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Elevating Data Center Activism for the 2028 Election
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (645+ words) Rural Michigan residents rally against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farmland in Saline, Michigan on December 1, 2025. To fight back against Big Tech, the movement must articulate a clear diagnosis of the problem, adapt to changing political…...
'Hit the Brakes': Anthropic CEO's Push to 'Pace' AI Development Called Latest Sign Congress Must Act
21+ hour, 12+ min ago (691+ words) CEO of Anthropic Dario Amodei attends a working lunch on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. L "When the future of humanity is at stake we need a PAUSE on advanced AI development and a ban on artificial superintelligence," said Sen. Bernie…...
Anthropic Report Says Company Blocked Possible Use of AI Model to Build Biological Weapons
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (576+ words) The Claude app icon is displayed on a smartphone screen with a finger about to tap it, in Creteil, France, on June 10, 2026. "Right now, we're counting on AI corporations to voluntarily block weapons of mass destruction," said Rep. Greg Casar,…...
68% of US Voters Back Sanders/Casar Bill for AI Pause, Ban on Superintelligence: Poll
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (743+ words) A protester holds an anti-AI placard outside OpenAI offices in King's Cross during a march against unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data centers. The new survey results come as whistleblowers from leading AI firms speak out about the potential catastrophic…...
Warning AI 'Could Mean the Demise of Humanity,' El-Sayed Backs Development Pause
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (489+ words) Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan on August 23, 2026. "Enough is enough. We need to make sure that the pace of development isn't outpacing the pace of risk." "That's something we should be…...
Sanders Sets Briefing on 'Extraordinary Dangers' Posed by Breakneck AI Development
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (333+ words) US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a February 20, 2026 town hall event in Stanford, California, focusing on taxing billionaires and the future of artificial intelligence. The session is scheduled to feature experts, including Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who…...
As Congress Fails to Take Action on AI, AFT and Microsoft Reach 'First-of-Its-Kind' Deal to Protect Kids
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (518+ words) Children do their schoolwork on March 18, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. But the organization's executive director, Josh Golin, emphasized that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) "should never have been in this position in the…...
Anthropic Building a 'Pre-Crime' System to Surveil Anti-AI Dissenters, Investigation Shows
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (487+ words) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei speaks onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit on December 3, 2025, in New York City. One legal expert said that as AI companies “become more hated, there’s more pressure on them to over-disclose knowing that some…...
Concerns over AI Corporations’ Safety Failures Reach Fever Pitch After Dire Warnings from Anthropic Researchers
4+ day, 27+ min ago (1613+ words) In response, J.B. Branch, director of federal AI governance and technology policy at Public Citizen, issued the following statement: “Believe the researchers and whistleblowers who are telling us that Big Tech does not have these AI systems under control. The people…...
Anthropic Researcher Quits, Citing Internal Fears That AI 'Could Kill Us All' This Decade
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (438+ words) "Most tech geeks don’t resign from their roles because…the tech they’re building could end humanity," said Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, running for US Senate in Michigan. An artificial intelligence researcher at Anthropic quit his position publicly on Tuesday as he…...