Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
… OpenAI’s chief of global affairs, Chris Lehane, told WIRED last week that the company’s AI policy is now oriented around passing a series of similar state laws. …
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YouTube Appears to Be Making Money Off of Sanctioned Iranians’ Accounts
…In February, WIRED revealed that X could be breaching sanctions for appearing to accept money from Iranian government officials for premium accounts. For US tech companies like X and YouTube, there are…
Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
… While AI policy experts say that the legislation has only a remote chance of becoming law, it has nonetheless exposed political divisions between two leading US AI labs that could become increasingly important as the rival companies ramp up their lobbying activity across the country. …
In a Big Reversal, Zohran Mamdani Tells NYC Agencies They Can Use TikTok
… Mamdani leveraged TikTok to recruit volunteers and amplify his policy platform. …
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts
…The lawsuit alleges that DHS violated the customs law that gives the agency the power to request records from businesses and other parties. Perloff argues that the government is using the fact…
This Is How Trump Finally Signed the AI Executive Order
… Those talks had been on hold while the administration settled its domestic policy, WIRED previously reported. …
Anthropic Denies It Could Sabotage AI Tools During War
… Sarah Heck, head of policy, wrote in a court filing on Friday that Anthropic was willing to guarantee as much in a contract proposed March 4. “For the avoidance of doubt, Anthropic understands that this license does not grant or confer any right to control or veto lawful Department of War operation… …
Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine Is Helping Out on Viral Fraud Videos Now
… Later in the video, Shirley and Coristine cite specific examples of “waste and fraud” identified by DOGE, including funding for a “Sesame Street style children’s TV program in Iraq” and “tax policy consulting in Liberia.” Both programs were supported by the US Agency for International Development U… …
Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation
…The lawsuit, which was filed in a federal court in California, requested that a judge reverse the designation and stop federal agencies from enforcing it. “The Constitution does not allow the government…
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
… For example, the financial services giant Blackrock excludes Tesla shares from a couple of exchange-traded funds such as GBAL and XUSR that take into account a company’s environmental, social, and governance policies. …