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American voters are increasingly using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to help them make decisions about candidates and ballot measures, marking what may be the first election cycle where AI plays a significant role in voter research. The leftist bias researchers have revealed in practically every major AI tool makes this a concerning trend as the midterm elections draw close.

The ruling leftist Labour Party in Britain has suggested that social media sites should face new restrictions during elections, as the government claims it wants to confront the spread of so-called misinformation.

Wikipedia’s article about the tribute song “We Are Charlie Kirk” was included in the front page’s “Did you know” section in mid-May after receiving “Good article” status, one of the site’s highest quality rankings. Its front page entry noted an outlet calling it the “worst song” of 2025. The Wikipedia article about the song memorializing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his assassination last year denigrates conservatives who appreciated the song’s tribute to Kirk with particular focus on its suspected AI origins.

Technology, banking, and entertainment companies are significantly restricting employee access to AI tools as monthly costs skyrocket into tens of millions of dollars, according to internal documents and communications obtained from multiple organizations.

Spotify has taken down approximately 500,000 streams from Malcolm Todd’s popular song “Earrings” following concerns that the track’s chart performance was artificially manipulated by gamblers on prediction market platform Kalshi.

A Tesla Semi truck struck two passenger vehicles at a highway intersection in western Nevada on Sunday, killing a married couple and critically injuring another person in what authorities are considering the first known fatal crash involving Elon Musk’s new EV commercial truck.

Ford  announced a 10 percent decrease in U.S. vehicle sales for the second quarter with the automaker citing ongoing supplier issues affecting its F-Series trucks as a major cause of the shortfall. However, Ford’s EV sales dropped an astonishing 40 percent during the same time period.

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel launched a series of controversial criticisms and predictions about AI and Western democracy during remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Tuesday. In his most provocative statement, Thiel accused Pope Leo of serving the interests of China with his stance on AI.

Google has lost its lengthy legal battle to overturn a $4.69 billion fine imposed by the EU over requirements the tech giant forces on device manufacturers deploying its Android operating system.

Following Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger’s ban from the site he helped establish and sought to reform, site editors took to maligning him on his personal discussion page in what is commonly called “grave-dancing” on Wikipedia. Some editors argued Sanger’s proposed reforms should be discarded with his ban. Other editors expressing support for Sanger received mocking responses, including comments related to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year.

In New York City’s East Village, a weeklong festival dubbed the “Summer of Ludd” is bringing hundreds of young people together to learn how to live without constant digital connectivity and to resist the omnipresence of technology companies.

Elton John sold his entire image for millions of dollars so he can live on forever playing in Las Vegas.

The gaming console Playstation announced that it will no longer produce physical disc games come January 2028. 

Weird Al Yankovic has his limits and music generated by artificial intelligence (AI) is one of them. He wants nothing to do with it.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in July will vote on an order that would streamline satellite and earth station licensing processing to remove “outdate regulations” that hamper “America’s growing commercial space economy.”

Through the magic of AI, Gene Wilder is back, and movies are all about magic, so you can expect a whole lot more of this.

Sony delivered a brutal reminder this week that if you don’t own the physical disc, you don’t own the movie.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general alleging the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children while hiding the associated risks.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, ending a two-week standoff between the artificial intelligence company and the Trump administration.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is proposing a federal billionaire tax and a “public equity” fund involving AI.

A Brown University economics professor who modified his exam format to accommodate students traumatized by a campus shooting uncovered what may be the largest AI-assisted cheating scandal in Ivy League history. 

Hollywood film animators are saying that they are finding that artificial intelligence tools can reduce their production costs by an incredible 90 percent, according to a report.

Taiwanese government agencies conducted raids on Super Micro offices and several local affiliated companies as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected illegal exports of Nvidia AI chips to China.

Elon Musk has publicly criticized the philanthropic efforts of Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott on social media, claiming her billions in charitable donations are making the world a worse place.

American Chemistry Council President and CEO Chris Jahn cheered the Trump administration’s work to repeal onerous regulations, stating that doing so helps American manufacturing and keeps the U.S. competitive on the global stage.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million for a never-finished sci-fi series. Supporters including Keanu Reeves had asked the court to show him leniency.

American Chemistry Council (ACC) President and CEO Chris Jahn said at the Council’s first policy summit on Thursday that there is a dire need to enact permitting reform, noting that the Empire State Building was permitted and built in only two years.

New York socialist congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier hyped up communism, Marxism, and Soviet figures in posts on her social media account, which have since been deleted.

Erin Brockovich, who secured a historic $333 million settlement against PG&E in 1993 and was immortalized by Julia Roberts on the silver screen, has launched a new battle against the proliferation of AI data centers across the United States and beyond.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reportedly conducting an extensive investigation into Polymarket, one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has urged Congress to consider breaking up major technology companies like Apple following announcements that the company may raise prices on its phones and laptops due to processing chip shortages.