Matt Laslo

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Joe Biden’s Big AI Plan Sounds Scary—but Lacks Bite

Tiny superheroes, fun-size dinosaurs, and overgrown insects squealed at the White House on Monday. The costumed children celebrating Halloween with President Biden weren’t there for the unveiling of a sweeping new executive...

US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks

Last week, after helping foment the eight-person coup that ended Kevin McCarthy’s 269-day reign as speaker of the United States House of Representatives Matt Gaetz’s signature smirk was everywhere. The 41-year-old Floridia...

Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans

washington’s biggest problem these days isn’t partisanship. It’s that far-right lawmakers are living in their own reality.Extremist Republicans have broken off from the rest of their party to create an alternate universe...

The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse

When it comes to artificial intelligence, United States senators are looking to the titans of Silicon Valley to fix a Senate problem—a problem today’s political class perpetuates daily with their increasingly hyper-partisan...

The Senate’s AI Future Is Haunted by the Ghost of Privacy Past

The recent burst of generative artificial intelligence is forcing the US Senate into a debate lawmakers have put off for years: privacy reform.While Americans’ personal data is a commodity sold, traded, mined,...

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