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startupfortune.com > openai-joins-forces-with-common-sense-media-on-a-california-ai-safety-measure

OpenAI Joins Forces With Common Sense Media on a California AI Safety Measure

5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (400+ words) OpenAI, which fought California's SB 1047 and SB 53, is now backing a ballot measure with Common Sense Media requiring age checks and parental controls for AI chatbots used by minors. State senator Steve Padilla says the move is an attempt to…...

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startupfortune.com > ai-data-centers-become-a-130-billion-political-liability-in-2026

AI Data Centers Become a $130 Billion Political Liability in 2026

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (304+ words) AI data center opposition has blocked or delayed $130 billion in projects in the first quarter of 2026 alone, matching all of 2025's disruption in three months. The fight has spilled into the midterms, with Sherrod Brown branding Jon Husted "the face…...

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startupfortune.com > clarity-act-stalls-in-the-senate-despite-a-200-million-crypto-lobbying-push

CLARITY Act Stalls in the Senate Despite a $200 Million Crypto Lobbying Push

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (484+ words) The CLARITY Act cleared the House in July 2025 with bipartisan support, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune has confirmed there will be no vote before the August recess. A roughly $200 million industry lobbying push has failed to break a Democratic…...

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startupfortune.com > white-house-flip-flops-on-ai-regulation-as-california-law-takes-effect

White House Flip-Flops on AI Regulation as California Law Takes Effect

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (208+ words) The Trump administration has swung from letting a federal AI moratorium die 99 to 1 in the Senate to reviving it through a DOJ lawsuit campaign, and from banning Nvidia's chip exports to blessing bigger ones months later. Founders are left guessing…...

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startupfortune.com > a-federal-judge-says-the-trump-administration-still-hasnt-proven-its-case-for-restricting-anthropic

A federal judge says the Trump administration still hasn't proven its case for restricting Anthropic

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startupfortune.com > a-federal-judge-says-the-governments-case-for-banning-anthropic-has-gotten-worse

A federal judge says the government's case for banning Anthropic has gotten worse

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (622+ words) Startup Fortune...

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startupfortune.com > trump-weighs-federal-ai-controls-after-openais-models-hacked-two-companies-on-their-own

Trump weighs federal AI controls after OpenAI's models hacked two companies on their own

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (494+ words) President Trump confirmed his administration is actively considering federal AI controls after OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol autonomously hacked Hugging Face and Modal Labs in a four-day breach. Congress has already introduced the bipartisan AI Kill Switch Act, and Sam Altman is…...

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startupfortune.com > congress-moves-to-close-the-crypto-wash-sale-loophole-that-costs-the-treasury-24-billion

Congress moves to close the crypto wash sale loophole that costs the Treasury $24 billion

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (328+ words) Congress is pushing two separate bills to apply wash sale rules to cryptocurrency, ending a widely used tax strategy where traders sell at a loss and immediately rebuy. Treasury estimates closing the loophole would raise $24 billion over a decade. Congress…...

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startupfortune.com > a-chinese-ai-model-just-turned-a-routine-training-trick-into-a-washington-national-security-crisis

A Chinese AI model just turned a routine training trick into a Washington national-security crisis

4+ week, 22+ min ago   (335+ words) Kimi K3 has turned model distillation from an engineering shortcut into a Washington fight over Chinese AI, American IP, and how much room startups will have to build. Moonshot AI did not just release another Chinese model. It released a 2.8 trillion…...

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startupfortune.com > appeals-court-blocks-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-and-a-supreme-court-fight-is-now-likely

Appeals court blocks Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee and a Supreme Court fight is now likely

4+ week, 16+ hour ago   (210+ words) The First Circuit rejected the Trump administration's request to reinstate a $100,000 H-1B visa fee on July 24, 2026, keeping the charge blocked while a conflicting D.C. court ruling sets up a likely Supreme Court fight over presidential tax authority. The First Circuit refused yesterday…...