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How AI Upended Politics and Left Lawmakers Scrambling To Pick a Side

Newsweek’s AI Policy Scorecard shows AI took over Washington’s agenda faster than the parties could decide what to do with it

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Newsweek· Sep 30, 9:00 AMHow AI Upended Politics and Left Lawmakers Scrambling To Pick a Side

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