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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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. …
China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers
… The Bitcoin Policy Institute report O’Leary cited is one of the key sources of right-wing claims about Chinese influence. …
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…
Can OpenAI’s ‘Master of Disaster’ Fix AI’s Reputation Crisis?
… Policy Battles Lehane compares OpenAI to the companies that built earlier foundational utilities like railroads and electricity. …
Elon Musk Seemingly Admits xAI Has Used OpenAI’s Models to Train Its Own
… Michael Kratsios, the White House’s director of the office of science and technology policy, said in an April 2026 memo that it would share information with US AI companies about foreign distillation. …
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
… The company did not address EPIC’s finding that its public-facing policy directs opt-out instructions only to California residents. …
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
… President Trump signed an executive order last year to go after states that pass laws that aren't consistent with national policy on AI. I'm curious, how would you describe our national policy on AI? …
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
… They also want to offer clear assessments of AI safety practices that can be easily understood by people outside the AI world, such as policymakers, investors, and journalists. …
New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction
… The industry, McNeill says, “remains committed to working with communities, local officials, state and federal policymakers, and the Administration to ensure the continued responsible development of this industry while protecting families and businesses.”