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Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill

Safety Bill

Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill

The bill requires companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to have third parties confirm they’re following safety standards. Illinois governor JB Pritzker says he’ll sign it.

Maxwell Zeff

A Dating App Is Giving Away Free Gas to Convince People to Get Out of the House

Dystopian Vibes

A Dating App Is Giving Away Free Gas to Convince People to Get Out of the House

Jason Parham

Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump's Ballroom Has Turned Toxic

Inner Loop

Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump's Ballroom Has Turned Toxic

Hugo Lowell

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The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration

Immigration

The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration

David Gilbert

Department of Labor Tells Employees to Report Anyone Prioritizing DEI

Death of DEI

Department of Labor Tells Employees to Report Anyone Prioritizing DEI

Vittoria Elliott

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Signing On

Internet Starts to Return in Iran After 3-Month Blackout

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online?

The Big Interview

The US Can Put People on the Moon. Why Can’t It Get Iranians Online?

Katie Drummond

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

Moving Targets

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

Daniel Boguslaw

A Swimmer Broke a World Record at the ‘Steroid Olympics’

Supercharged

A Swimmer Broke a World Record at the ‘Steroid Olympics’

Ben Dowsett

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Security Roundup

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Matt Burgess, Dell Cameron, and Andrew Couts

The Department of Labor’s Faith Leader Is Now Also in Charge of Its Civil Rights Enforcement

Prayers Up

The Department of Labor’s Faith Leader Is Now Also in Charge of Its Civil Rights Enforcement

Vittoria Elliott

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Parting Ways

The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech

Matt Burgess and Vittoria Elliott

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Oh Flock

A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

Dell Cameron

It’s Officially Election Season in Trumpworld

Inner Loop

It’s Officially Election Season in Trumpworld

Hugo Lowell

Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Need

Smoke And Mirrors

Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Need

Jamie Ducharme

Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls

Midterms

Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls

David Gilbert

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

Trigger Warning

An ICE Firearms Trainer Was Involved in At Least 4 Deadly Shootings

Ali Winston

Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real

Moral Panic

Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It’s Not Even Real

Miles Klee

Why a Federal Gas Tax Holiday Is a Terrible Idea

Pumping the Brakes

Why a Federal Gas Tax Holiday Is a Terrible Idea

Molly Taft

A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyway

Immigration

A Woman Was in the US Legally. She Was Deported Anyway

Vittoria Elliott

Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

Uncanny Valley

Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories

Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find

AI Lab

Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find

Will Knight

Trump's Inner Circle Is Already Scrambling Over the 2028 Presidential Ticket

Inner Loop

Trump's Inner Circle Is Already Scrambling Over the 2028 Presidential Ticket

Hugo Lowell