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Poll: AI is looking more partisan
One of the nice things about covering the frontier of technology — large language models, quantum, virtual worlds — is that they’re decidedly less partisan than most policy issues. That might be changing.
Both of these agencies want a piece of Microsoft’s Open AI partnership
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission are deep in discussions over which agency can probe OpenAI, including the ChatGPT creators’ involvement with Microsoft, on antitrust grounds. The FTC initiated talks with the DOJ months ago to figure out which one can review the matter, but neither agency is ready to relinquish jurisdiction, which must be resolved before the government can formally intervene in one of the most high-profile and controversial tech partnerships in recent years. Microsoft has put billions of dollars into OpenAI over the last several years.
Britain’s got some of Europe’s toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more (Politico)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 06:39Social media ‘absolutely’ causing increases in anxiety and depression, Utah governor says (Politico)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 01/02/2024 - 16:37Millions of Americans could lose internet aid months before the 2024 election
Washington is battling over whether to keep the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) going — potentially cutting off more than 22 million households from a subsidy they’ve come to rely on. The ACP launched with bipartisan support in 2020, but is now trapped in a partisan war between Democrats who want to renew it, and Republicans worried it will let President Joe Biden take too much of a victory lap during a campaign year. If Congress can’t find a way to fund the program by spring, the federal government will have to quickly unwind it.
FTC Chair Lina Khan’s ambitions to cut back on corporate power could be a huge part of Biden’s legacy — if they come to fruition (Politico)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 12/26/2023 - 14:095 questions for Matt Stoller (Politico)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 12/15/2023 - 15:53Key Congress staffers in AI debate are funded by tech giants like Google and Microsoft (Politico)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Tue, 12/05/2023 - 15:52You’ve (maybe) got mail
President Joe Biden announced what he called a “big step” toward internet for all, rolling out a $42 billion investment to deliver broadband to unserved and underserved communities. “With this funding, along with other federal investments, we’re going to be able to connect every person in America to reliable high-speed Internet by 2030,” President Biden said of the funds, allotted through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.