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Ben Brody
@BenBrodyDC
Technology reporter @PunchbowlNews. Formerly @mlexclusive, @Protocol (RIP), @business and more. Not the war photographer. Terrible with faces.
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    Ben Brody
    @BenBrodyDC
    Jul 31
    Interesting split here between Chair Ferguson and Commissioner Meador over this $1.8B vertical deal in the quantum computing space
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    FTC
    @FTC
    Jul 31
    Statements on the grant of early termination of the FTC’s investigation of IonQ’s proposed acquisition of SkyWater: ftc.gov/news-events/ne…
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    Ben Brody
    @BenBrodyDC
    Jul 31
    Another one (and this time aimed at Anthropic disclosing similar issues to OAI/Hugging Face)
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    Lori Trahan
    House Democrats
    @RepLoriTrahan
    Jul 31
    For the second time this month, an AI model broke into real companies during a safety test. Anthropic disclosed it today after OpenAI did the same last week. We can’t run AI safety on the honor system. When Congress returns, we must hold hearings and move the FRONTIER Act.
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    Ben Brody
    @BenBrodyDC
    Jul 30
    Following our story on hurdles to the Thune-Klobuchar AI framework, @amyklobuchar says she hopes to lock in an agreement over August. "I just don't think we can keep waiting until the next election and the next election and the next election," she said punchbowl.news/article/tech/t…
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    Ben Brody
    @BenBrodyDC
    Jul 30
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    Douglas Farrar
    @DouglasLFarrar
    Jul 30
    NEW INVESTIGATION: Ask Amazon's AI shopping assistant for "Made in USA" fly fishing reels, and it says, "Sorry, I don't have access to that information." Ask for "Made in China" reels, and you get a full comparison table with purchase recommendations.
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    Ben Brody
    @BenBrodyDC
    Jul 30
    Before reporting this story, I don’t think I would have correctly guessed which side *any* of these players were on
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    Punchbowl News
    @PunchbowlNews
    Jul 30
    Thune’s AI plan is on hold amid disagreements with the AI firm Anthropic and Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), sources said. @BenBrodyDC and @LauraEWeiss16 have the details: punchbowl.news/article/tech/t…
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