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Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery (Associated Press)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:47White House Ecenomic Advisor Elizabeth Kelly lead the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (Associated Press)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 02/08/2024 - 06:28Biden’s vow of affordable internet for all is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies
President Joe Biden traveled in January to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise for 23 million families across the US is on shaky ground. That’s because the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides $30 a month for qualifying families in most places and $75 on tribal lands, will run out of money by the end of April if Congress doesn’t extend it further. The program is key to the Biden administration’s plans to make the internet available to everyone, which the president has touted repeatedly as he has ramped up his r