An aging Congress attempts to regulate AI without using it
Members of Congress and governors are under increasing pressure to regulate AI, but more than two dozen of them who spo
September 2026
What must happen for AI’s trillion-dollar gamble to pay off
When Jessica Wachter, a finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, wanted to assess AI’s impact on the economy over the next few years, she faced a long list of business and technical uncertainties. So she started with what she calls a “remarkable fact” that is not in question: A handful of so-called hyperscalers are investing huge amounts of money to build AI data centers.
U.S. Broadband Industry Investment Reaches $92.6 Billion as Fiber-Fueled Networks Connect the Innovation Economy
America’s broadband providers invested $92.6 billion in U.S. communications infrastructure in 2025—up 3.4% from 2024 and the third-highest annual total since 2002. Cumulative investment now approaches $2.3 trillion since 1996 as consumer and business demand for faster, more sophisticated networks grows. In 2025, broadband providers pushed fiber deeper into more communities, expanding modern networks to meet demand that is growing in scale and changing in character. Average monthly broadband usage reached 767.4 gigabytes per subscriber by year’s end, up 9.9% from 2024.
This obscure philosophy has become Trump's new AI bogeyman
The Trump administration has a new villain in the battle over how fast AI development should move: effective altru
Daily Digest 9/16/2026
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Broadband news digest for September 16, 2026