NEW: Republican and Democratic candidates are casting AI as a fight over jobs and corporate power on the campaign trail. None of the PACs, not even the Anthropic-backed ones positioning themselves as consumer-friendly, are aligned with these populists. www.axios.com/2026/02/20/a...

Mark Zuckerberg is in LA right now taking the stand in a landmark social media addiction trial. Here's a useful reminder of what the research says: www.axios.com/2026/02/18/m...

NEW: We obtained a White House letter pressuring Republican Utah lawmakers to kill an AI safety bill. This could be the tip of the iceberg as red states across the country pursue AI transparency measures many see as centrist, common-sense guardrails. www.axios.com/2026/02/15/w...

Super PACs are on the hunt for the ideal AI candidate. Here's a first look at what the Anthropic-backed ones want. Leading the Future PAC (OpenAI/a16Z/8VC etc) tells me they have their own search underway and dozens of candidates have engaged. www.axios.com/2026/02/13/s...

Paris Hilton is advocating for a bill to fight against AI deepfakes after being a victim of online sexual abuse herself. www.axios.com/2026/01/22/p...

NEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas. w/@marcacaputo.bsky.social www.axios.com/2026/01/16/w...

NEW: AI data center fight blurs political lines www.axios.com/2026/01/16/a...

ICE raided a Meta data center in Louisiana yesterday, putting President Trump's immigration crackdown at odds with his goal of American AI dominance. www.axios.com/2026/01/15/i...

New: Grok deepfakes accelerate Hill action & what's next for The DEFIANCE Act www.axios.com/2026/01/14/g...

Exclusive: @durbin.senate.gov today will ask for unanimous consent to pass The DEFIANCE Act, an AI deepfakes bill, following outcry over Elon Musk's Grok chatbot producing and spreading sexualized images of women and children. www.axios.com/2026/01/13/s...

President Trump says tech companies will have to "pick up the tab" for their AI data center energy demands. Sounds a lot like Governor Kathy Hochul, who will announce tomorrow that these same companies will have to "pay their fair share" in New York.

New: N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul to make data centers pay for own energy demand www.axios.com/2026/01/12/n...

This week on @marketplace.org tech we talked: -Grok's sexualized images of women and children -Trump's efforts to stop AI regulation in the states -Meta's new Ray-Ban glasses youtu.be/4ewllfK2LbM?...

NEW: President Trump's embrace of AI could be a political gift to Democrats. Instead, it's exposing a major split in the party. www.axios.com/2026/01/08/d...

NEW w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social: The White House is floating an executive order to rein in state AI laws Meanwhile, Congress is scrambling to find a way to include language in the must-pass defense bill www.axios.com/2025/11/19/t...

Trump threw his weight behind banning state AI laws as Republicans on the Hill gear up for a fight on including preemption in the must-pass defense bill www.axios.com/2025/11/18/s...

News: The Commerce Department is extending the deadline to comment on how an ambitious AI exports program should work to December 13th. www.axios.com/2025/11/17/t...

ICYMI: New Mexico's attorney general won a fight against Meta to include AI chatbot records in a lawsuit that's headed to trial in February. This began in 2023 over allegedly addictive algorithms. Now, generative AI is introducing a new set of issues: www.axios.com/2025/11/14/a...

LA is ramping up AI adoption ahead of the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics "The way they describe the Olympics is it's something like seven Super Bowls a day for two weeks. So that's what we're up against," the city's CIO, Ted Ross, told Axios. www.axios.com/2025/10/29/l...

New: Trump looms large over Nvidia conference Huang spelled out what he described as a "pro-America" vision for global AI leadership and energy expansion that aligned closely with Trump's agenda. w/@nathanbomey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/10/28/t...

Nvidia’s developer conference kicks off this week in DC — here’s what we’ve got: • Exclusive: Jensen Huang and Eric Schmidt’s new “future of work” task force • Sneak peek at the themes Jensen will hit on in his keynote www.axios.com/2025/10/27/n...

