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technology3 days ago•4 min saved

US lawmakers weigh limits as Chinese AI models gain foothold in firms

U.S. House committees are probing the growing use of Chinese-developed AI models by American companies amid security and competitiveness concerns, with some firms noting cost advantages and limited, open-source usage routed through U.S.-based providers. Lawmakers are weighing strategies from procurement bans to strengthening an open-weight AI strategy, though enforcement faces First Amendment and startup implications and banning open-source models remains challenging.

via CNBC|

#ai-policy #chinese-ai-models #open-source-ai

technology3 days ago•6 min saved

OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Exits After Nine-Year Run

OpenAI’s chief futurist Joshua Achiam is leaving after nearly nine years, saying he plans to pursue the mission from outside the company while continuing collaboration with OpenAI. His role bridged AI safety and policy and helped push mission-alignment efforts; OpenAI hasn’t named a successor, though Dean Ball has joined as head of strategic futures to overlap with Achiam as the company reorganizes ahead of an IPO.

via WIRED|

#ai-policy #ai-safety #joshua-achiam

technology3 days ago•15 min saved

Anthropic Tightens the Claude Gate for Chinese Engineers

Anthropic is tightening rules to block mainland China access to its Claude AI, closing loopholes used by Ant Financial (corporate Claude accounts via intranet) and ByteDance (engineers using VPNs), and by Microsoft through Singapore entities. It’s also pursuing transfer-station bans to prevent routed requests. Larger Chinese AI groups avoid these workarounds due to data concerns. Anthropic says access in unsupported regions is prohibited and relies on evolving detection to ban violators.

via Yahoo Finance|

#access-control #ai-policy #anthropic

politics7 days ago•15 min saved

Melania Trump Expands the First Lady’s Policy Footprint in Second Term

Melania Trump is expanding the First Lady’s policy role in her husband’s second term, pushing the bipartisan Fostering the Future foster-care bill toward Senate passage after a House unanimous vote, backing other child-welfare efforts like reunification of displaced children, and guiding AI policy debates, all while keeping a restrained public profile that aides say makes her work more effective and could redefine the office.

via Politico|

#ai-policy #first-lady #fostering-the-future

ai9 days ago•28 min saved

OpenAI floats 5% government stake to ease AI tensions with Trump

OpenAI has floated giving the US government a 5 percent ownership stake as a way to ease tensions with the Trump administration and blunt backlash against AI, according to the Financial Times. CEO Sam Altman reportedly pitched the idea early last year; at OpenAI’s latest funding round value, the stake would be worth about $42.6 billion. The discussions are in early stages and would involve other US AI companies, with some policymakers advocating to reshape how public wealth interacts with AI amid ongoing regulatory scrutiny.

via The Verge|

#ai #ai-policy #government-stake

technology9 days ago•2 min saved

OpenAI mulls 5% government stake to share AI gains with public

OpenAI is in early talks to offer a 5% equity stake to the US government as part of a broader idea to distribute AI-driven wealth to the public; other major US AI firms could be invited to do the same. The plan is conceptual and would likely require congressional action, with proponents proposing a sovereign/public wealth fund to channel proceeds to citizens. The talks come as AI companies eye IPOs and seek political alignment, and are separate from current regulatory steps with the Trump administration and national-security concerns.

via The Guardian|

#ai-policy #openai #public-ownership

technology9 days ago•7 min saved

Claude Fable 5 Reopens Worldwide After US Drops Export Controls

Anthropic says export controls on Claude Fable 5 have been lifted and the model is returning globally, with availability across the Claude Platform, Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork starting July 1; for Pro, Max, Team, and select Enterprise plans, Fable 5 will be included for up to 50% of weekly usage through July 7 before switching to usage credits, and access to Fable 5 will be re-enabled on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry as soon as possible, while Mythos 5 remains US-only under ongoing government coordination.

