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Pres. Trump blasts NY state moratorium on data centers
Read more: Pres. Trump blasts NY state moratorium on data centersPres. Trump criticized New York state’s 1-year moratorium on new datacenters used for AI. He wrote on Truth Social:
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If United States takes equity in U.S. AI companies under Sen. Sanders’ or Pres. Trump’s plan, how would the copyright lawsuits v. those AI companies be affected?
Read more: If United States takes equity in U.S. AI companies under Sen. Sanders’ or Pres. Trump’s plan, how would the copyright lawsuits v. those AI companies be affected?Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The idea that the U.S. government should take equity interests in U.S. AI companies, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others appears to be gaining momentum. In two different approaches, the strange bedfellows Sen. Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump floated the idea that the U.S. government…
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Pres. Trump: Anthropic’s Fable model might have been a national security threat before taken down
Read more: Pres. Trump: Anthropic’s Fable model might have been a national security threat before taken downPresident Trump discussed his thoughts on the controversy over Anthropic’s Fable 5 model. The U.S. government issued an export control on it, which caused Anthropic to remove it from the public’s use. Here’s an interview with Axios in which Trump discussed the controversy as a matter of national security. The Axios interview included 4 minutes…
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Amodei, Altman, Hassabis attend G7 meeting with Pres. Trump in show of U.S. AI global leadership
Read more: Amodei, Altman, Hassabis attend G7 meeting with Pres. Trump in show of U.S. AI global leadershipPresident Trump convened the CEOs of leading U.S. AI companies — including Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis — to the G7 meeting in Versailles. Here’s a list of those reportedly in attendance: Major Global AI Labs European AI Companies Asian AI Startups Big Tech & Enterprise Software
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AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.
Read more: AI makes strange bedfellows: Pres. Trump proposes US government stake in AI companies similar to Bernie Sanders’ proposal. Video.How do you know AI is a disruptive technology? Well, it’s when in the same week President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders both propose that the U.S. government should take an ownership stake in U.S. AI companies. President Trump just floated the idea of doing something similar to the federal government’s recent 10% stake in…
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Pres. Trump issues scaled down Executive Order on gov’t review of AI safety risks
Read more: Pres. Trump issues scaled down Executive Order on gov’t review of AI safety risksAfter delaying the Executive Order due to reported concerns expressed by former AI Czar David Sacks, President Trump issued what sounds like a scaled down version of the government review of frontier AI models that is voluntary, not required. PROMOTING ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION AND SECURITY A key provision is Section 3: Sec. 3. Secure Frontier…
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Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.
Read more: Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.The controversy related to the U.S. military’s contract with Anthropic for the use of its AI escalated. After a couple days of intense negotiations between Anthropic and the Department of War, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI, Claude, with a phase out in the next 6 months: How Did We…
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Pres. Trump to issue Executive Order preempting states from regulating AI
Read more: Pres. Trump to issue Executive Order preempting states from regulating AIPresident Trump said he will sign an Executive Order later this week to preempt states from regulating AI. We’ll have to see the scope of this order and how it will be operationalized. Expect legal challenges. From AI Czar David Sacks: I wanted to share a few thoughts on AI preemption and address some of…
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Pres. Trump cites calls from Salesforce’s Benioff, NVIDIA’s Huang as reason for not sending troops into SF
Read more: Pres. Trump cites calls from Salesforce’s Benioff, NVIDIA’s Huang as reason for not sending troops into SFPresident Trump said he received calls from Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang, and other “friends” as the reason why he decided against sending troops into San Francisco. UPDATE: WSJ reported that Sam Altman also called the President. According to WSJ, “[Huang] called Trump Wednesday, gave him Lurie’s phone number and told him the mayor…
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Pres. Trump supports fair use in AI training. Notes importance to national interest. (Video)
Read more: Pres. Trump supports fair use in AI training. Notes importance to national interest. (Video)After releasing the AI Action Plan for the United States, President Trump strongly supported fair use in AI training. He noted the national interest in developing AI and staying ahead of China, a country that will not require copyright licensing of all data in AI training. Pres. Trump said it’s neither common sense nor workable…