Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so

Should AI do everything? OpenAI thinks so

Silicon Valley’s rule? It’s not cool to be cautious. As OpenAI removes guardrails and VCs criticize companies like Anthropic for supporting AI safety regulations, it’s becoming clearer who the industry thinks should shape AI development.  On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff discuss how the line between innovation and responsibility…

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#Johnson reacts to being ganged up on at ‘intense’ White House meeting

#Johnson reacts to being ganged up on at ‘intense’ White House meeting

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday quipped the reports Congressional leaders ganged up on him during this week’s meeting at the White House are “pretty accurate.”  Johnson, along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) met at the White House with President Biden and Vice President Harris on Tuesday for…

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#GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

#GOP Rep. Byron Donalds says McCarthy ‘in trouble’ 

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Sunday he thinks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is “in trouble” after Congress averted a government shutdown by approving a “clean” stopgap measure brough to the House floor in a suprise move by the Speaker. The measure won more support from Democrats in the House than Republicans, but McCarthy said…

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#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

#Gaetz says he’ll push to unseat McCarthy this week

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Sunday said he will push to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week, vowing to make good on his threat after McCarthy backed a measure to prevent a government shutdown a day earlier that won broad bipartisan support. “I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker…

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#Biden signs bill to keep government funded and avoid shutdown

#Biden signs bill to keep government funded and avoid shutdown

President Biden on Saturday night signed a stopgap funding bill, avoiding a government shutdown right before the midnight deadline. The continuing resolution (CR), passed by both the House and Senate by wide margins earlier in the day, will continue funding the government at its current spending levels into mid-November. It includes $16 billion in disaster…

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#Fetterman: ‘I’m done normalizing this dysfunction’ 

#Fetterman: ‘I’m done normalizing this dysfunction’ 

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday. “I voted at 8:30pm on a Saturday night, that’s my job,” Fetterman said in a statement “But the American people should never…

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