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Regulation, antitrust, privacy and the widening negotiation between Washington and the technology industry, from The Silicon Ledger.
After suing both companies over ChatGPT integration on iPhones, Elon Musk has withdrawn all claims against Apple while pursuing his case against OpenAI, suggesting a strategic shift in his legal campaign.
A British hate speech researcher facing potential removal from the US is pressing his legal challenge to a Trump administration policy that targets noncitizens who flag harmful content on major platforms.
Major corporations are restricting how their employees can use advanced AI models, imposing zero data retention requirements and air-gapped deployments as distrust over proprietary data handling spreads across the industry.
An Electronic Frontier Foundation review of automated license plate reader search logs uncovers officers across the country entering joke entries like "LOL," "LMAO," and keyboard mashing to access sensitive location data with no judicial oversight.
The proposed Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would establish criminal penalties matching those for illegal nuclear weapons development, as lawmakers move to restrict advanced AI progress.
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has raised alarms about the possibility of an AI-controlled botnet capable of compromising the entire internet within 6 to 12 months, calling for restraint in AI development.
According to Anthropic's September 2026 threat report, hundreds of China-linked entities have deployed the Claude model across military projects, surveillance operations, and large-scale data harvesting campaigns.
A Waymo robotaxi's monitoring system detected two juveniles with a loaded ghost gun, prompting the autonomous vehicle to contact law enforcement and leading to arrests in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood.
