Axios
Trump's AI export strategy runs into Trump's export controls
A flagship U.S. program designed to boost AI exports could be undermined by the very administration that created it.
How data centers in space could become a reality
Building data centers in space is more complicated than proponents might portray, but experts say it's increasingly doable. Work is already under way from startups Starcloud and Cowboy Space Corp.
The hidden risk of Trump's Anthropic crackdown
The Trump administration says it wants American AI to dominate the world.
How President Trump's AI strategy is taking shape
The first major deadlines in President Trump's new AI
Congress wants in on the data center backlash (Axios)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 17:00White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws
The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of some state AI laws in exchange for its support of key tech policy priorities from the Hill. The talks are aiming to pair one of the tech industry's top priorities — overriding state AI laws — with legislation aimed at protecting kids online and combating deepfakes. Sen.
AI is masking America's "post-literate" workforce
Millions of working Americans struggle to read at a functional level—and artificial intelligence may be helping hide it. Low literacy is quietly becoming a major economic drag, even as AI tools allow workers to complete tasks they may not fully understand.
The business of AI's 4 harsh realities
Investors were confronted with four difficult realities that may fundamentally change the way they think about AI the business vs. AI the technology:
Revenge of the AI bubble
The AI bubble debate has lurched through at least three frenzied phases in the span of three years: