Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
…No one has more to lose from this reputation crisis than OpenAI. The person tasked with trying to fix it is Chris Lehane, OpenAI’s chief of global affairs and a veteran…
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He Built the Definitive Epstein Database—and It Consumed His Life
…Last month, when the DOJ gave lawmakers a strict window in which to peek at the unredacted Epstein files, many members of Congress felt overwhelmed. Congressman Maxwell Frost, a Democrat from Florida…
Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation
…Soon after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he was designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk, rival OpenAI announced it had struck a new contract with the Pentagon. That could be instrumental…
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
…Researchers this week revealed that thousands of vibe coded apps were left exposed on the open internet, revealing sensitive corporate and personal data. The security failings are a reminder: Just because you…
New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
…In December, Sanders became the first national politician to call for a moratorium on data centers, days after a coalition of more than 230 progressive groups sent a letter to Congress calling…
Trump Pivots on AI Regulation, Worker Ousted by DOGE Runs for Office, and Hantavirus Explained
…Now She’s Running for Congress What the Spirit Airlines Implosion Means for Your Vacation You can follow Brian Barrett on Bluesky at @brbarrett, Zoë Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer, and Leah…
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
…A new open-source project dubbed Encrypted Spaces could be used to make countless mainstream collaboration apps more private and surveillance-resistant with end-to-end encryption. And illegal pharmacy and scam…
The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’
…What I mean by that is this administration has been singularly focused on refusing to pay funds that have been appropriated by Congress to largely blue states. That sounds very administrative, sort…
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
…At Mobile World Congress 2024, T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, showed off a concept phone that generated an interface as you spoke to it rather than relying on traditional apps…
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…Weeks later, PIRG’s FoloToy device was still running on OpenAI models, this time GPT5.1, despite OpenAI not restoring access. As of April 2026, the FoloToy now runs on ‘Folo F1…