Midterm Blue Wave to Be Negative for Tech, Ives SaysDan Ives, partner and senior managing director at Yorkville Ives & Co., discusses his outlook for AI legislation after the US midterm election. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)Bloomberg2d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurity
Appeals court rips federal judge over AI errors in Mississippi DEI law rulingA federal appeals court sharply criticized a judge's reliance on artificial intelligence as it overturned his order blocking Mississippi's restrictions on publicly funded DEI programs.Fox News2d agoWhole story →TechnologyJustice
Wall Street urging Anthropic, OpenAI to do their IPOs this year ‘before things get crazy’ — here’s whyThe reasons go well beyond the risks of an AI bubble.New York Post2d agoWhole story →Technology
Dow, S&P 500 fall, tech steadies to end rocky weekThe Dow Industrials and S&P 500 fell on Friday while technology shares steadied to end a turbulent week for the market-driving AI trade, while investors looked ahead to a busy slate of corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve interest-rate policy meeting.Spokane Spokesman-Review2d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomy
Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream. “Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change.…The Guardian2d agoWhole story →Technology
Trump’s surveillance towers can see into neighborhoods — and are ‘always watching’President Donald Trump’s expanding AI border surveillance system can watch people leaving their homes, children on playgrounds and even inside a bedroom window, a New York Times investigation found. More than a million people in the United States and Mexico live within potential view of the AI-powered towers, according to the newspaper’s analysis. “It…Raw Story23h agoWhole story →TechnologySecurity
The rise of AI election ads in US midterms campaignBBC Verify has tracked dozens of AI ads to assess how they are being used by campaigns in the midterms.BBC News18h agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernment
Voters angry about high prices may get little relief from the next Congress - Sat, 24 Oct 2026 PSTIf voters expect a new Democratic Congress to bring down prices, they will probably be disappointed. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (New York) promises the party’s “affordability agenda” will “drive down the high cost of living in every possible area.” But the main forces driving inflation are the Iran war’s impact on energy prices, fallout from…Spokane Spokesman-Review14h agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomy
Trump is pushing a massive AI buildout. His own voters are wary of what comes with itA new CNBC survey finds broad voter opposition to nearby AI data centers, creating a political challenge for Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm election.CNBC13h agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernment
Epstein files take back seat in midterms but experts say issue has not gone awayOther voter concerns have prevailed but return of Congress likely to see renewed focus on late sex offender’s activities As US voters head to the polls for crucial and fraught midterm elections, some survivors’ advocates in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have expressed concern that the scandal could recede into the background. Political experts…The Guardian12h agoWhole story →TechnologyGovernment
Abdul El-Sayed says public oversight needed on AI to avoid serving "interests of a few against the well-being of a many"Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said that there are "a lot of real risks" in artificial intelligence.CBS News1mo agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityai regulation debate
Food safety fears are bipartisan. Trust in oversight isn’tAhead of the midterms, voters in both parties fear recalls but split 40 points on oversightSalon5d agoWhole story →FoodJusticefood safety recalls
Speed isn’t enough: Context will define cyber advantage in defense operationsStrategy alone will not change outcomes. The advantage comes from how quickly cyber teams can operationalize new capabilities in support of the mission.Federal News Network10d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurity
Anthropic Pitches Congress on AI Safety BillAnthropic representatives have pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate artificial intelligence safety and security, Politico reported Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the effort.Newsmax8d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityai safety bill proposal
2026 Election Questionnaire: Donna Miller, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd DistrictDonna Miller: Beyond relinquishing too much power to the presidency, Congress has essentially acceded to legislative proposals initiated and crafted by others, with less transparency, public discussion, oversight, accountability or concern for broader national interestsShaw Local Enewspapers29d agoWhole story →BuildGovernment2026 election questionnaire
Bill Gates says an AI ‘kill switch’ isn’t enoughThe Microsoft co-founder called for mandatory monitoring of powerful artificial intelligence systems in an NBC interview that aired Sunday.POLITICO27d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityai regulation debate
Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakersThe draft proposal would limit the circumstances in which the government could block the release of an advanced model and preempt some state AI safety laws.POLITICO5d agoSources (2)Whole story →TechnologyGovernmentai safety bill proposal
Anthropic researchers warn AI could wipe out humanity, now US lawmakers are calling for new AI regulationTwo Anthropic researchers are warning that artificial intelligence could wipe out humanity within the next decade, setting off fresh alarm in Washington and new calls from U.S. lawmakers for tighter controls on advanced AI systems. The warnings are striking for where they are coming from: researchers working inside one of the companies building some ofTechStartups.com1mo agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityai regulation debate
