Silicon Valley's AI moguls are flooding Washington with competing blueprints for superintelligence, clashing over a defining question: Does safety come from spreading powerful AI or containing it?
Why it matters: Their fight will shape who gets access to the best models, how America competes with China, and whether the government can slow the race in an emergency.
Schools across the U.S. are cracking down on student cellphone use, but a new study finds the restrictions bring mixed results.
The big picture: Schools that require students to lock away their phones during class have seen phone use decline substantially, according to the study shared by the National Bureau of Economic Research in April.
The high-end, AI-powered private school Alpha Schools plans to grow from a dozen to roughly 50 campuses in the 2026 school year, its founder tells Axios.
Why it matters: While traditional schools navigate how to adopt AI, Alpha Schools has created an AI-dependent classroom model that the company claims reduces screen time and increases human interaction.
President Trump said Saturday night that he has called off a potential attack on Iran due to progress in negotiations between the two nations.
The big picture: There had been indications from some U.S. officials that an attack on Iran's infrastructure was possible, all in an effort to get the Iranians to agree to the U.S.' terms in ceasefire negotiations.
The advertising landscape has dramatically shifted in the AI era as brands and marketers adopt new systems and operate at previously unimaginable scale.
Why it matters: The rapid adoption has upended formats, shifted priorities and created new opportunities across the entire ad-driven economy.
Generative AI search ad revenue is expected to reach $100 billion globally by 2030, according to WPP Media, representing the fastest-growing ad medium in history.
Why it matters: Users ask longer and more complex queries using generative AI search compared with traditional search, per Google, often revealing stronger context and purchase intent for advertisers.
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek released a powerful new coding model Friday that charges pennies for vast amounts of code — the latest sign that some of the smartest software on Earth is rapidly becoming a commodity.
Why it matters: Tech giants are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into the computing infrastructure powering the AI revolution. Yet the intelligence that infrastructure produces is getting cheaper by the week.
