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The mysterious case of the DHS white supremacist memelord

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter that takes Verge subscribers into the smoke-filled back rooms of Washington as they become the Zyn-filled back rooms of Washington. (Although Tucker Carlson’s ALP is more popular among a certain set.) Not a Verge subscriber yet? Sign up here today! I’m not exposing myself to all these carcinogens […]

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ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots helped teens plan shootings, bombings, and political violence, study shows

AI companies have repeatedly promised safeguards to protect younger users, but a new investigation suggests those guardrails remain woefully deficient. Popular chatbots missed warning signs in scenarios involving teenagers discussing violent acts, in some cases even offering encouragement instead of intervening. The findings come from a joint investigation by CNN and the nonprofit Center for […]

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Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company announced Wednesday that it’s launching a new internal think tank, called the Anthropic Institute, that combines three of Anthropic’s current research teams. It will focus on researching AI’s large-scale implications, […]

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How the spiraling Iran conflict could affect data centers and electricity costs

Soon after the Trump administration launched its war on Iran, I called up Reed Blakemore, director of research and programs at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center, to talk about the consequences. While oil and gas prices were already on the rise, there was still more hope then that the impact of the conflict might […]

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Ford is giving its commercial fleet business an AI makeover

Ford announced a new AI-powered service for its commercial fleet and telematics software customers called Ford Pro AI. The generative AI system analyzes data generated by commercial vehicles – including vehicle speed, seat belt activity, and engine health – and converts it into actionable items for fleet managers. The new system manifests as – what […]

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Judge blocks Perplexity’s AI agents from shopping on Amazon

A federal judge has issued an order blocking Perplexity’s web browser-based AI agents from placing Amazon orders on a user’s behalf, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a ruling on Monday, US District Judge Maxine Chesney writes that Amazon has “provided strong evidence” that Perplexity’s Comet browser accesses user accounts “without authorization” from the retail […]

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