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Tech & Society

US States Move Forward With AI Laws: Most states are regulating AI despite President Trump’s opposition to state-level laws

U.S. states are continuing to enact laws that regulate AI, despite President Trump’s efforts to discourage state-by-state legislation in favor of national laws.

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Business

U.S. Dept. of War Dismisses Anthropic, Embraces OpenAI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls Claude a security risk, replaces it with GPT models

OpenAI signed a contract with the U.S. military to provide AI systems that securely process classified information, displacing Anthropic’s Claude. OpenAI negotiated limits on how its technology can be used, but they leave room for interpretation.

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Business

Global AI Summit Shows Optimism: Rising giant India presents itself as AI Counterweight to U.S. and China

The fourth global AI summit marked a decisive shift from focusing on theoretical hazards to spreading AI’s benefits throughout the world.

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Business

Big AI Spends Big On Lobbying: Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia pour millions into government influence

Top tech and AI companies spent more than $100 million to influence government policy in 2025, the first time they exceeded that figure.

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Business

AI Giants Vie for Healthcare Dollars: OpenAI and Anthropic release new chatbots targeting medical and wellness markets

OpenAI and Anthropic staked claims in the lucrative healthcare market, each company playing to its strengths by targeting different audiences.

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Tech & Society

Undressed Images Spur Regulators: X rolls back Grok’s “spicy” image generation on the platform after global outrage

Governments worldwide sounded alarms after xAI’s Grok chatbot generated tens of thousands of sexualized images of girls and women without their consent.

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AI Careers

Education That Works With — Not Against — AI by Juan M. Lavista Ferres: Juan M. Lavista Ferres, Chief Data Scientist at Microsoft, on assignments that properly test students’ abilities

A little more than three years ago, OpenAI released ChatGPT, and education changed forever. For students, the ability to generate fluent, credible text on demand in seconds is an incredible new tool.

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Machine Learning Research

Open Source Wins by David Cox: David Cox, VP for AI Models at IBM Research, on the need for open development in AI

My hope is that open AI continues to flourish and ultimately wins.

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Business

China’s AI Chip Industry Takes Root: China banned GPUs and TPUs from U.S. manufacturers to promote domestic chips

The United States government’s effort to deprive China of AI computing power backfired as China turned the tables and banned U.S.-designed chips.

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Business

Data-Center Buildout Goes Big: AI’s growth spurred infrastructure investment worldwide

Top AI companies announced plans to build data centers that are projected to burn through trillions of dollars and gigawatts of electricity in the next few years.

Business

Disney Teams Up With OpenAI: OpenAI’s Sora video generator will include Disney characters, with fan videos on Disney+

Disney, the entertainment conglomerate that owns Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm and its own animated classics from 101 Dalmatians to Zootopia, licensed OpenAI to use its characters in generated videos.

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Business

Record Labels Back AI-Music Startup: Klay Image emerges from relative obscurity to announce deals with Sony, Warner, and Universal

A music-generation newcomer emerged from stealth mode with licenses to train generative AI models on music controlled by the world’s biggest recording companies.