SCOOP: Inside Trump's AI framework The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.
Scoop: Inside Trump's AI framework
The White House is excluding open models from its framework to test advanced AI capabilities.
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NEW: The White House said on Monday it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models — but it won't say what the framework contains, who's seen it or when companies will start using it. www.axios.com/2026/08/03/w...
White House finalizes AI framework behind closed doors
The White House said it met its deadline to establish a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI models — but it won't say what the framework contains.
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NEW: Data center backlash has largely centered on higher electricity bills, but Democratic political strategists are setting their sights on a fresh opportunity to energize voters around a new issue: pollution. www.axios.com/2026/07/31/d...
Democrats see pollution as next data center battle line
AI and the rapid buildout of the infrastructure that powers it could mobilize voters if candidates can get the messaging right.
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scoop w/ @mccuri.bsky.social: The NSA has been using Anthropic's Mythos despite the Pentagon's instance that Anthropic is a "supply chain risk," according to two people. The NSA was one of the 40+ orgs that got initial access to the model weeks ago, one source added. www.axios.com/2026/04/19/n...
Scoop: NSA using Anthropic's Mythos despite blacklist
The government's cybersecurity needs are outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic.
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NEW: Republican and Democratic candidates are casting AI as a fight over jobs and corporate power on the campaign trail. None of the PACs, not even the Anthropic-backed ones positioning themselves as consumer-friendly, are aligned with these populists. www.axios.com/2026/02/20/a...
AI's populist moment
AI is emerging as a stand-in for kitchen-table concerns like paychecks, power bills and the future of the economy.
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Mark Zuckerberg is in LA right now taking the stand in a landmark social media addiction trial. Here's a useful reminder of what the research says: www.axios.com/2026/02/18/m...
What research says about social media addiction as Mark Zuckerberg testifies in court
36% of teens say they use one of five popular platforms "almost constantly," per Pew Research.
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NEW: We obtained a White House letter pressuring Republican Utah lawmakers to kill an AI safety bill. This could be the tip of the iceberg as red states across the country pursue AI transparency measures many see as centrist, common-sense guardrails. www.axios.com/2026/02/15/w...
White House pressures Utah lawmaker to kill AI transparency bill
It's a sign that the Trump administration is now starting to intervene with the states in its efforts to squash AI regulation.
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Super PACs are on the hunt for the ideal AI candidate. Here's a first look at what the Anthropic-backed ones want. Leading the Future PAC (OpenAI/a16Z/8VC etc) tells me they have their own search underway and dozens of candidates have engaged. www.axios.com/2026/02/13/s...
Exclusive: Super PACs hunt for the ideal AI candidate
Millions are at stake for the politicians that get AI right — and what that means depends on which rival super PAC you ask.
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Paris Hilton is advocating for a bill to fight against AI deepfakes after being a victim of online sexual abuse herself. www.axios.com/2026/01/22/p...
Paris Hilton joins AOC in fight against AI porn
A surge in non-consensual sexualized images targeting women and children is fueling calls for stronger legal protections.
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NEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas. w/@marcacaputo.bsky.social www.axios.com/2026/01/16/w...
Exclusive: Energy secretary discusses plans for oil, minerals
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas.
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ICE raided a Meta data center in Louisiana yesterday, putting President Trump's immigration crackdown at odds with his goal of American AI dominance. www.axios.com/2026/01/15/i...
ICE raid on Meta shows tension between Trump's immigration and AI agendas
Trump wants a friendly environment for tech companies building AI infrastructure.
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New: Grok deepfakes accelerate Hill action & what's next for The DEFIANCE Act www.axios.com/2026/01/14/g...
Grok deepfakes accelerate Hill action
Non-consensual sexual imagery is increasingly targeting people — including members of Congress — across the country.
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Exclusive: @durbin.senate.gov today will ask for unanimous consent to pass The DEFIANCE Act, an AI deepfakes bill, following outcry over Elon Musk's Grok chatbot producing and spreading sexualized images of women and children. www.axios.com/2026/01/13/s...
Exclusive: Sen. Dick Durbin moves to fast-track AI deepfakes bill
Durbin's move comes in the wake of public outcry over Elon Musk's X.
