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Ex-OpenAI Weil: from chatbots to reusable rockets with Stoke Space

27 Million Dollars to Sway a Local Election: The AI Super PAC Madness

Picture a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires dumping $27 million into a tiny local election in New York—not to run for office themselves, but just to push their tech agenda. It's happening right now, and the craziest part? They're doing it through AI-funded super PACs.

Microsoft Defends AI from Booing Graduates (And It's Right, But Not How You'd Think)

Commencement speeches have turned into unlikely battlegrounds where fresh graduates boo speakers hyping up artificial intelligence — like they're at a punk rock show instead of a diploma ceremony. Microsoft waded into the fray with a lengthy manifesto, and here's the twist: it's not the usual «trust the future» pitch.