Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a former neighbor of Jeffrey Epstein who visited the disgraced financier on his Caribbean island, on Wednesday became the first sitting cabinet member to testify to the US House committee investigating the sex offender’s crimes and possible lapses in the law enforcement response.

A powerful Senate committee backed legislation to require OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. and other artificial intelligence companies to stop minors from using chatbots, responding to a strengthening public backlash against harm to children and teenagers attributed to the fast-spreading technology.

A powerful Senate committee backed legislation to require OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc. and other artificial intelligence companies to stop minors from using chatbots, responding to a strengthening public backlash against harm to children and teenagers attributed to the fast-spreading technology.

Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense political influence in their home state.

Some of the world’s largest technology companies swiftly quashed a California legislative measure that pitted giants like Apple Inc. and Google against smaller rivals, a display of their immense political influence in their home state.

Political groups tied to the cryptocurrency industry are sitting on a nearly $180 million war chest ahead of this year’s midterm elections, giving it the ability to outspend even some of the Republican Party’s most prominent super PACs.

Prediction markets are pouring money into Washington to defend against escalating criticism that their fast-growing platforms are contributing to a gambling explosion and enabling insider trading.

Pro-Israel megadonor Miriam Adelson gave $40 million to the Republicans’ House and Senate super political action committees, boosting the party’s war chest as it fights to maintain control of both chambers.

The companies behind sports gambling platforms FanDuel, DraftKings and Fanatics Sportsbook poured $41 million into a new super political action committee this year as part of their broader effort to expand legalized sports betting across the US.

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz poured $25 million into a pro-artificial intelligence super political action committee, boosting the industry’s war chest ahead of the November midterm elections.

Venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz poured $25 million into a pro-artificial intelligence super political action committee, boosting the industry’s war chest ahead of the November midterm elections.

A former top aide to President Donald Trump is initiating a $100 million campaign to promote the administration’s pro-artificial intelligence agenda during this year’s midterm elections.

A former top aide to President Donald Trump is initiating a $100 million campaign to promote the administration’s pro-artificial intelligence agenda during this year’s midterm elections.

Americans are increasingly turning against artificial intelligence, with growing majorities saying they fear the fast-moving technology will take away their jobs and hurt education, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Americans are increasingly turning against artificial intelligence, with growing majorities saying they fear the fast-moving technology will take away their jobs and hurt education, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

At a historic auditorium in Washington this week, Silicon Valley executives, Trump administration officials and members of Congress gathered in a sea of button-down shirts to extol the virtues of artificial intelligence.

At a historic auditorium in Washington this week, Silicon Valley executives, Trump administration officials and members of Congress gathered in a sea of button-down shirts to extol the virtues of artificial intelligence.

Despite deep pockets, the two industries came away with just one victory.

Democratic voters in Illinois this week rejected most candidates supported by the crypto and artificial intelligence industries, marking an unexpected defeat for well-funded special interest groups as they prepare to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to shape Congress in this year’s midterm elections.

Jesse Jackson Jr., a son of the late civil rights leader, fell short in his campaign to get reelected to Congress in the Illinois primaries after a race marked by heavy spending by both artificial intelligence and pro-Israel interest groups.