The Trump administration's highly anticipated recommendations for Congress on AI offer lawmakers a list of priorities rather than a concrete legislative plan.
Why it matters: Though the framework marks a starting point from the White House, it will be incredibly hard for Congress to pass anything like it — even with Republicans in control.
That was the question buzzing yesterday after The Wall Street Journal reported that the humble bookseller is in talks to raise $100 billion for a fund that would buy manufacturing companies "and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation."
What we know, based on sources familiar with the situation:
Robotaxis, like any new driver, often make mistakes — as more and more of them get deployed in U.S. cities, the tech companies behind them are learning important lessons from things they could have done better.
Why it matters: Every incident — every dumb or potentially dangerous error — is being scrutinized as they work to earn public trust.
A bipartisan House Homeland Security Committee briefing with Anthropic's Jack Clark was held behind closed doors on Wednesday, per sources familiar with the meeting, and only briefly touched on the company's fight with the Pentagon.
Why it matters: Anthropic — which is suing the federal government over its designation as a supply chain risk — is engaging with lawmakers on national security and AI, even as much of that discussion is happening out of the public eye.
