Rep. Josh Gottheimer disclosed purchases of Benchmark Electronics and Applied Materials stock in October, adding to earlier buys of AMD shares, according to a congressional filing released this week. The trades came months after he voted in July for the Stop Insider Trading Act, which would bar lawmakers and their families from owning individual stocks. His office says the investments are managed by a third party with full discretion while he awaits approval of a blind trust.
cnbc.com
· 2026-11-07
The UK government is increasing investment in homegrown artificial intelligence and cybersecurity capabilities, aiming to lessen its reliance on American technology providers. Security industry leaders have raised doubts about whether the funding commitments are sufficiently coordinated and arriving in time to meet that goal.
darkreading.com
· 2026-11-06
The Wall Street Journal's Morning Risk Report says companies are struggling with cyberattacks as hackers increasingly use artificial intelligence tools to boost their effectiveness. The same roundup notes the FTC has alleged Amazon tripled advertising prices around Black Friday, and highlights China's growing efforts to assert control over AI development.
wsj.com
· 2026-11-06
A writer who moved from Microsoft's Windows AI team to a research engineer role at Salesforce AI Research describes how their AI use has evolved over the past year, now spending about $3,000 a month on tokens. They continue using AI for coding, research, summarization, writing, and art, adding voice and video generation, and have drafted a personal policy governing how they use AI in daily life.
ben.stolovitz.com
· 2026-11-03
Artificial intelligence regulation and its economic impact are becoming contested issues across multiple midterm election campaigns, according to recent reporting. Separately, British citizens are reportedly showing increased interest in disaster preparedness, prompted by a combination of official warnings and viral stockpiling trends.
wsj.com
· 2026-11-03
David Durman, a 45-year-old research administrator at the University of Kentucky, secured a religious accommodation excusing him from the university's push for staff to adopt AI tools. Durman, who identifies as a humanist, argued that offloading his thinking to a chatbot would undermine his moral agency, and filed his request under Title VII with support from the American Humanist Association. The university granted the exemption, reportedly in part because his role doesn't require AI to function.
techspot.com
· 2026-10-30
In a papal address, Pope Leo XIV called for AI systems to be 'disarmed' and urged UN member states to pursue a ban on lethal autonomous weapons ahead of talks in Geneva next month. He said machines are tools rather than persons and warned against granting AI legal rights, insisting human oversight must remain over decisions involving life, freedom and force.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-30
New campaign finance data shows eight of the top ten donors for the 2026 midterm elections are backing Republican candidates and causes. Elon Musk's continued political spending has pushed the overall donor totals to record levels, with crypto and AI industry figures prominent among the biggest contributors.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-29
Engadget announced it is recruiting contributing writers to supplement its news and features coverage. The outlet says candidates need broad consumer-tech knowledge and strong English writing skills, with a strict policy against using AI to produce copy. Positions are remote, paid hourly or per word, and open to applicants across any timezone.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-28
Meta has issued its own set of rules defining what its AI agents are permitted to do, stepping into a regulatory vacuum where no industry-wide standard exists for AI agent conduct. The move comes as publishers accuse Meta of scraping their content without permission or compensation, deepening tensions between tech platforms and content creators.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-27
Local backlash against the rapid construction of large data centers has turned into a prominent issue across congressional and gubernatorial races nationwide, including in Texas, which ranks second only to Virginia in planned projects. Meanwhile, super PACs backed by tech figures like Marc Andreessen, Greg Brockman and Anthropic have poured tens of millions of dollars into these races, while newer groups like Tomorrow Together are running ads pushing for stricter AI and data center policies.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-27
A math professor at a California university has decided to stop grading take-home homework assignments, citing widespread use of AI tools by students to complete them. The university reportedly leaves AI policy decisions to individual faculty members rather than setting a campuswide rule.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-25
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