.@CoreWeave writes to @GinaHinojosaTX pledging to work with her and TX communities on responsible data center development
Scoop: Voters in Iowa, Ohio want AI safety measures, even at the expense of falling behind the AI race, support things like increased parental controls for AI, bans on chatbots for minors, and government AI safety testing, Republican pollster finds
In response, WH tells me: “American leadership in super intelligence is essential for our national security, economic prosperity, and the quality of life of the American people. President Trump is committed to ensuring America continues to lead the world in super intelligence while protecting American consumers.”
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NEW from me: Britain’s AI testing agency outguns US
Britain wants to pour another £120 million — roughly $160 million — into a government lab that tests the world’s most powerful AI models, an infusion of cash that alone is more than 10 times the annual budget of its US counterpart.
It contrasts sharply with the approach in the US, where federal efforts to evaluate AI are receiving far less cash and are shared by different parts of government.
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Semafor: John Cornyn on Ken Paxton’s audio leak troubles
“Got to be more careful when you run with the big dogs.”
Good summary of Trump's totally coherent tech policy
NEWS: Continental, the Trump-tied lobbying and law firm, helped organize LaCivita and Blair's recent trip to the Balkans, @ShelbyTalcott and I are told.
Republika Srpska has been paying it $35,000 a month since February as part of its MAGA lobbying blitz.
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Continental, a Washington-based law and lobbying firm with close ties to Trump’s network, helped arrange LaCivita and Blair’s recent trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
+ That 48 hour trip was focused around voting equipment, and Blair and Trump have since spoken, multiple people confirmed. More w/ @Eleanor_Mueller:
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Read more of @ashleyrgold's view in the full story:
The Federal Trade Commission is close to sending investigative demands to frontier AI companies, a senior agency official told Semafor — a sign that its AI probe is moving forward after its unusual disclosure to the public.
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FTC advancing on its AI safety probe @ashleyrgold
Could the FTC, whose chair is on Trump's AI task force — and has also taken big tech companies to court — be *seriously* pursuing its probe of frontier labs?
@ashleyrgold has some answers and a look at the challenges ahead.
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"Notably, Trump plans to award a medal to the CEO of Microsoft later on Thursday."
Anyone who uses AI rather than SI is the “ENEMY” according to TRUMP
Trump’s fraud task force announces investigations into nine US universities over alleged J-1 visa fraud: Pitt, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, US Davis, CalTech, Arizona State, MIT.
The admin is also suspending a number of IT firms from the visa program, including Microsoft and Adobe, amid federal investigations related to H1B visas.
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News: Sens. Daines (R) and Merkley (D) have a BIPARTISAN rules change proposal to make the Senate function better
- Get rid of archaic delays like the "intervening day"
- Suspension votes at 2/3 margin for popular bills
- Fast track to floor for bipartisan bills from committee and for bipartisan Appropriations bills
They need 2/3 of the Senate to support it and they want to do it this year. They've talked to Schumer, Thune and the White House
Daines: “More bills passed, more votes taken, less time wasted"
Merkley: “If we don’t solve this, eventually one team or the other is going to get rid of the filibuster"
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Scoop: How Zuckerberg shaped Trump’s AI industry pledge
Here's the White House Accord on Super Intelligence. Only six signatories - Pichai, Amodei, Zuckerberg, Brockman, Musk, Huang
Full list of attendees for today’s lunch at the WH:
You know I had to do an antitrust AI scoop:
