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Schiff steps into AI guardrail fight |
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is stepping into the fight over the use of AI in domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, drafting legislation to put "commonsense safeguards" to protect privacy and the values of the American people. |
Schiff, a fierce critic of the Trump administration, told The Hill on Thursday that he will be introducing legislation in the "coming weeks" to codify "vital" protections around the use of AI in surveillance and warfare, The Hill's Filip Timotija reported. It comes amid the standoff between the Pentagon and Anthropic around the agency's access to the company's AI models. "Over the past few weeks, it has become even more clear that there is an urgent need for guardrails on how AI is used by the Defense Department," he said in a statement. Schiff's office has been in touch with industry leaders and experts to craft the upcoming legislation and is eyeing all possible legislative vehicles to include it in, including the upcoming National Defense Authorization Act, the senator's spokesperson told The Hill. The effort was first reported by Axios. Anthropic and the Pentagon have gone back and forth in a public spat over the safety guardrails on its AI models, and after talks fell through last month, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using the company's technology. The Pentagon labeled the company a supply chain risk, a designation that is typically slapped on foreign adversaries, preventing contractors from using the firm's products. Anthropic sued the Pentagon after the Defense Department officially notified the company of the designation, saying Trump's directive and the designation are "unprecedented and unlawful." The Pentagon told senior leadership and military commanders in a March 6 memo that they have 180 days to remove all of Anthropic's AI products from their systems, with the department saying the company's products pose an "unacceptable supply chain risk for use in all systems and networks." |
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Energy secretary says he'll personally review X posts after military escort gaffe |
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday that he is going to personally review his posts on the social platform X after deleting a post about a military escort that the White House disputed. "My last question for you is, there was the X post the other day that came from the Department of Energy, that talked about a ship safely going through the Strait of Hormuz, that wasn't true, it caused a lot of market disruption, people … |
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Anthropic requests emergency stay of supply chain risk designation in DC appeals case |
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Anthropic has filed a request for an emergency stay on the Pentagon's designation of its products as a supply chain risk, arguing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision will "inflict escalating and irreparable harm" on the company. Lawyers for Anthropic argued in a Wednesday filing that the action was not a "reasoned agency decision" but came from a social media post by Hegseth designating the company a supply chain risk, … |
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Warren questions Amazon on pricing, contracting for schools, local governments |
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Amazon on Wednesday about its pricing and contracting practices, raising concerns that the e-commerce giant is overcharging schools and local governments. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Warren pointed to a December report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which found that schools and governments that used Amazon's procurement system routinely paid more for supplies. The … |
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
- U.K. watchdogs press Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube to block children (Reuters)
- Sam Altman faced 'serious questions' in meeting with lawmakers about OpenAI's defense work (CNBC)
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SEC, CFTC seek to align regulation |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have entered into a memorandum of understanding in an effort to avoid regulatory disputes that previously plagued the agencies. "For decades, regulatory turf wars, duplicative agency registrations, and different sets of regulations between the SEC and CFTC have stifled innovation and pushed market participants to other jurisdictions," SEC Chair Paul Atkins said in a statement Wednesday. The inter-agency relationship has proved particularly complicated in recent years, as the SEC and CFTC have sought to determine how to regulate cryptocurrencies. Under the agreement, the agencies are aiming to clarify product definitions through joint interpretations and rulemakings, develop a framework for crypto and streamline regulatory reporting, among other objectives. "Like our markets, the CFTC's and SEC's regulatory frameworks must also evolve and modernize to accommodate the needs of our market participants," CFTC Chair Mike Selig said in a statement. The push comes as efforts to delineate crytpo regulation have hit a wall in Congress. Senate negotiations over market structure legislation remain at a standstill amid a protracted dispute between the cyrpto and banking industries over stablecoin rewards. |
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