regulatory capture
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AI is The Largest Theft of Knowledge and Information in History
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street sit on both sides of the copyright bargain, which makes voluntary consent an accounting entry rather than a settlement with creators. Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The New York Times Company filed suit against Microsoft and OpenAI in December 2023 alleging that its journalism had been reproduced without licence or… Continue reading
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How the White House Sold a Pyramid Scheme to the American People
The billionaires who gathered at the White House signed a non-binding promise to police themselves, while their data centres drain the water and electricity of American towns and their AI models replace the jobs of American workers Editorial Analysis | October 2026 The White House gathering on 29 September 2026 brought together the most powerful… Continue reading
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AI Won’t Kill You. The People Selling It Might.
Why the warnings of existential risk from artificial intelligence serve the interests of the firms that issue them, and how the real harms of algorithmic governance are already being inflicted on populations that possess no means of resistance Editorial Analysis | September 2026 The claim that executives of leading artificial intelligence firms have experienced a… Continue reading
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The Price Shock – How Chinese Open-Weight AI Is Dismantling Silicon Valley’s Business Model
How DeepSeek and Zhipu AI exposed the assumptions on which $1.8 trillion in Western AI valuations rest Editorial Analysis | July 2026 I. The Regulatory Hearing as Commercial Theatre Sam Altman appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law on 16 May 2023, delivering testimony that a senior Democratic senator described… Continue reading
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Kushner’s Foreign Deals and Policy Role Face Congressional Scrutiny
Officials cite national security and ethics concerns tied to investment activity and international negotiations U.S. Representative Yassamin Ansari says she plans to investigate Jared Kushner over concerns about conflicts between U.S. foreign policy activity and private financial interests. Kushner is the son-in-law of Donald Trump, a relationship that placed him in a senior advisory role… Continue reading
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