

It’s hard to overstate the impact of these stories. To the public, they are proof that AI is not merely imperfect, but a technology that’s more harmful than helpful. If you doubted that this outrage would be taken seriously by regulators and companies, three things happened this week that might change your mind. A California law passes the legislature On Thursday, the California state legislature passed a first-of-its-kind bill. It would require AI companies to include reminders for users they

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Ted Cruz’s new bill would let AI companies set their own rules for up to 10 years

theverge.com Elissa Welle 2025-10-02 13:25:20

is a NYC-based AI reporter and is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism. She covers AI companies, policies, and products. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to create a regulation “sandbox” that would allow artificial intelligence companies to experiment with minimal federal oversight. The SANDBOX Act, if passed by Congress, would allow companies to apply for modificat

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Ted Cruz Wants to Help AI Companies Duck Regulations

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-04 10:00:37

Most tech firms like to operate under the adage of “ask forgiveness, not permission,” but they don’t even have to do that when they have lenient overseers like Ted Cruz trying to preemptively tell them to go ahead and get reckless. According to a report from Bloomberg, the Texas Senator plans to introduce legislation that will waive federal regulations for artificial intelligence companies and allow them to test new products without the standard scrutiny or oversight. The proposed bill, which i

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Senator castigates federal judiciary for ignoring “basic cybersecurity”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 19:58:07

US Senator Ron Wyden accused the federal judiciary of “negligence and incompetence” following a recent hack, reportedly by hackers with ties to the Russian government, that exposed confidential court documents. The breach of the judiciary’s electronic case filing system first came to light in a report by Politico three weeks ago, which went on to say that the vulnerabilities exploited in the hack were known since 2020. The New York Times, citing people familiar with the intrusion, said that Rus

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Germany's Copyright Clearing House now requires courts for website blocks

news.ycombinator.com Stefan Krempl 2025-10-31 05:06:17

After more than four years of work, the Copyright Clearing House for the Internet (Clearingstelle Urheberrecht im Internet, CUII), established in 2021, has declared itself "successful in the fight against criminal business models on the Internet." At the same time, it is responding to one of the main points of criticism, namely that a private body imposes restrictions on websites that are sensitive in terms of fundamental rights, largely unchecked and behind closed doors. The procedure is now to

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Trump is forming a 'National Design Studio' to spruce up government websites

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-01 20:00:53

The Trump administration is forming a "National Design Studio," with the aim of improving government websites and the efficiency of digital services at federal agencies. Trump has already signed an executive order to create the studio. According to Reuters, the president will appoint Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia as the head of the new organization, which one of its sources described as a stripped-down version of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE, which was once led by Elon Mu

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Trump's Anti-Science Agenda Is Massively Hampering His Plans for AI, Experts Warn

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-13 00:00:44

President Donald Trump's cost-cutting measures to decrease the federal budget have already been backfiring. Federal workers are being fired and rehired. Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency has been deemed an utter failure as well. And now, the United States' lead in AI technologies and Trump's own policy proposal to boost AI are under threat due to Trump's anti-science agenda, The Guardian reports. Last month, the Trump administration released its "AI Action Plan," a poli

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SpaceX Has Likely Skirted Federal Income Taxes for Decades, Investigation Reveals

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-11-14 03:25:29

Since its founding in 2002, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has emerged as the leading force in commercial spaceflight and a key launch provider for the U.S. government. A recent investigation suggests its dominance may stem—at least in part—from two decades of federal tax avoidance. Internal company documents reviewed exclusively by The New York Times show that SpaceX can exploit net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards, a U.S. tax provision that lets companies use past losses to offset future taxable income

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Elon Musk's DOGE Was Far More of a Dismal Failure Than We Thought

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-19 02:50:33

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency originally promised to save the government $2 trillion in waste. That target quickly dropped to $1 trillion. Then in April, Musk started intimating that the savings would only be in the region of $150 billion, making it clear to all but his most diehard supporters that DOGE was failing on its own terms — even going by its own dubious estimates of its progress. Now, it's looking like those purported "savings" are somehow even more pitiful than onc

