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Bernie Sanders’ AI bill would hand the public half of OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI

Bernie Sanders has turned a talking point into a bill, and it goes further than anything Silicon Valley or the White House has put on the table. On Thursday, the Vermont senator introduced legislation that would hit the largest AI companies with a one-time 50 per cent tax on their stock, paid in shares rather […]

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A city hit pause on AI data centres. Amazon responded by investigating its own engineers.

The backlash against AI data centres used to be a local zoning story. This week, it became a fight inside Amazon. Three Amazon engineers, Patrick Schloesser, Darius Irani and Liesl Wigand, say the company placed them under investigation after they testified to Seattle’s city council in favour of regulating data centres. They have filed a […]

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AI cheating tools are winning. Detection was never the point.

The videos are everywhere, and the offer is always the same. Let AI do your homework, and you will not get caught. According to a New York Times investigation, TikTok and YouTube are now full of tutorials selling students two kinds of tool. Humanisers rewrite AI-generated text so it no longer reads like a chatbot. […]

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The world thinks China is winning the AI race. It just doesn’t trust the winner.

Ask people around the world who is winning the AI race, and a surprising number now answer: China. In 11 of the 15 countries polled for a new report by the London consultancy Public First, a clear majority said they believe China is now ahead of the United States on AI capability and innovation. The […]

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A $5M tech-worker PAC is taking on Big Tech’s $100M war chest over AI rules

Silicon Valley is spending more than $100mn to elect politicians who will leave AI alone. A new group of tech workers wants to fight back with a fraction of that. The Guardrails Alliance, a super PAC that supports AI regulation, launched on Thursday with money from tech employees, labour unions and parents. Democratic operatives Shaunna […]

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US court rules Ohio can restrict children’s use of social media

Ohio can require social media companies to get a parent’s permission before letting children under 16 onto their platforms, a US appeals court ruled on Thursday, reviving a law the tech industry had managed to freeze. The decision from the Cincinnati-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a lower court that had blocked the […]

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Apple opens iOS to rival app stores in Brazil after antitrust settlement with CADE

Apple on Wednesday announced changes to iOS in Brazil that will allow developers to distribute apps through alternative marketplaces, operate their own app stores, and process payments for digital goods outside Apple’s In-App Purchase system. The changes take effect with iOS 26.5 and stem from a settlement with Brazil’s competition regulator CADE. Brazil now joins the European […]

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FERC orders a fast lane for data centre grid connections, but the electricity to fill them is another matter

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday ordered six major grid operators to fast-track interconnection requests from data centres and other large electricity users. Under the directive, approved unanimously, grid operators must demonstrate that data centres are “able to connect to the transmission system in a timely and orderly manner.” Data centres will be responsible for paying […]

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The EU is about to declare AWS and Azure gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act

The European Commission is set to unveil preliminary findings as early as next week stating that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure appear to meet the requirements to be designated as gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reported. A final decision is expected by the end of 2026, though timelines could shift. If designated, […]

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California expected a tax bonanza from AI IPOs. Modern compensation structures may blunt the windfall.

SpaceX is now valued at $2.5 trillion. OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to go public later this year at valuations approaching $1 trillion each. California, where all three companies are based or have significant operations, should be looking at the largest IPO tax windfall in state history. The reality may be more complicated. Facebook’s 2012 […]

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