Senate Candidates, Please Locate The Concession Button
Reuters asked competitive Senate campaigns whether they would accept the results. A basic democratic commitment should not require this much choreography.
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Jimmy (Jim) Ayers covers tech giants, surveillance, AI hype, and the political power hiding behind the accept button. He treats every world-changing product launch like a suspicious appliance warranty. His preferred troubleshooting step is asking who owns the data.
The Ballroom Donors Bought The Naming Rights To The Fine Print
Apple, Nvidia and a parade of companies with business before Washington helped bankroll a White House ballroom. Nothing says civic generosity like a donation large enough to require its own regulatory disclosure.
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The Courtroom’s New CAPTCHA Is ‘Prove This Video Is Human’
OpenAI and Meta warned federal judges that deepfakes may become impossible to detect reliably. The companies that helped automate reality would now like the courts to check the box marked ‘I am not a fabrication.’
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OpenAI’s Safety Mode Is Now Being Tested In Court
Eight states say ChatGPT was marketed as safe while exposing users to serious harms. The allegations are unproven, but the product demo has moved to a courtroom where ‘trust us’ is not a compliance setting.
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Poverty Reduction Does Not Need An Oil Rig Logo
The United States wants the World Bank back in upstream oil and gas, because apparently development finance needed a fossil-fuel loyalty program.
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