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Change.org leans into AI with $100 million investment (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 10/05/2026 - 06:24President Trump, Big AI go all-in together
President Trump and Big AI have fused their futures around four enormous bets.
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The economic bet: That trillions poured into chips, data centers and power will create a productivity engine powerful enough to fuel a new Industrial Revolution.
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The regulation bet: That Washington can clear the runway for an AI takeoff while leaving the companies largely responsible for policing themselves.
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The safety bet: That AI can grow vastly more powerful without becoming vastly harder to control.
Wikimedia's CEO on the AI traffic armageddon
Wikipedia is starting to feel the effects of the AI-driven shift in how people find information, with page views falling 8 percent in the latest year, said new Wikimedia Foundation CEO Bernadette Meehan. Wikipedia is a crucial source of information for AI models, but those same models increasingly allow people to get Wikipedia-derived information without ever visiting the site—potentially threatening the ecosystem that keeps the online encyclopedia running. While the drop wasn't unexpected, "that doesn't mean that we're sort of starry-eyed about it and not concerned about it," Meehan said.
AT&T CEO says Elon Musk's SpaceX phone strategy not "viable" (Axios)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/30/2026 - 11:39Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents (Axios)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Sun, 09/27/2026 - 19:29Meta needs you to believe it cares about privacy
Meta is seeking to make privacy protections a centerpiece of new products including its viral assistant Muse, marking a major shift for a company built on
Sen Thune believes Trump is willing to listen on AI guardrails
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) says President Trump is "not really dug in" against guardra