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State AGs Sue ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Over 'Willful, Dangerous, Reckless, and Unlawful Conduct'Amid escalating concerns about artificial intelligence from within and beyond the industry and related demands for policymakers worldwide to swiftly enact strong safeguards, attorneys general from eight US states sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Wednesday. "OpenAI designed a product to attract young users and keep them engaged for as long as possible so it…

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Rising cancer rates in the spotlight across Iowa midterm races as voters focus on waterRoughly two in five Iowans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes. It's a big concern for many voters, and now, it's at the center of debates ahead of the midterms. NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports.

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USDA and WSU unveil new 100,000-square-foot Plant Bioscience Research Building on Pullman's campus - Wed, 14 Oct 2026 PSTThe Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and Washington State University unveiled a new Plant Bioscience Research Building on Wednesday in Pullman in front of a packed audience full of students, professors, farmers, legislators and numerous agriculture experts.

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Eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s alleged harms to usersKansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said states “are not going to hold our breath” for federal legislation to keep AI companies in check.

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How backlash against data centres could shape the US midterm electionsDemocrats and Republicans alike are coming out against data centre development, amid growing backlash across the US.

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Fox News Thinks James Talarico Should Have Stopped MAGA From Spreading Conspiracy Theory About HimPlenty of people on social media didn’t think it was Talarico’s job to protect his opponents from looking foolish.

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FDA abortion pill review angers GOP lawmakersPresented by Coalition to Strengthen Americas Healthcare {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare PRESENTED BY The Big Story FDA abortion pill review angers GOP lawmakers Congressional Republicans have some pointed questions for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), following the agency’s recent disclosure that a safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone…

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Biden DOJ obtained personal data of hundreds of thousands GOP voters and donors, top Senate Republican says

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Oregon governor orders pause on environmental permits to build or expand data centersOregon’s governor has effectively issued a moratorium on new data centers and data center expansions in the state by ordering environmental regulators to pause approving new state and federal air and water pollution permits for data center projects until next July.

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Army to launch Project Gatekeeper to speed up software approvalsThe project is scheduled to go live on Oct. 23, but companies will need their Common Access Cards to log in until the Army completes the Login.gov integration.

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White House played central role in antitrust probe of TV networksMultiple people told Semafor that the idea of an inquiry was first discussed inside the White House before being pursued by the DOJ.

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Women Trust AI Less Than Men—But No One’s Asking ThemAs our tech overlords continue pumping more resources into AI development and innovation—responsibly, of course—they’re facing a massive trust gap: the people they want to use the tech keep asking who the technology is actually for. Is it for those who clamor for a surveillance state? Is it meant to help us compete with other […]

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What's at stake as research funds shift from universities to industryMIT President Sally Kornbluth and Science editor Holden Thorpe discuss shifts in federal science funding and China's surge in global research at STAT Summit in Boston.

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Expert calls California 'Wild West' for surrogacy after couple charged with abusing surrogate-born childrenGuojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang allegedly abused surrogate-born children while running an unlicensed California surrogacy agency from their home.

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USDA ordered to halt sweeping reorganization plansA federal judge said USDA has “almost certainly” reprogrammed congressionally appropriated funding, but acknowledged that the stay order may be short-lived.

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'Shocked' union leader issues legal threat after GOP twists his words to attack DemA New York Teamsters leader wants a Republican-aligned group to stop airing a Maine Senate ad that puts words in his mouth about Democrat Troy Jackson , NBC News reported on Wednesday. Gregory Floyd, president of Teamsters Local 237, had his lawyers send a letter dated October 13 to Senate Leadership Fund Executive Director Alex Latcham, telling the…

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Florida "Addictive Features" Social Media Restrictions on Minors Likely Constitutional, Eleventh Circuit HoldsSome short excerpts from the long opinion in Computer & Comm. Indus. Ass'n v. Uthmeier, decided today by Judge Kevin… The post Florida "Addictive Features" Social Media Restrictions on Minors Likely Constitutional, Eleventh Circuit Holds appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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Supreme Court Justices Laugh at Lawyer’s Answer in Paramount CaseThe Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could have implications for online privacy lawsuits.

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Arrested OpenAI Employee Booked One-Way Ticket to Saudi ArabiaFederal prosecutors previously asked a judge to seal their case against Abdulrahman Alfozan due to fears he might flee the US.

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OPM revamps online pay tables, spearheads AI adoption across federal workforceThe agency's CIO Adam Starr described the pay table refresh as part of a broader plan to “make every part of the federal experience tech-first."

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