AI training copyright litigation (DOJ / OpenAI)
AI training copyright is a widening pile of lawsuits: the Justice Department has urged a judge to side with OpenAI, while Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft and USA Today Co. sued…
AI threads tagged us
Dartmouth's provost resigns over undisclosed AI use
Dartmouth Provost Santiago Schnell resigned and is leaving the university after a faculty-led committee review found undisclosed AI use, the first named resignation of a senior academic administrator…
AI literacy for older adults: USC's "Safe AI for Seniors" workshop
The University of South Carolina has hosted a Safe AI for Seniors workshop, where experts walked older adults through navigating AI safely and protecting their privacy. It is the first…
Record lobbying quarters for OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia
OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia each spent more on federal lobbying in July-September 2026 than in any previous quarter: Nvidia $2.2 million, Anthropic $2.1 million and OpenAI $1.5 million. Microsoft…
AI and the congressional layer: committee scrutiny on a party flip
Democrats are predicted to win at least one chamber in the November 2026 midterms, which would put committee leaders in position to press AI companies, including over tax credits. Illinois Governor…
The superintelligence rebrand: Trump's naming push meets Silicon Valley adoption
Trump announced renaming artificial intelligence "superintelligence," and parts of Silicon Valley followed within hours, with Musk promising SpaceXAI would become SpaceXSI. Federal branding has since…
AI-search traffic litigation: AI Overviews antitrust dismissed
Grok in government: america.gov runs on Grok (watch)
Gov-cloud model gating: FedRAMP and the compliant government stack
Quiet threads
Anthropic's election-year posture: the 2026 midterms preparations
Character.AI: Chapter 11, the AGs' notice, and the asset sale
AI prescribing: Nolla Health's acne pilot
Anthropic's agent-incident record: unintended model actions (false PPD tip)
ChatGPT ads
Closed threads
The AI economy: inflation reads and capex math (watch)
Data-center backlash: the polling record
September polling found 61% of likely voters opposed construction of AI data centers, yet under 1% named it a top midterm issue. Since then California passed seven data-center bills, Virginia's…