Technology meets policy. The regulators, courts, and committees deciding what gets built and what gets blocked.
In a filing submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Anthropic requested an emergency stay that would temporarily halt the designation issued by Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense.
Jay Goldberg · 135 DAYS AGO
According to officials, the Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to comply. At the center of the dispute are the company’s usage restrictions on its Claude model, which prohibit applications involving mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without human oversight.
Sara Montes de Oca · 151 DAYS AGO
The group, Leading the Future, said it ended the year with $70 million in cash on hand, according to an announcement released ahead of its first formal campaign finance filing.
Sara Montes de Oca · 177 DAYS AGO
In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised Warsh as a long-time confidant and predicted he would become “one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen.” Warsh, 55, previously served as a Federal Reserve governor and is widely viewed on Wall Street as an experienced policymaker unlikely to simply follow White House directives.
Jay Goldberg · 177 DAYS AGO
The FTC sued Meta in 2020, alleging the company unlawfully cemented monopoly power through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. But in November, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled against the agency, concluding that Meta competes in a broader market that includes platforms such as TikTok and YouTube.
TechEchelon Staff · 187 DAYS AGO
Following the meeting, Trump praised both Tan and the company in a post on Truth Social, writing that “the United States Government is proud to be a Shareholder of Intel.” He also highlighted the company’s latest processor as being “designed, built, and packaged right here in the U.S.A.”
Jay Goldberg · 198 DAYS AGO
Speaking Sunday on State of the Union, Sanders argued that Congress, the media, and the public have not sufficiently grappled with how AI will reshape the economy, labor markets, and society at large.
Sara Montes de Oca · 207 DAYS AGO
A bipartisan super PAC backed by tech leaders including OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, Andreessen Horowitz, and Perplexity is targeting congressional candidate Alex Bores over his support for the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act.
TechEchelon Staff · 244 DAYS AGO
The funding measure — approved 60–40 with support from nearly all Republicans and a small group of centrist Democrats — would keep the government operating through January.
Jay Goldberg · 258 DAYS AGO
The partnership was on full display this week at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C.—often dubbed the “Super Bowl of AI.
Jay Goldberg · 265 DAYS AGO
In a new episode of Apinions, Michael “Dersh” Dershem, founder and CEO of Apierion, sat down with Hugh Dugan, a career diplomat who spent more than three decades at the State Department advising 11 U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations.
Jay Goldberg · 289 DAYS AGO
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought confirmed the move on X, writing, “The RIFs have begun,” using the acronym for Reductions in Force.
Sara Montes de Oca · 289 DAYS AGO
The move, he argued, would “save money, and allow managers to focus on properly running their companies,” while helping executives take a longer-term view. Trump cited China’s 50-to-100 year corporate planning horizon as a counterpoint to America’s quarterly-driven culture.
Sara Montes de Oca · 314 DAYS AGO
The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, co-sponsored by Senators John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), would require providers and hospitals to disclose the real costs of medical services, giving patients and employers the ability to compare prices and make more informed decisions.
Sara Montes de Oca · 368 DAYS AGO
David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto lead, framed the moment as a high-stakes competition with national security implications, saying the administration’s goal is to ensure the United States “wins” in AI.
Sara Montes de Oca · 368 DAYS AGO
U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals ruled against Apple’s motion to dismiss, rejecting the company’s claims that the DOJ had failed to adequately define its allegations.
TechEchelon Staff · 389 DAYS AGO
Speaking at the Computex tech conference in Taiwan, Huang said the restrictions have slashed Nvidia’s market share in China from 95% to 50%. He warned that if U.S.
Jay Goldberg · 431 DAYS AGO
The proposed law, called the Chip Security Act, would direct the Commerce Department to require a “location verification mechanism” on AI chips covered by export restrictions.
TechEchelon Staff · 443 DAYS AGO
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