What AI does to truth
AI is threatening society's ability to have shared facts
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Missouri AI regulations stall as lawmakers fear loss of rural broadband funds
A Senate bill establishing liability guidelines for artificial intelligence harm hit resistance from lawmakers worried it could provoke retaliation from the Trump administration
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White House Seeks to Slash CISA Funding by $707 Million
The Trump administration says the FY2027 budget refocuses CISA on its core mission: protecting federal agencies and critical infrastructure
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Cisco: AI simplifies wireless operations but also taxes legacy Wi-Fi networks
Without a secure, more scalable Wi-Fi backbone, organizations can’t deliver on the opportunities afforded by AI and other technologies
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FCC Poised to Empower Super-Fast, Space-Based Broadband
Modernizing 90s-era rules will massively boost broadband speeds and capacity
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50 U.S. States Broadband Speed Performance
Which states have the highest rates of access to the minimum standard for fixed broadband speeds?
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A new Anthropic model found security problems ‘in every major operating system and web browser’
For now, the company is only releasing Project Glasswing to “defensive security” partners
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Anthropic holds Mythos model due to hacking risks
Anthropic is so worried about the damage Mythos could cause that it's refusing to release it publicly until there are safeguards to control its most dangerous capabilities
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The wildest things Anthropic's Mythos pulled off in testing
The detailed safety evaluation reads like a thriller about an AI that has learned some of humanity's most devious behaviors
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Cleared for Liftoff: NTIA Unveils Space Launch Frequency Coordination Portal
New tool is part of broad modernization of federal spectrum management
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“The Alarm Bell”: Arizona’s Drop in SNAP Participation Signals Potential Nationwide Impact of Trump Legislation
More than 400,000 Arizonans have lost their SNAP benefits since July
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