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Google's AI search tool accused of disclosing Epstein survivors' personal information.

In a class action lawsuit, an unnamed plaintiff who says she’s a survivor of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein says the Trump administration and Google have wrongfully disclosed survivors’ personal data. “Google has failed and refuses to remove, de-index, or block access to the offending materials,“ the complaint says.

Has Anthropic Gained the Upper Hand in Pentagon Lawsuit?

US Judge Rita Lin granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction after it was declared a "supply chain risk" by President Trump's administration

Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal

X admonished for “fishing expedition” as judge dismisses ad boycott lawsuit.

Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use

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Can You Monitor a Situation Without Monitors? The Polymarket Sports Bar Tried

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The OpenAI Foundation plans to spend at least $1 billion this year

The nonprofit that controls OpenAI has outlined four programme areas, Alzheimer’s, jobs, AI resilience, and community, and brought on two senior hires to run the biggest of them. The gap between its charitable history and its new ambitions is the most striking number in their announcement.

Anthropic and the Pentagon just finished sparring in court.

Anthropic is seeking a preliminary injunction to block its designation as a military supply-chain risk, and it just faced off with the Trump administration before Judge Rita Lin, who’ll be making the call. A decision is anticipated in the next few days — for a sense of how the hearing went, you can check out Lawfare’s Molly Roberts Bluesky live-post.

All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds

Musk’s X posts bragging about DOGE may trigger reversals of its biggest wins.

US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US

Payment reimburses the company for two leases, one for a massive 3 GW wind farm.

Republicans in Congress add $250 annual federal EV tax to transport bill

Five principles should determine how you fund transport, says Consumer Reports.

Amidst legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada

It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets.

The Pope’s AI advisor has called Peter Thiel a heretic.

And the headline of the essay in which this happens asks if he should be burned at the stake. Father Paolo Benanti, the Papal AI advisor, doesn’t seem too pleased about Thiel’s Antichrist lectures, which Thiel has brazenly brought to Rome. “La Silicon Valley s’etait lancée dans un coup d’État permanent.” I don’t think you need to know French to get the gist of that. one, but linked below is a summary of the essay. Make auto-da-fe great again??