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A Visit to a Gun Store Shouldn't Put You on a Government List

Gun registry bans might not be enough to protect gun owners from lists built from license-plate data.

Reason · 38m ago

AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers: ‘Flock is always watching’

Privacy concerns with the surveillance technology have prompted calls from people across the country to remove icense plate readers from their streets

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Trump says AI can self-regulate. Even some top Republicans don’t trust that

IN FOCUS: Even MAGA populists like Josh Hawley worry about the risks of AI, Eric Garcia writes. But the Senate still skipped town before doing anything about it

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Congress continues back-seat role as AI execs feted at White House

Following a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump and technology moguls, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Tuesday pushed back on calls to impose regulations on artificial intelligence, even as news of worrisome AI models hacking into government databases become increasingly common and the public grows more skeptical…

Roll Call · Sep 29

Flock Cameras Face Senate Hearing After Woman Spent 13 Days in Jail When AI Wrongly Matched Her Car

Flock's nationwide automated licence-plate camera network faced scrutiny at a US Senate hearing after data helped identify a Florida woman whose charges were later dropped.

International Business Times UK · Sep 29

Senators gear up for Judiciary clash with Jack Smith

The special counsel who supervised the dismissed federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump is set for a confrontation with the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Even the title of the hearing — “Oversight of Jack Smith’s Abuse of Authority and the Targeting of Republicans and Related Matters” — gives…

Roll Call · Sep 28

Trump’s red-carpet rollout for Xi was everything MAGA didn’t need amid dire predictions

ELECTIONS 2026: While Trump is busy giving tours of his ballroom and dines with tech CEOs, Republicans now have to run in a midterm amid high gas prices and a backlash to AI, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Mark Cuban Says He’s ‘All for Universal Care’ But Warns It Won’t ‘Automagically Work,’ and the ‘Best First Step’ Is This Warren-Hawley Bill

Cuban believes in Medicare for All, but thinks people need to temper their expectations. He thinks a recently introduced bill is most consumers' best shot for now.

Barchart · Sep 25

‘The assumption is yes,’ Thune says of another leadership run

As the Senate tries to navigate its final business before the midterms, Republicans are facing another question — who will steer the ship once they’re done? So far, they’re not straying far from their current captain, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, with no viable rival emerging as yet.  “The assumption…

Roll Call · Sep 24

Flock cameras draw bipartisan concerns at Senate hearing

Senators of both parties expressed alarm Wednesday about the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance cameras and automated license plate readers. The bipartisan concerns were aired at a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee’s panel on Crime and Counterterrorism, though Garrett Langley, the CEO of Flock Safety, which has drawn…

Roll Call · Sep 23