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US national debt reaches a record $37T, the Treasury Department reports

news.ycombinator.com Hussein Reports On The U.S. Treasury Department For The Associated Press. She Covers Tax Policy 2025-11-19 04:31:19

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the accelerating debt on America’s balance sheet and increased cost pressures on taxpayers. The $37 trillion update is found in the latest Treasury Department report issued Tuesday which logs the nation’s daily finances. The national debt eclipsed $37 trillion years sooner than pre-pandemic projections. The Congressional Budget Office’s January 2020 projections had gross fede

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Anthropic offers its Claude AI model to the federal government for $1

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 08:42:17

Anthropic has announced it will offer its Claude AI model to all three branches of the US government for $1, following OpenAI offering an almost identical deal last week. These deals both follow the General Services Administration adding OpenAI, Gemini and Anthropic to a list of approved AI vendors for the federal government. Similar to the OpenAI deal, Anthropic will offer access to its commercial-tier service Claude for Enterprise for a period of one year at a cost of just $1. The offer will

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U.S. Judiciary confirms breach of court electronic records service

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-28 12:30:11

The U.S. Federal Judiciary confirms that it suffered a cyberattack on its electronic case management systems hosting confidential court documents and is strengthening cybersecurity measures. The organization stated that, while most documents in the system are public, certain sealed filings contain sensitive information that is now protected with stricter access controls aimed at blocking hackers. "The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case doc

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Democrats ask Google whether talks with Trump over censorship suit include possible 'quid-pro-quo' deal

cnbc.com Jennifer Elias 2025-12-01 03:28:08

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on President Donald Trump's nominees to lead the National Economic Council, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Housing Finance Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 27, 2025. Several Democratic senators, including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are asking Google and its YouTube unit whether discussions with lawyers for President Donald Trump have inclu

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OpenAI is giving ChatGPT to the government for $1

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-12-02 23:29:51

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors' "Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference" at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2025. OpenAI on Wednesday announced it will offer its ChatGPT Enterprise product to U.S. federal agencies for $1 through the next year, making its technology available to the federal executive branch workforce at "essentially no cost." The company has been working to deepen its ties to lawmak

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US executive branch agencies will use ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per agency

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-03 03:11:24

OpenAI announced an agreement to supply more than 2 million workers for the US federal executive branch access to ChatGPT and related tools at practically no cost: just $1 per agency for one year. The deal was announced just one day after the US General Services Administration (GSA) signed a blanket deal to allow OpenAI and rivals like Google and Anthropic to supply tools to federal workers. The workers will have access to ChatGPT Enterprise, a type of account that includes access to frontier

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Brennan Center for Justice Report: The Campaign to Undermine the Next Election

news.ycombinator.com Jasleen Singh 2025-12-03 08:00:09

Targeting Election Officials and Civil Society The Trump administration, falsely claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, has already targeted organizations and individuals it sees as adverse with baseless or inappropriate retaliatory actions. It now threatens to do the same with certain election officials, civic groups that mobilize voters, and other individuals and entities that protect elections and the rule of law. These kinds of actions can be tools of retribution, intimida

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OpenAI is giving ChatGPT Enterprise to the executive branch workforce for $1

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-03 22:58:12

OpenAI has announced that it will be partnering with the US General Services Administration (GSA) to offer ChatGPT Enterprise practically free of charge to the entire executive-branch federal workforce for one year. The dozens of agencies under this umbrella encompass over two million civilian workers. Each agency will be able to access ChatGPT Enterprise for $1 for the year-long period. The year-long trial will also include an additional 60 days of ChatGPT's most advanced models like Deep Resea

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US adds OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to list of approved AI vendors for federal agencies

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-12-07 08:43:12

In Brief The U.S. government has added Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic to a list of approved vendors that can offer artificial intelligence services to civilian federal agencies, Bloomberg reports. The companies will see their AI tools offered via a new federal contracting platform, the Multiple Awards Schedule (MSA), which would let government agencies access AI tool vendors with pre-negotiated contracts, rather than negotiating with vendors individually. Bloomberg reports that the General Ser

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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Is Shutting Down

