Today's news is dominated by the escalating political battle over AI—spanning Washington's regulatory fights, the 2028 Democratic field, an Australian probe into OpenAI and Anthropic, and climate protesters targeting big tech—with a few smaller tech stories (Apple Card, Georgism, a new diagram tool) rounding things out.

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The Fight to Rein In AI Is Dividing Washington

Congressional lawmakers under mounting pressure to address AI risks are finding little agreement on what regulatory action to take.

As pressure mounts for Congress to address the risks of artificial intelligence, lawmakers are finding little agreement on what action to take.

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Insurance companies are weighing whether to offer policies covering damage caused by rogue AI agents and AI-driven cyberattacks, creating a liability dilemma.

Rogue AI agents leave insurers facing dilemma over liability. Insurance companies are weighing up the risk of providing policies to cover the damage caused by AI cyberattacks. One summer morning in 2017, Ukrainians woke to news that parts of the country’s core infrastructure, including monitoring ...

As Congress confronts AI, Senate lawmakers are shut off from its most advanced tools

Senate offices have access to basic chatbots like ChatGPT but are not authorized to use the more advanced AI tools at the center of regulatory and safety debates.

While Senate offices have access to chatbots like ChatGPT, they are not authorized to use any of the more advanced tools that are at the center of regulatory talks and public debate about AI safety.

The AI debate is already shaping the 2028 election. Here’s where Democratic hopefuls stand | Democrats | The Guardian

Debates over AI development, regulation, and data centers have become prominent campaign topics among Democratic presidential hopefuls for the 2028 election.

Debates over AI development, regulation and datacenters have become buzzy topics for US presidential candidates

Meta refused to run ads promoting Elon Musk's documentary; calls it 'error and ...' - The Times of India

Meta initially refused to run paid ads promoting Elon Musk's upcoming documentary, a move the company reportedly called an error.

Facebook's parent company, Meta, initially refused to run paid ads promoting Elon Musk’s upcoming documentary, a report claims.

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe By Reuters

An Australian Senate inquiry examining the impacts of AI and data centers on communities, industries, water, and energy has called the CEOs of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear.

The OpenAI agent’s incursion ... ban on social media for teens, tech policy experts say. The Senate inquiry is examining the potential impacts of AI and data centres on Australian communities, industries, water and energy....

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🟠 Hacker News

1.	Fifteen years later, the Apple Cards origin story (lexontech.org) 400 points · 103 comments
2.	Does Georgism work? Five years later (astralcodexten.com) 355 points · 259 comments
3.	Show HN: Reladraw – A diagram language where you decide where to place things (github.com) 319 points · 86 comments

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