Campaign ads featuring AI-generated clips and images once sounded like a laughable concept. Now they're everywhere, with attack ads that place candidates in a wide variety of compromising — and fictitious — situations. Why it matters: This largely unregulated practice is warping the unspoken norms of political campaigns and blurring the line between truth and fiction. - Some campaigns voluntarily disclose this AI use, but it's not required. - Democrats want to change that if they retake control of Congress in November. Driving the news: The latest spot to push the envelope is an attack ad against Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico from a President Trump-aligned group called Citizens for Sanity. - The ad depicts…
The Trump administration says it wants American AI to dominate the world. - But its decision to force Anthropic to abruptly cut off access to one of its most advanced models risks sending foreign governments and companies a very different message: Don't build your future on U.S. AI. Why it matters: As the Trump administration shapes its AI regulatory regime in real time, the precedents it sets could reverberate far beyond an individual showdown with Anthropic. Catch up quick: The last month of AI policymaking has been a blur of zigs and zags by the administration. - First Trump delayed an executive order that would have created a voluntary reporting system for advanced AI releases. He said he didn't want to threaten America's lead over…
Data: Nielsen; Chart: Axios Visuals Fox's $22 billion deal to buy Roku marks a turning point in the streaming wars and a new era for the Murdoch media empire. Why it matters: Streaming is no longer a paid subscriber race, but rather an opportunity for entertainment giants to accelerate other parts of their businesses where they have a competitive edge against Netflix. - For Apple, Amazon, Disney and Comcast/NBCUniversal, that means selling devices, e-commerce subscriptions, parks/movie tickets and broadband, respectively. - For Fox, it means bringing more eyeballs to its live programming and selling more digital TV ads. How it works: The merger would make Fox the owner of the top digital TV operating system in the U.S. - Fox could…
Despite mutual praise between the two leaders, there has been a series of setbacks to U.S. relations with India since they last met more than a year ago.
Green algae has reappeared in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just days after the completion of a $14.2 million renovation. Contracted crews with the National Park Service (NPS) took to the water Sunday to remove the algae. Workers said supply lines came back online following eight weeks of restoration work, which caused the problem. Read More: https://thehill.com/
