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Steve Hilton presses Xavier Becerra on AI regulation and legislation - Modern Ghana

Steve Hilton presses Xavier Becerra on AI regulation and legislation  Modern Ghana

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Perplexity Releases pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview: A Contextual Embedding Model That Retrieves Answers and Their Supporting Evidence

Perplexity Research and turbopuffer have released pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview, a contextual embedding model for RAG pipelines. Each chunk is embedded with the full document i…

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Policymakers should give teachers a stronger voice on AI policy in schools - Education Times

Policymakers should give teachers a stronger voice on AI policy in schools  Education Times

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‘Nothing to worry about’: Trump refuses to blink on AI regulation - news24.com.au

‘Nothing to worry about’: Trump refuses to blink on AI regulation  news24.com.au

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Opinions should be stated by humans, not AI; policy change will ensure that - The Spokesman-Review

Opinions should be stated by humans, not AI; policy change will ensure that  The Spokesman-Review

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New Mexico to jump into frontier AI regulation - Politico

New Mexico to jump into frontier AI regulation  Politico

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New Mexico to jump into frontier AI regulation - Yahoo

New Mexico to jump into frontier AI regulation  Yahoo

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Newsom keeps AI regulation and wildfire reform on final agenda - ABC10

Newsom keeps AI regulation and wildfire reform on final agenda  ABC10

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Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.

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'Love is NOT the answer': Velshi SLAMS Trump on AI regulation - Modern Ghana

'Love is NOT the answer': Velshi SLAMS Trump on AI regulation  Modern Ghana

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FDA-style AI regulation would cause the US to lose the tech race to China: Former White House AI czar - Fox Business

FDA-style AI regulation would cause the US to lose the tech race to China: Former White House AI czar  Fox Business

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'Love is NOT the answer': Velshi SLAMS Trump on AI regulation - Modern Ghana

'Love is NOT the answer': Velshi SLAMS Trump on AI regulation  Modern Ghana

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Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead

Gemini 4 Argon is Google's first frontier model in over seven months. It matches GPT-6 Astra in independent testing but can't keep up with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5. The per-tok…

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President Trump’s AI regulation accord with top tech CEOs appears ‘purely voluntary’ - modernghana.com

President Trump’s AI regulation accord with top tech CEOs appears ‘purely voluntary’  modernghana.com

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FTC Investigation Signals a New Phase of AI Regulation for OpenAI and Anthropic - inc.com

FTC Investigation Signals a New Phase of AI Regulation for OpenAI and Anthropic  inc.com

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Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini 4 Argon with 1M Output Tokens for Coding, Knowledge Work and Cyber Defense

Gemini 4 Argon tops GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5.5 on most benchmarks, but access remains gated today. The post Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini 4 Argon with 1M Output Tokens for C…

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OpenAI Releases GPT-6.1 Sol: Near-Astra Coding and Computer Use at One-Fifth of Astra’s Token Price

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Sol on September 29, 2026, an upgrade to GPT-6 Sol. It reaches near-Astra results on agentic coding, computer use and professional work at one-fifth of Ast…

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President Trump’s AI regulation accord with top tech CEOs appears ‘purely voluntary’ - NBC News

President Trump’s AI regulation accord with top tech CEOs appears ‘purely voluntary’  NBC News

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Michael Lucci: Don't let Beijing write Texas' AI policy - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Michael Lucci: Don't let Beijing write Texas' AI policy  Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

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OpenAI and Synopsys team up to build an AI model that designs chips like a seasoned engineer

OpenAI and Synopsys are building GPT-Synopsys, a specialized AI model for chip design. It's meant to operate Synopsys' EDA tools like a seasoned engineer and optimize designs on i…

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Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Joined A White House AI Policy Meeting - simplywall.st

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Joined A White House AI Policy Meeting  simplywall.st

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Google drops Gems for Skills, joining OpenAI and Anthropic in the shift to agent-ready prompt formats

Google is replacing Gems with "Skills" in Gemini chat. Skills are detailed, reusable prompts that users invoke by typing "/" or that Gemini runs automatically. The format is based…

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Trump Rejects AI Regulation as Tech CEOs Sign Voluntary “Self-Policing” Accord - Truthout

Trump Rejects AI Regulation as Tech CEOs Sign Voluntary “Self-Policing” Accord  Truthout

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Meta dodges billions in US taxes by calling its AI data centers experiments

Meta classifies its AI data centers as "pilot models" and Nvidia chips as experimental materials to save billions in federal taxes. In 2025 alone, that added up to $3.9 billion. T…