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Trump slaps farm animal nickname he normally reserves for women on Maine’s Democratic Senate challenger

Left-wing Democratic oyster farmer rocked by controversy will challenge the Republican incumbent, Sen. Susan Collins

The Independent UK

Is he Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump? Protest vote complicates Graham Platner’s victory

Democrats have rolled the dice in Maine as they pursue a post-Trump future. Will it work?

The Guardian - US

Rush to regulate AI divides Democrats in Congress

Recent proposals to regulate artificial intelligence show Democratic paths diverging between cooperation and compromise on the one hand and sweeping regulations on the other. Growing public angst about the new technology and its impact on jobs, communities and the environment has fueled both ends of the spectrum and, even in…

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp says executives who brag about their AI cuts might as well 'sign up for the Bernie Sanders manifesto'

Billionaire Palantir CEO Alex Karp has a message for Silicon Valley executives touting AI-driven job cuts: Don’t be surprised if workers turn against you.

Fortune

Republican-led House narrowly passes Trump’s $70bn bill to fund DHS and ICE – as it happened

Bill gives $70bn to the DHS over the next three years, ensuring agencies carrying out Trump’s mass deportation agenda are funded; measure now goes to Trump’s desk

The Guardian - US

'The time has come to reclaim what was stolen from us': Bernie Sanders wants the American public to own 50% stake in AI companies

Under this proposal, US AI firms could have to cough up a one-time 50% tax (in shares) into an AI Sovereign Wealth Fund.

TechRadar

Public ownership of AI? US officials eye stake in tech revolution

From Washington to Brussels, the fight over who controls artificial intelligence is reaching a turning point, and history suggests the public has always had to wrestle essential technology from completely private control.

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Judgment day for under-fire Democrat Graham Platner in Maine primary

All eyes on US Senate race as Platner, mired in controversy, is set to advance to take on incumbent Susan Collins

The Guardian - US

Bernie Sanders’ AI sovereign wealth fund plan is good. But we think this is better

While we do not outright oppose the taking of AI company stock, or of a US a sovereign wealth fund, there are better ways to achieve the senator’s goals

The Guardian - US

Inside the Democratic resistance on AI

Five influential progressives are shaping a confrontational Democratic message on AI.

Axios

Former AI czar calls Sanders' proposal for government equity a 'stupidity tax' and warns against nationalization as Trump mulls public stakes

"Dario and Sam have begun to walk back their claims of massive job loss, but the damage to public trust is done, and now the chickens are coming home to roost."

Fortune

'I Was Chest-Bumped by Police': Lead Journal Editor Thrown Out of Diabetes Conference for Criticising Trump's Research Cuts

Five scientists were removed from a diabetes conference for distributing an editorial criticising the Trump administration's biomedical science policies, leading to a ban from the event.

International Business Times UK

'AI won't just moderate posts, it will curate reality': Former White House AI czar David Sacks warns against govt control of AI

David Sacks, chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and former White House AI and Crypto Czar, has criticized US Senator Bernie Sanders' proposal to give the public a 50 per cent ownership stake in major American AI companies, warning that government control of artificial intelligence…

The Economic Times

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers

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MAGA hates AI, but Trump agrees with Bernie it might be time for partial government ownership

"You make them a partnership in this revolution," Trump told reporters Friday. "It would be a beautiful thing."

Reason

Bernie Sanders' Dangerous and Unconstitutional Plan to Expropriate AI Firms

The plan to seize 50% of AI firms' stock violates the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. It would also create dangerous government control over a vital industry, in ways similar to Trump's policies.

The Independent UK

Democrats’ key to a Senate take-back is mired in scandal as party leaders brush off claims of abusing women and racist tattoo

ANALYSIS: The dead-heat race between Susan Collins and Graham Platner just got a new wrinkle amid a slew of fresh news reports about a Maine oysterman’s treatment of women, as well as his infamous “Totenkopf” tattoo. Eric Garcia reports on the effect of it all on Democrats’ chances to flip…

The Independent UK

Graham Platner denies ex-girlfriend’s allegations of ‘unsettling’ behavior and new Nazi ‘Totenkopf’ tattoo claim

Platner has labeled the accusations ‘politically motivated’

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After 40 Years, No One Has Produced a Workable Single-Payer Health Care Plan

Vermont passed single-payer legislation in 2011 and abandoned the plan after three years of failure. Why?

Fortune

Bernie Sanders wants Americans to own a piece of AI. The Trump White House seems to agree

When the grid was electrified in the 1930s, it left landowners wealthy and the rest with nothing but displacement. Bernie Sanders doesn't want that to happen again.

Reason

New Study Finds Average College Professor 'Only Slightly Less Left' Than Bernie Sanders

FIRE's data suggest that the range of opinions at American universities is far too narrow.

Reason

Do You Trust the Government to Control AI?

Donald Trump wants to give it a little more control. Bernie Sanders wants to give it a lot.

The Guardian - US

Democrats backing Platner for Maine Senate despite news of sexting infidelity

Challenger to Susan Collins has already cited PTSD for bigoted online posts and covered up Nazi tattoo

Reason

Bernie Sanders' AI Wealth Fund Bill Shows That He Doesn't Understand AI or Wealth

Sanders' plan would impose a one-time tax of 50 percent of AI companies' stock and give the government voting shares and the power to block corporate decisions.

Latin Times

Bernie Sanders Proposes Public Ownership Stake in Major AI Companies: 'The Wealth It Generates Must Benefit Humanity'

Under the proposal, the government would hold voting shares in major AI firms giving it authority to influence corporate decisions

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