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President Trump says tech companies will have to "pick up the tab" for their AI data center energy demands. Sounds a lot like Governor Kathy Hochul, who will announce tomorrow that these same companies will have to "pay their fair share" in New York.
New: N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul to make data centers pay for own energy demand www.axios.com/2026/01/12/n...
N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul to make data centers pay for own energy demand
Hochul's move aims to shift energy costs back onto the companies.
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This week on @marketplace.org tech we talked: -Grok's sexualized images of women and children -Trump's efforts to stop AI regulation in the states -Meta's new Ray-Ban glasses youtu.be/4ewllfK2LbM?...
X and Grok Hit With Global Backlash Over AI Misuse | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
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NEW: President Trump's embrace of AI could be a political gift to Democrats. Instead, it's exposing a major split in the party. www.axios.com/2026/01/08/d...
Inside the major split for Democrats over AI
President Trump's embrace of AI could be a political gift to Democrats.
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NEW w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social: The White House is floating an executive order to rein in state AI laws Meanwhile, Congress is scrambling to find a way to include language in the must-pass defense bill www.axios.com/2025/11/19/t...
White House floats executive order to override state AI laws
The White House can't preempt state level regulation — that's Congress' job.
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Trump threw his weight behind banning state AI laws as Republicans on the Hill gear up for a fight on including preemption in the must-pass defense bill www.axios.com/2025/11/18/s...
Trump backs ban on state AI laws
Expect Republican infighting as regulating AI is a bipartisan priority both outside of Washington and in some pockets of D.C.
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News: The Commerce Department is extending the deadline to comment on how an ambitious AI exports program should work to December 13th. www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...
Exclusive: Commerce extends Trump's AI exports program deadline
The department is giving people more time to comment on how an ambitious AI exports program should work.
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ICYMI: New Mexico's attorney general won a fight against Meta to include AI chatbot records in a lawsuit that's headed to trial in February. This began in 2023 over allegedly addictive algorithms. Now, generative AI is introducing a new set of issues: www.axios.com/2025/11/14/a...
AI chatbots loom over tech and social media lawsuits
Lawsuits targeting addictive algorithms and the mental health impacts on children are just the start of a new legal era.
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LA is ramping up AI adoption ahead of the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics "The way they describe the Olympics is it's something like seven Super Bowls a day for two weeks. So that's what we're up against," the city's CIO, Ted Ross, told Axios. www.axios.com/2025/10/29/l...
Los Angeles ramps up AI ahead of the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics
It's all hands on deck for LA's AI adoption as the city gears up to host a string of major sporting events.
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New: Trump looms large over Nvidia conference Huang spelled out what he described as a "pro-America" vision for global AI leadership and energy expansion that aligned closely with Trump's agenda. w/@nathanbomey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...
Trump looms large over Nvidia conference
Huang spelled out what he described as a "pro-America" vision for global AI leadership and energy expansion that aligned closely with Trump's agenda.
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Nvidia’s developer conference kicks off this week in DC — here’s what we’ve got: • Exclusive: Jensen Huang and Eric Schmidt’s new “future of work” task force • Sneak peek at the themes Jensen will hit on in his keynote www.axios.com/2025/10/27/n...
Nvidia's D.C. moment
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is bringing Silicon Valley to D.C. this week with the company's first-ever developers conference in the nation's capital.
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Exclusive: In a new book about Palantir and its CEO Alex Karp, journalist Michael Steinberger chronicles how a self-described leftist who said his "biggest fear is fascism" became one of the tech leaders powering President Trump's agenda. www.axios.com/2025/10/23/t...
Exclusive: How Palantir's Alex Karp went full MAGA
"The Philosopher in the Valley" offers extraordinary access to the CEO of one of the most powerful data software companies.
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First look: The Democratic National Committee is planning to expand the use of AI and tech tools for voter and volunteer engagement in the upcoming midterm and presidential elections after testing them in key state races this year. www.axios.com/2025/10/23/d...
DNC bets on new AI and tech tools
The Democratic National Committee is planning to expand the use of AI and tech tools in future elections.
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NEW: Anthropic is making the case that it's firmly in step with the White House after AI czar David Sacks' criticism sparked questions over the company's relationship with the administration. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/a...
Anthropic tries to defuse White House backlash
The company says it's firmly in step with the White House following AI czar David Sacks' criticism.
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