Exclusive: In a new book about Palantir and its CEO Alex Karp, journalist Michael Steinberger chronicles how a self-described leftist who said his "biggest fear is fascism" became one of the tech leaders powering President Trump's agenda. www.axios.com/2025/10/23/t...

First look: The Democratic National Committee is planning to expand the use of AI and tech tools for voter and volunteer engagement in the upcoming midterm and presidential elections after testing them in key state races this year. www.axios.com/2025/10/23/d...

NEW: Anthropic is making the case that it's firmly in step with the White House after AI czar David Sacks' criticism sparked questions over the company's relationship with the administration. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/a...

Exclusive: Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling on President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to come to the table to negotiate a policy solution to H1-B visa issues instead of imposing a $100,000 fee. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/t...

Scoop: The Trump administration's slashing of the federal workforce amid the government shutdown is threatening AI work at the Commerce Department w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/10/16/t...

NEW: From chip sales to China and the UAE to TikTok -- Trump is making it tough for China hawks to keep up their national security fervor, with virtually no Republican directly challenging the president on deals that natsec experts say are dangerous. www.axios.com/2025/09/26/c...

Exclusive//ICYMI: Moderate Dems released their AI agenda soon after Trump did. The authors recognize Democrats have lost valuable allies in Silicon Valley and the platform embraces the emphasis on innovation that Republicans are also laser-focused on. www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

JD Vance points out him and Stephen Miller are the most hard line people on immigration in the admin. "I don’t want these tech companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then say we can’t find workers here in America. That’s a bullshit story," he said at AI summit.

SCOOP w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social: What's inside Trump's 20-page AI action plan. +EOs on "woke" AI, exports and infrastructure in the works. www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

Trump agencies turn up heat on culture wars. Critics say recents moves ignore precedent, congressional mandates and would not stand judicial review. w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social & ‪@sarafischer.bsky.social‬ www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

Joined @abcnewslive to talk about Elon Musk's chatbot Grok, the antisemitic content it has been spewing, and the latest model. abcnews.go.com/Technology/v...

The demise of a controversial proposal in Republicans' budget bill that blocked state-level regulation of artificial intelligence is fueling fresh pressure for federal action. www.axios.com/2025/07/03/a...

AI moratorium is out. Blackburn offered the amendment with Cantwell. Cruz suggested adopting Blackburn's amendment by voice vote, saying he regretted that they were unable to reach an agreement, but Blackburn asked for a recorded vote.

Scoop: Blackburn and Cruz reach AI pause deal It's now a five-year moratorium instead of 10, with carveouts for AI bills that protect name, image and likeness and kids' online safety. www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

Scoop: Blackburn will offer an amendment to strip the AI moratorium after "repeated attempts to work with Chairman Cruz to find a solution that protects creators, kids, and all individuals from the harms of AI to no avail," her office said. www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

SCOTUS ruled this morning that an internet subsidy that benefits schools, libraries, health care facilities and people in underserved areas is constitutional. Lawmakers are looking for ways to reform the fund, including through fees on Big Tech. www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

Scoop: The 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation is now called "a temporary pause" in the reconciliation bill approved by the Senate parliamentarian. Critics say it's just as damaging and sweeps in all $42 billion in broadband funds. w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

ICYMI: GOP lawmakers are increasingly losing patience with the White House and Trump's third delay of the TikTok ban on June 19 was seen on the Hill as an inflection point. www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

A 10 year moratorium on any state level AI regulation has cleared a major procedural hurdle in the Senate

If you're wondering what's next for the CHIPS Act after Trump trashed it last night -- DOC head Lutnick is considering getting rid of "woke" labor and childcare requirements to cut costs. Agency will meet with lawmakers to discuss. Scoop w @ashleyrgold.bsky.social www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

Scoop w/ @mccuri.bsky.social Scoop: U.S. to pull delegation from UN climate science meeting (IPCC Plenary in China next wk) www.axios.com/2025/02/20/u...