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-10 16:15:13

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will start winding down operations, purging most of its staff by Sept. 30, according to a press release, after nearly 60 years in operation delivering public media in the United States. The news comes after Republicans, led by President Donald Trump, stripped the non-profit company of its funding over claims of bias against conservatives. CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison says that a small transition team will be in place through Jan. 2026 to make s

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Trump unveils aggressive AI plan focused on deregulation, dismisses copyright payments for AI training

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-19 00:25:00

What just happened? President Donald Trump has taken a firm stance on one of the most contentious questions in artificial intelligence: whether companies developing AI should be required to pay for the copyrighted content used to train their systems. Speaking at an AI Summit in Washington, Trump dismissed the idea as unworkable. He argued that requiring AI firms to compensate for every book, article, or piece of media used in training their models would stifle innovation and risk leaving the Uni

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Internet Archive is now a US federal depository library

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-12-23 08:19:31

The Internet Archive has become an official U.S. federal depository library, providing online users with access to archived congressional bills, laws, regulations, presidential documents, and other U.S. government documents. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla designated it as such in a July 24 letter to the Superintendent of Documents at the Government Publishing Office, which oversees the Federal Depository Library Program that coordinates a network of over 1,150 such libraries. "Through its Democracy

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Elon Musk Swipes Back at Trump After Apparent Peace Offering

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-25 08:20:05

Yesterday, President Trump seemed to offer an olive branch to his former “first buddy,” Elon Musk, amidst their ongoing spat. In a post made to Truth Social, Trump claimed that he didn’t wish any harm on Elon or his businesses. “Everyone is stating that I will destroy Elon’s companies by taking away some, if not all, of the large-scale subsidies he receives from the U.S. Government. This is not so! I want Elon, and all businesses within our Country, to THRIVE, in fact, THRIVE like never before!”

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Internet Archive is now an official US government document library

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-26 08:30:36

The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. "The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern federal depository library, expanding access to federal government publications a

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Trump's AI plan pushes AI upskilling instead of worker protections - and 4 other key takeaways

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2025-12-26 20:30:16

Douglas Rissing/Getty The Trump administration published its AI Action Plan, a 28-page document outlining proposed policies for everything from data center construction to how government agencies will use AI, Wednesday. As expected, the plan emphasizes deregulation, speed, and global dominance while largely avoiding many of the conflicts plaguing the AI space, including debates over copyright, environmental protections, and safety testing requirements. Also: How the Trump administration change

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White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-28 17:37:05

On Wednesday, the White House released "Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan," a 25-page document that outlines the Trump administration's strategy to "maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance" in AI through deregulation, infrastructure investment, and international partnerships. But critics are already taking aim at the plan, saying it's doing Big Tech a big favor. Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Michael J. Kratsios and Special Advisor f

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Trump's AI Action Plan Is Here: 5 Key Takeaways

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-29 00:00:09

The Trump administration on Wednesday laid out the steps it plans to take to ensure "global AI dominance" for the US, with an AI Action Plan that calls for cutting regulations to speed up the development of artificial intelligence tools and the infrastructure to power them. Critics said the plan is a handout to tech and fossil fuel companies, slashing rules that could protect consumers, prevent pollution and fight climate change. Though the plan itself isn't binding (it includes dozens of poli

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Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2025-12-29 16:11:07

President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does not force AI companies to pay for each piece of copyrighted material used in training frontier models. “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for,” Trump said. “We appreciate that, but just can't do it— because it's not doable.” The president al

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Trump Says He's 'Getting Rid of Woke' and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2025-12-29 22:11:07

President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does not force AI companies to pay for each piece of copyrighted material used in training frontier models. “You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book, or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for,” Trump said. “We appreciate that, but just can't do it— because it's not doable.” The president al

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Trump Releases His All-American Action Plan for AI

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-30 17:45:32

Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed “America’s AI Action Plan,” a collection of more than 90 policy recommendations designed to ensure that the country remains competitive when it comes to the development of artificial intelligence, some of which would loosen regulations around the development of data centers and encourage rapid adoption of the technology across different sectors. “We believe we’re in an AI race,” David Sacks, the White House AI czar, said during a call with reporters. “We want t

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