A few days after being in office, President Trump dismantled the safeguards set in place by the Biden administration. One of President Trump’s first actions was repealing the Biden administration’s Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. This repeal included the National Security Memo governing national security use of …
In the wake of seismic political and legal shifts—including a second Trump presidency, the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, and a surge of stricter abortion bans across the country—states are ramping up efforts to protect consumer health data and privacy. With Congress stalled on passing a federal privacy law, Big Tech companies like …
For many people, social media offers an escape from reality—a gateway into a world increasingly curated by algorithms that deliver what we “think” we want, whether or not we truly need it. Social media apps often become the first refuge after a long day, an exhausting workout, or any stressful moment. And no one feels …
In February 2024 in North Carolina, a child psychiatrist was caught utilizing AI technology to “digitally alter clothed images of minors into child pornography.” It is difficult to convey into words the horrifying impacts AI technology can and is having on individuals. Describing how it felt to see an image of her 15-year-old self “sexualized,” …
In 2023, DeepSeek, a tech startup, was founded in Hangzhou, China. Later that year, DeepSeek released their first artificial intelligence large language model. DeepSeek then released its newest model in December 2024 and quickly garnered attention. DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence chat robot is advertised as “on par with similar models . . . such as ChatGPT …
In 2006, the genetic genealogy giant, 23andMe, was born. Their mission was to democratize genetics, providing customers with access to their genealogical and health information in a digestible way. The process is simple–users pay a fee, provide a saliva sample, and in a few weeks they receive a report that includes personalize information about their …
On Tuesday, January 29th, 2025, thirty-five thousand feet above the Mojave Desert, Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier. Boom is an aviation startup seeking to revive supersonic commercial air travel. January’s flight, in Boom’s XB-1 demonstrator — a one-third scale aircraft of Boom’s ultimate commercial airliner the “Overture” — is proof Boom has the technical knowhow …
Last month, Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) collectively announced that Venu Sports, their live sports streaming joint-venture, would not proceed, less than a year after the planned platform was originally announced. Venu, while highly anticipated, was also embattled in litigation. Live streaming platform FuboTV sued the three media giants in February 2024 alleging …
On January 7th, 2025, Meta, the owners of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, announced that they would end their third-party fact-checking program. Instead, they will replace it with a community-based program called Community Notes, similar to the one already used by X (formerly Twitter). While Meta has justified this change as a way to get …
On January 23, 2025, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence, marking a dramatic shift in U.S. artificial intelligence policy. Upon returning to office, one of his first major actions was the order to repeal President Biden’s landmark 2023 AI directive. Biden’s order had aimed to confront systemic bias in AI, requiring …