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Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 13:50Hackers race to win millions in contest to thwart cyberattacks with AI (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 07/28/2024 - 13:49OpenAI's Sam Altman | A democratic vision for artificial intelligence must prevail over an authoritarian one (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 07/25/2024 - 05:22Big Tech says AI is booming. Wall Street is starting to see a bubble. (Washington Post)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 07/24/2024 - 12:53In blacked-out Gaza, Elon Musk’s Starlink opens an internet bubble
Elon Musk said his Starlink satellite internet service is now operating in a hospital in Gaza, following months of negotiations over humanitarian exceptions to an internet blackout Israel imposed across the war-battered territory. Musk wrote that Starlink was now active there with the support of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which has been involved in negotiations to mitigate some effects of the Israel-Gaza war.
A week of nonstop breaking political news stumps AI chatbots
In the hour after President Biden announced he would withdraw from the 2024 campaign, most popular artificial intelligence chatbots seemed oblivious to the news. Asked directly whether he had dropped out, almost all said no or declined to give an answer. Asked who was running for president of the United States, they still listed his name.
President Biden tweets instead of talks, as Elon Musk seizes on chaotic election (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 07/22/2024 - 05:34California is a battleground for AI bills, as Trump plans to curb regulation (Washington Post)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Fri, 07/19/2024 - 14:16Trump allies draft AI order to launch ‘Manhattan Projects’ for defense
Donald Trump’s allies are drafting a sweeping AI executive order that would launch a series of “Manhattan Projects” to develop military technology and immediately review “unnecessary and burdensome regulations”—signaling how a potential second Trump administration may pursue AI policies favorable to Silicon Valley investors and companies. The framework would also create “industry-led” agencies to evaluate AI models and secure systems from foreign adversaries. The framework—which includes a section titled “Make America First in AI”—presents a markedly different strategy for the booming secto