House Republicans are attempting to block state-level artificial intelligence regulation by inserting federal preemption language into the annual defense policy bill, with Majority Leader Steve Scalise confirming the strategy to prevent individual states from creating their own AI regulatory frameworks through must-pass legislation.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore partners with AI companies Anthropic and Percepta to deploy chatbots that help residents apply for food aid and Medicaid while streamlining housing development permits, marking a significant government embrace of artificial intelligence to combat poverty and bureaucratic inefficiency.
New survey reveals 87% of organizations now use AI services, but nearly one-third lack the security expertise to protect them, with 25% admitting they don't even know what AI services are running in their systems.
Google, Microsoft, and Meta abandon their decade-long practice of publishing annual workforce diversity reports as Trump's administration cracks down on DEI policies, while Apple, Amazon, and Nvidia continue releasing statistics showing tech workforces remain approximately 70% male globally and 40% white in the US.
Denmark announces sweeping ban on social media for children under 15, allowing limited parental override for 13-14 year olds, citing concerns about sleep disruption, concentration loss, and digital relationship pressure in one of Europe's most restrictive moves following Australia's similar legislation.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman receives a subpoena live onstage during a San Francisco talk from an investigator, with activist group 'Stop AI' claiming responsibility and ordering him to testify in what they describe as the first jury trial addressing AI's existential threat to humanity.
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar denies seeking government backing for the company's massive $1.4 trillion infrastructure deals to build data centers, while CEO Sam Altman reveals revenue has surged well beyond the previously reported $13 billion annually.
Andreessen Horowitz shuts down its $175,000 Talent x Opportunity Fund that supported over 60 underserved founders since 2020, laying off at least three staff members as the firm integrates diversity efforts into its broader investment strategy.
IBM cuts nearly 3,000 jobs in fourth quarter as tech giant accelerates shift toward AI automation, following previous replacement of 200 HR positions with artificial intelligence agents while maintaining overall U.S. employment levels.
MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria steps down after 11 transformative years that saw the company go public and achieve a fifteenfold stock increase to nearly $30 billion market cap, with Cloudflare executive CJ Desai taking the helm to drive revenue beyond $5 billion.