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Argentina Built the AI Law the US Couldn't Pass
OpenAI signed a $25B deal three weeks before the vote. Eight months later, the law arrived.
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Your $274 Copay. The $43 Vial.
A PBM exec called it drinking down the tasty rebates. The FTC has the quote, and two of three settled.
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Due Date Was April 29. UHC Asked for More Time.
The documents that could prove how an algorithm denied your claim are still sealed. Here's the docket.
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The Price Tool Hospitals Use Against You
It was supposed to let you shop for care. Nine times out of ten, it's used to raise your rate.
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The Program RFK Jr. Confirmed Before Announcing It
He told a reporter the studies were "in motion." His department still won't say what the program is.
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He Leaked Records. Now He Runs the Wiretaps.
The GAO is investigating Bill Pulte for weaponizing one government database. Trump just handed him a bigger one.
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Two Estimates. One Algorithm Still Running.
The DOJ settled for $0. Then its own economists put a number on what RealPage's algorithm actually costs you.
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DHS Filed Zero Privacy Reviews in 2026
The law requires one before collecting your data. In 2024 they filed 24. Then 8. Then none.
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The man who wrote it was in the room
He drafted Schedule F at Heritage in 2020. Six years later he stood next to Trump as it became law.
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MechaHitler's Maker Sued to Kill a Bias Law
The only statewide AI bias law in America is dead. The company that killed it had a bias record of its own.
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Dayton Bagged 72 Cameras It Can't Remove
The city suspended its Flock contract. Then it covered the cameras with trash bags, because legal removal wasn't clear.
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You Save $3,768. Your Data Earns Them $6,565.
Five companies extract more from your data each year than you manage to put away. Nobody has to tell you.