European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera in San Francisco during a United States visit last week. Source: Teresa Ribera / LinkedIn

European Commission Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera in San Francisco during a visit to the United States last week. Source

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A photo of the front panel of the very first 

 (IMP). This one was used at the UCLA Boelter 3420 lab to transmit the first message on the Internet. 

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Olivier Sylvain Wants to Reclaim the Internet from Big Tech

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President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a press conference, March 9, 2026. (Official White House 

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Dutch Court Orders X, Grok to Stop AI-generated Sexual Abuse Content

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Oversight Board Flags Human Rights Risks in Meta's Global Community Notes Rollout

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Almost Two-Thirds of Europeans Back Replacing US Tech, Poll Finds

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Landmark Verdicts Could Unleash New Legal Playbook Over Social Media Harms

The homepage for Anthropic's Claude chatbot.

In Claude We Trust? Stress Testing the AI Model’s Constitution

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Does YouTube’s Algorithm Reward Risky Prank Content?

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America’s AI Governance Crisis Is a Democracy Crisis

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Anthropic-Pentagon Dispute Reverberates in European Capitals

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Policymakers Ignore Spyware Middlemen Driving Global Proliferation

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How Cal State Became Ground Zero for the Fight over AI in Higher Education

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