Tag: Artificial Intelligence
Big Tech accused of AI ‘greenwashing’
A new report has found that “the promises of planet-saving tech remain hollow.”
Trump order targets state AI laws as critics cite Big Tech...
A new executive order directs the Justice Department to sue states over “onerous and excessive” AI regulations and threatens funding cuts, drawing backlash from lawmakers, watchdogs, and governors who say it rewards major tech donors at the expense of public protections.
Will artificial intelligence (AI) only serve billionaire dominance—or end up educating,...
Potential AI benefits for the people won’t come easy and there’s never a free lunch for truly mind-boggling new gadgetry with enormous potential.
California Assembly introduces law to advance safety of artificial intelligence and...
Artificial intelligence (AI) presents "substantial risks" and experts said California is setting the path to manage those risks.
The hidden cost of AI: How energy-hungry algorithms are fueling the...
As AI adoption accelerates, its soaring energy demands and carbon footprint raise urgent concerns about sustainability, highlighting the need for greener technologies and policies to mitigate its environmental impact.
Denying coverage with AI: CMS’s new Medicare model
Funneling money to for-profit companies by rewarding them for denying health care coverage through using unproven, manipulable AI models is not the answer.
DOGE developed error-prone AI tool to ‘munch’ veterans affairs contracts
“AI is absolutely the wrong tool for this.”
Where is the AI safety movement?
There’s the prospect of super intelligent AI outpacing human control altogether. So where are the humans in all this?
RFK Jr.’s health report relies on fake studies and AI-generated fabrications
Trump’s health agenda, led by RFK Jr., is under fire for citing nonexistent sources, using AI hallucinations, and omitting root causes of America’s public health crises.
ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying...
This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.