via 9to5Mac|

#ai-policy #anthropic #claude-fable-5

technology13 days ago•4 min saved

US Nears Reopening Anthropic's Fable 5 After Security Hold

The Trump administration is close to restoring access to Anthropic's Fable 5 after a 15‑day outage over security concerns, with limited Mythos 5 access already permitted by the Commerce Department; final approvals from the Pentagon and NSA are still pending, but the move signals a thaw in a months‑long dispute and underscores a push for a formal, transparent process to vet and regulate powerful AI models.

via Axios|

#ai-policy #anthropic #fable-5

ai14 days ago•38 min saved

Anthropic’s Mythos showdown drags on as export rules curb AI rollout

Two weeks after Anthropic took Mythos-class models offline under a Trump-era export-control order, negotiations with the White House have stalled with no clear framework for applying export controls to AI. The stalemate risks delaying Mythos revenue and Anthropic’s IPO while other US firms face similar scrutiny, potentially leaving China to pull ahead in the AI race.

via The Verge|

#ai #ai-policy #anthropic

technology15 days ago•2 min saved

Trump Admin Urges OpenAI to Restrict GPT-5.6 Rollout to Government Partners

The Trump administration asked OpenAI to limit the release of GPT-5.6 to a small set of government-approved partners before broader deployment, as part of building a security-testing framework for new models. OpenAI has discussed a limited rollout with the government, and CEO Sam Altman said this is not the long-term model they want to pursue.

via Axios|

#ai-policy #gpt-56 #openai

technology22 days ago•5 min saved

OpenAI taps former Trump-era AI policy architect Dean Ball

OpenAI has hired Dean Ball, the former White House AI adviser and primary author of the AI Action Plan, to lead “strategic futures” and help shape frontier AI policy as the company navigates ongoing political and regulatory dimensions.

via Politico|

#ai-policy #anthropic #dean-ball

politics22 days ago•2 min saved

Sanders floats 50% government stake in AI giants with 5% annual dividend

Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled a sweeping AI policy to require the U.S. government to take 50% equity stakes in large AI firms earning at least $200 million in AI-related revenue, with a new sovereign wealth fund paying a 5% annual dividend to Americans; the proposal would also force a separation of AI and non‑AI businesses and could apply to a wide range from data centers to robotics, raising questions about scope, investor dilution, and how such a program could actually work, while similar ideas are reportedly being discussed at the White House on a smaller scale.

via Axios|

#ai-policy #ai-tax #bernie-sanders

politics23 days ago•5 min saved

Trump Team Weighs Government Stakes in AI Firms

Trump advisers are weighing how to structure possible government equity stakes in major AI companies, considering options such as funneling stakes to a Trump Accounts or directing them to a sovereign wealth fund. The discussions are in early stages with no decision yet, and a meeting with industry CEOs has not yet materialized. Ongoing export controls on Anthropic and industry skepticism complicate the idea, and analysts say any plan would require guardrails and new legislation, while questions remain about how returns would be paid given high valuations.

via Semafor|

#ai-policy #finance #government

technology23 days ago•7 min saved

Gottheimer pushes for mandatory vetting of powerful AI models for security risks

Rep. Josh Gottheimer is drafting a bill to require mandatory government vetting of certain powerful AI models for national security, critical infrastructure, and bioterror risks, aligning with bipartisan AI rules efforts as concerns grow over models such as Anthropic’s Mythos and related export controls.

via Politico|

#ai-policy #ai-regulation #gottheimer

technology25 days ago•9 min saved

Anthropic confronts export-controls clash over Mythos 5 and Fable 5

Anthropic faced a US export‑control directive ordering the suspension of Mythos 5 and Fable 5 access for foreign nationals, prompting executives to fly to Washington for last‑minute negotiations as the administration weighs restricting powerful AI models; the dispute centers on a claimed jailbreak vulnerability, concerns about China’s AI edge, and a broader regulatory push that could reshape the AI race, with a public industry letter urging repeal and talks ongoing without a resolution as of Monday.

via The Verge|

#ai-policy #anthropic #export-controls