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Here are some of the topics that will drive our reporting:
AI and workers: Elected officials often say they're all about protecting workers and creators. We'll examine what they're doing — or not — to ensure people have the skills they need in a new AI-driven economy and to minimize job losses.
The government wants AI to accelerate quickly in the U.S. — and it's about to take the first steps to remove as much red tape as possible, Office of Science and Technology Policy director Michael Kratsios told Axios in an exclusive interview.
Why it matters: Kratsios is at the center of AI policy in the Trump administration, and the White House is laser-focused on reshaping the rules around the technology.
Anthropic's head of policy Jack Clark tells Axios that the company is planning a major D.C. expansion to ensure they're preparing lawmakers for the ways they see AI reshaping American industries within the next year.
Why it matters: AI is moving too fast for policymakers to fully keep up with. What Anthropic sees as its challenge: Telling Washington it's about to get exponentially crazier.
NASA's Perseverance Mars has uncovered unusual features in rocks that suggest there may have once been life on the Red Planet, according to a new study.
Why it matters: This discovery "is the closest we've actually come to discovering ancient life on Mars," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate, at a Wednesday briefing on the findings of the study that was published in the journal Nature.
