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From Taibbi v. Higgins, decided yesterday by Judge George Daniels (S.D.N.Y.): This action centers around Owned: How Tech Billionaires Bought…

In brief Elon Musk’s SpaceX/xAI signed a deal to provide Anthropic access to the Colossus 1 AI supercomputer cluster. Anthropic…

from the does-the-vampire-squid-have-a-lawyer? dept Perhaps Matt Taibbi’s most famous bit of writing ever was his takedown of Goldman Sachs in…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to crack down on ultra-processed foods, a key policy…

In brief Defunct exchange Bittrex is asking a federal judge to undo its 2023 settlement with the SEC. The company…

When I arrived at last week’s AI Psychosis Summit in New York City, I found no group therapy sessions or…

In brief Crypto exchange OKX announced plans for perpetual futures tied to OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic valuations. The derivatives contracts…

from the subtracting-votes-by-adding-confusion dept It may be almost impossible to devolve this country into a nation of slaveholders, but the…

Senate Republicans have unveiled their plan to fund immigration enforcement and President Donald Trump’s ballroom, and the proposal might take…

In brief Google DeepMind and Fenris Creations (formerly CCP Games) are teaming up to study AI behavior in complex, player-driven…

from the this-shit-is-way-more-complicated dept California recently passed a law that will, in practice, cause AI chatbots to respond to any…

Back in 2013 I argued that under the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence algorithmic editing is speech for First Amendment purposes, and…