At roundtable on AI, members of Congress express angst and fears of ‘destruction’

The Securities and Exchange Commission is already creating crypto clarity despite Congress’s failure to act.

Senators resolved one key dispute, but fights over developer protections and ethics rules could threaten the crypto bill’s buzzer beater passage.

A super PAC that’s funded by co-founders of Palantir, OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz is spending millions on attack ads opposing Alex Bores’s campaign for Congress. On “The Ezra Klein Show,” the New York state assemblyman explains how tech companies have targeted his pro-regulation positions, despite publicly claiming to welcome A.I. oversight.

Ask Americans how they feel about AI and most say they have concerns. Communities have mounted resistance to data center projects, stalling them across the US. On social media, anger at AI companies and executives is unrestrained - sometimes to the point of condoning violence. But look at the issues that most campaigns are focused on, and AI is far less prevalent, experts say. More than 60 percent of both Republicans and Democrats polled by Ipsos earlier this year agree that the government should regulate AI for economic stability and public safety, and that the technology's development should slow down. Still, "when you just ask folks, 'w … Read the full story at The Verge.

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Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.

The authorities said a 20-year-old Texas man charged with throwing a homemade bomb at the gate of Sam Altman’s home had written at length about the threat of A.I.