The artificial intelligence industry finds itself at a crossroads, with one of its leading companies pursuing a regulatory strategy that bears striking similarities to the approach once championed by convicted cryptocurrency fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried. Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, has mounted an extensive Washington influence campaign while simultaneously … [Read more...] about AI Company’s Washington Strategy Mirrors Tactics of Convicted Fraudster

The national imperative to expand America's technological infrastructure now faces an unexpected obstacle: the very communities being asked to host it. As Washington pursues technological superiority over China, local resistance to data center construction threatens to derail what federal officials consider essential to national security. Representative Suhas Subramanyam of … [Read more...] about Virginia Congressman Warns Data Center Expansion Faces Growing Local Resistance

Former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has issued a stark warning against allowing the artificial intelligence industry to regulate itself, dismissing recent voluntary commitments by technology leaders as insufficient safeguards for the American people. Khan's remarks come in the wake of a White House gathering last week where leading technology executives signed what … [Read more...] about Lina Khan Dismisses Tech Industry Pledge to Police Artificial Intelligence Development

DALLAS — The financial landscape of the United States may be undergoing a fundamental shift, as the Texas Stock Exchange establishes itself in Dallas with backing from some of the nation's largest financial institutions and a growing roster of corporate listings. Former Congressman Jeb Hensarling, now serving as a strategic advisor to the exchange, stated in an interview from … [Read more...] about Texas Stock Exchange Positioned to Challenge Wall Street’s Long Dominance

A dangerous and unseasonable heat wave continues to affect nearly all of California, placing more than 35 million Americans under heat alerts as temperatures climb to levels rarely seen this late in the year. Across the Golden State, temperatures are expected to reach 20 degrees above normal for early October, with readings climbing into the 90s and 100s from the San Francisco … [Read more...] about Record October Heat Wave Grips California as Gulf Coast Braces for Flooding