Friday, March 20, 2026

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.

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.
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Speeding up the ‘kill chain’: Pentagon bombs thousands of targets in Iran using Palantir...

The system, known as Project Maven, relies on technology by Palantir and also incorporates the AI model Claude built by Anthropic. Israel has used similar AI targeting programs in Iran, as well as in Gaza and Lebanon.

DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure

On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.

Searching for solace in a nuclearized world

The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.

Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.