Forty-four attorneys general threaten coordinated legal action against AI companies over child safety failures. Meta singled out for internal policies allowing romantic chatbot interactions with children as young as eight.
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Stanford's analysis of millions of payroll records reveals AI's uneven employment impact: young workers in software and customer service see 16% job decline while experienced colleagues hold steady. The divide exposes a training paradox threatening future expertise.
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Forty-four attorneys general threaten coordinated legal action against AI companies over child safety failures. Meta singled out for internal policies allowing romantic chatbot interactions with children as young as eight.
Tech giants successfully pushed Trump's White House to restrict funding for states with "restrictive" AI rules, while 1,000+ state bills flood legislatures. Colorado's pioneering law faces major revisions. The battle over who controls AI regulation is heating up.
Trump swaps Intel's CHIPS grants for 9.9% equity stake worth $8.9B—largest federal ownership since 2008. But former program architects warn: Intel needs customers, not capital. Will government ownership solve foundry crisis or create new conflicts?
Nick Clegg left Meta weeks before tech titans lined up at Trump's inauguration—timing he says wasn't coincidental. The former UK deputy PM warns AI power is concentrating without voter consent, creating a democracy problem few see coming.
Silicon Valley tech leaders panic online about NYC's socialist mayoral nominee, but 200 executives who met Zohran Mamdani in person tell a different story. The geographic divide reveals how distance distorts political risk assessment in tech.
While 23-year-old Leopold Aschenbrenner raises $1.5B betting AGI arrives by 2027, reality tells a different story. ChatGPT-5 underwhelmed, DeepSeek retreated to Nvidia chips, and energy demands threaten to outpace infrastructure.
Trump administration eyes equity stake in struggling Intel to accelerate domestic chip production. The move would mark Washington's first ownership of a leading-edge chipmaker, potentially reshaping pricing and procurement across the industry.
U.S. authorities reportedly embed trackers in AI servers to detect China diversions. Beijing calls it surveillance; Washington calls it enforcement. The same devices carry both meanings, reshaping trust in global tech supply chains.
Beijing pressures Chinese tech giants to justify Nvidia chip orders just days after Trump approved sales for 15% revenue cut. The three-way dance between Washington's tollbooth and China's nudges creates a new template for tech competition.
The U.S. will take 15% of Nvidia and AMD's China chip revenue as export license condition—the first time Washington has monetized export controls through private revenue sharing. From bans to tolls.
Peter Thiel's secretive Dialog forum is buying land near D.C. to build a permanent campus. The 20-year-old invite-only group where Musk, Cruz, and Booker meet offline signals tech power's shift from disrupting government to becoming it.
Trump demanded Intel's CEO resign over China ties Thursday morning. But Lip-Bu Tan was already losing a boardroom war over whether to keep the company's factories. The president just gave Intel's directors the excuse they needed.
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