Topic: election integrity

  • Anthropic's AI Safety Research Faces Growing Pressure

    Anthropic's AI Safety Research Faces Growing Pressure

    Anthropic's small societal impacts team investigates AI's potential harms, but its independence is questioned within the profit-driven company. The team's existence aligns with Anthropic's safety-focused brand, yet it faces pressure to avoid findings critical of its own products or political inte...

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  • New Complaint: DHS Data May Be Wrongly Removing Voters

    New Complaint: DHS Data May Be Wrongly Removing Voters

    A federal program (SAVE) is being used to verify voter citizenship, but a lawsuit alleges its expansion has created an error-prone national registry, leading to the wrongful removal of eligible U.S. citizens from state voter rolls. The SAVE system, originally for verifying immigrant eligibility f...

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  • 2026's New Tech Laws: What You Need to Know

    2026's New Tech Laws: What You Need to Know

    A significant wave of new state-level technology regulations took effect in early 2026, creating a complex patchwork of rules governing AI, data privacy, and consumer rights across the U.S. Key examples include Colorado's right-to-repair law, California's stringent AI transparency statutes, and v...

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  • Ex-CISA Chief Jen Easterly to Lead RSA Conference

    Ex-CISA Chief Jen Easterly to Lead RSA Conference

    Jen Easterly, former head of CISA, is appointed CEO of RSA Conference, signaling a major leadership shift for the global cybersecurity event. Easterly aims to expand RSAC's year-round influence, focusing on initiatives like innovation sandboxes to nurture AI-driven cybersecurity startups. She emp...

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  • YouTube Reinstates Banned Channels: Advertiser Impact Explained

    YouTube Reinstates Banned Channels: Advertiser Impact Explained

    YouTube is reinstating channels previously banned under old COVID-19 and election rules, marking a major shift in moderation toward free expression. Reinstated channels can monetize content again, expanding ad inventory but raising brand-safety concerns for advertisers. The policy change allows s...

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