What is clear is that, regardless of who heads the FTC, the Justice Department’s expertise in internet search, its jurisdiction over nonprofit entities, and its adherence to the Sherman and Clayton acts make it the best choice to oversee competition in the AI industry.
The New Hampshire state House advanced a bill Thursday that would require political ads that use deceptive artificial intelligence (AI) disclose use of the technology, adding to growing momentum in states to add AI regulations for election protection. The bill passed without debate in the state House, and will advance to the state Senate. The...
Harvard University's annual applications have fallen for the second year in a row after multiple controversies embroiled the school. The school said this week it had 54,008 applicants for the class of 2028, accepting 1,937 students from the pool. Last year, the school had 56,937 applicants, meaning 2024 saw a drop of 5 percent. Harvard...
Congressional leaders are slamming the Russian government's detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich in a rare joint statement issued Friday, marking a year since his captivity began. "Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin's government. We continue to condemn his baseless...
Former Vice President Al Gore lamented the rise of “artificial insanity” plaguing U.S. democracy while delivering a eulogy at the funeral of his onetime presidential running mate, former Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.). While offering condolences and comfort in light of Lieberman’s death Wednesday, Gore on Friday warned about the “rancor” dividing the country and how...
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting New Jersey from using its “county line” ballot, a ruling that could significantly reshape the state’s political system. U.S. District Judge Zahid Quraishi issued the order on Friday, ruling that Rep. Andy Kim's (D-N.J.) lawsuit, in which he argues the system used in 19 of New...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is investigating a major supplier of aerospace company Boeing, whose flagship 737 MAX aircraft has been linked to a series of deadly accidents since 2018. "The potential risks associated with certain airplane models are deeply concerning and potentially life-threatening to Texans,” Paxton said in a statement. Paxton ordered Spirit AeroSystems...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday knocked Elon Musk on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, after the South Africa-born billionaire repeated a false allegation that Democrats are seeking to “import voters.” “You’re literally an immigrant,” posted Ocasio-Cortez in response to Musk’s claim, leveled on a repost of a Daily Caller story claiming the Biden administration...
House Republicans are split over how to handle the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore after President Biden promised the federal government would pay the full cost of reconstruction.