Iowa Republican Joe Mitchell says he’s fighting insiders and lobbyists, but he worked for a public relations firm that boasts, “Data center developers count on us.” ...

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Hakeem Jeffries’ five-member AI commission is stacked with lawmakers backed by industry super PACs seeking to shape federal ...

Before Big Tech researchers warned of a superintelligence doomsday, 2028 hopeful Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) vetoed a bill ...

Before artificial intelligence became a midterms issue, Trump regulators erased consequences for an AI firm linked to fake customer reviews. These bad bots got a slap on the wrist instead of justice.

Before vowing to end data center tax breaks, the Texas Senate candidate voted to create them after accepting 100,000 shares in a server company.

Weeks before the midterms, the Democrats’ highest-profile icons are publicly celebrating the AI industry’s revolving-door corruption aiming to infiltrate the party. In the midst of two doomsdays we ...

Silicon Valley says its machines could destroy humanity. The more immediate danger is letting the people building them write ...

David Sirota speaks with Ed Zitron and Matt Stoller about the AI panic sweeping Wall Street and Washington — and what Big Tech CEOs really want.

How the “corruption of inaction” in both parties is helping AI oligarchs avoid accountability and endanger the world.

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