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Is NewsGuard Censoring Children’s Education? New AI Tool Raises Concerns
NewsGuard claims its fact-checking is “apolitical,” but PragerU accuses the organization of forcing a leftist narrative onto children. NewsGuard is an organization that claims to find reliable information for enterprises and consumers and now features an artificial intelligence tool that just became free to students. According to its website, the chatbot delivers “reliable responses to prompts” using… -
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SCOOP: Trump Admin Considering Expanding AI Framework to Open Models
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Trump administration officials told members of the AI industry on Tuesday that expanding the artificial intelligence vetting framework to include open-weight models is under consideration, though they are currently exempted. Administration officials held a meeting Tuesday with AI industry executives from companies including Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI, to preview its framework… -
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Texans Can Have Data Centers and Affordable Energy Too
There is no need to choose between winning the AI race and having affordable electricity. Data centers consume a lot of electricity and will therefore raise electricity demand across the country, but demand alone does not determine whether household rates rise. Texas’ data centers can strengthen the state’s economy without forcing households to pay higher… -
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Millionaires and Billionaires Are Blooming Like Red Roses
America’s Big Tech companies are turning Karl Marx’s 19th-century nightmare into a 21st-century dream come true for regular workers. Far-left Democrats—and far-far-left democratic socialists—love to rail against the evils of the super wealthy. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., relentlessly grumbles his cranky incantation about “millionaires and billionaires.” “You can’t earn a billion dollars,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., insists…. -
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Get the Flock Out
The Harrisonburg City Council voted unanimously this week to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety. It will bag the company’s surveillance cameras with trash bags until they are removed and will consider an ordinance that prohibits other similar mass-surveillance entities from entering into contracts with any entities in the city. Earlier this year, the… -
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SCOOP: Head of Federal AI Safety Org Resigns
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Dr. Chris Fall, the director of the Commerce Department’s safety-centered artificial intelligence organization, has resigned, two sources familiar with the matter told the Daily Signal. Fall, who served in the first Trump administration at the Department of Energy as the director of the Office of Science, was tapped to lead the… -
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Data Center Opponents Stage 142 Protests Across 42 States
Opponents of the rapid buildout of data centers held 142 protests across 42 states on Saturday in the first nationwide effort to channel anger at the AI infrastructure expansion that has ramped up over the past year and roiled local politics. The protests were coordinated by HumansFirst, co-founded by a former leader of the modern-day Tea… -
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Innovation Can Make Data Centers Cleaner—If New York Lets It
As communities across America debate whether to approve new data centers, some are implementing moratoria based on concerns over water use and noise pollution. Most recently, New York issued an executive order banning data center construction for one year while the state looks to address environmental concerns with more regulation and red tape. Those concerns… -
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If Congress Wants One National Standard for Online Child Safety, It Must Earn It
The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan online child safety package. But the debate isn’t about child safety alone. It’s about preemption. The legislation is part of an ongoing national conversation over Big Tech’s outsized influence on children’s mental health, the rapid development of artificial intelligence, and the role parents should play as these… -
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AI Companies, Data Centers Must Defend Themselves—Silence Is No Weapon Against the Exploding Backlash
Artificial intelligence companies and the data centers that power them are devoting mouth-watering sums to achieve their potential. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Meta, and Amazon are “expected to spend more than $670 billion this year” on capital expenditures. McKinsey & Company forecasts that “global spending on data centers… -
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White House to Rally Utilities, Data Centers for AI Power Cost Pledge, Sources Say
WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters)—The White House plans to bring together utility companies and data center developers to make a voluntary pledge designed to ensure that rapid growth in electricity demand from artificial intelligence does not drive-up power bills for households and businesses, according to three people familiar with the plans. An event to announce the… -
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Few Details Emerge From Kemp’s Private Meeting With OpenAI and Georgia Power
Gov. Brian Kemp held a private meeting with OpenAI and Georgia Power in May to discuss OpenAI’s plans for the Peach State, but details about the meeting are only now beginning to surface. On Monday, independent news outlet The Current revealed that the meeting, held on May 20, was private and known only from a… -
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Congress Shouldn’t Undermine Trump’s AI Agenda
President Donald Trump has made clear that the United States intends to win the global artificial intelligence race. From expanding domestic energy production to supporting new data centers and encouraging advanced manufacturing, the administration has recognized that AI leadership will be one of the defining economic and national security priorities of the 21st century. That… -
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Trump v. Pope Leo XIV? Where Do Washington and Rome Go From Here?
The following is an excerpt of Daily Signal Politics Editor Bradley Devlin’s interview with Paul Kengor, editor of The American Spectator and author of the new book “American Pontiff,” for the “Signal Sitdown,” which premieres on the Daily Signal’s YouTube page at 6:30 a.m. EDT on July 8. This transcript has been edited for clarity…. -
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‘The House Is on Fire’: House Passes Online Protections to Shield Children From Porn
The House successfully passed its internet safety package for children while the Senate continues to stall. The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act includes a key amendment that would protect children from viewing sexual content online, a statistic that continues to grow. “To use figurative language, the house is on fire,” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill.,… -
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Republicans Face Last Chance Before Midterms to Protect Kids From Online Threats
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., will soon introduce a bill encompassing her deal with the White House to pass kids’ safety legislation in exchange for preempting state AI laws. This could be Republicans’ last chance before the midterm elections to pass legislation to protect kids online and defend their claim of the pro-family party. “This is… -
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Trump Signs Scaled-Back Executive Order on Preventing AI Cyber Threats
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday asking some artificial intelligence companies to give the federal government 30 days to review their frontier models before release. Trump had been scheduled to sign a broader version of the order on May 21, but he delayed the signing, saying he did not like “certain aspects” of… -
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Hegseth: US and China Agreed to Keep Talking About AI Guardrails
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the United States and China agreed in Beijing to keep discussing if the two countries should team to set guardrails on AI. ”You wanna be able to set guardrails,” Hegseth told the Daily Signal Saturday evening. “Given the innovation capabilities of the United States of America, we also wanna… -
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Vance Echoes Pope Leo’s Message on AI in AF Commencement Address
Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech about morality in advanced war technology to the 931 candidates at the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement May 28, but he cloaked it with humor, including a quip about the weather, a reference to being a former Marine surrounded by members of the Air Force, and a chest… -
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Why Trump Delayed an Executive Order to Protect America From Cyber Threats
President Donald Trump on Thursday delayed signing an executive order regulating artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, citing the AI race with China. “I think it gets in the way of … we’re leading China, we’re leading everybody, and I don’t want to do anything that’s going to get in the way of that lead,” Trump told…