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A TikTok Whistleblower Got DC’s Attention. Do His Claims Add Up?
Despite not holding a senior position, Goziker claims that his main job at TikTok was “overseeing” Project Texas to ensure…
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US Lawmakers Tell DOJ to Quit Blindly Funding ‘Predictive’ Police Tools
The United States Department of Justice has failed to convince a group of US lawmakers that state and local police…
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Congress Wants Tech Companies to Pay Up for AI Training Data
Do AI companies need to pay for the training data that powers their generative AI systems? The question is hotly…
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Joe Biden’s Big AI Plan Sounds Scary—but Lacks Bite
“We intend that the actions we are taking domestically will serve as a model for international action, understanding that AI…
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Here’s a New Plan to Rein In the Gilded Tech Bros
When I first heard in 2013 that Barack Obama had chosen Tom Wheeler to head the crucial tech regulator that…
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US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks
“Oh, wow. Really?” John Larson, a Connecticut Democrat, says after WIRED informs him of his rowdy Republican neighbor’s new no-phone…
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Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans
“Congress is in charge of money and everything for the government, and Congress should be in charge of funding special…
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Meet the Law Geeks Exposing Google’s Secretive Antitrust Trial
Months out of law school, Yosef Weitzman already has a huge courtroom role in the biggest antitrust trial of the…
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Inside the Senate’s Private AI Meeting With Tech’s Billionaire Elites
US senators are proving slow studies when it comes to the generative artificial intelligence tools that are poised to upend…
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The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse
“In most of these areas, you already have existing statutes that prohibit the behaviors that we want to continue to…
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