The Washington Inquisitor
Artificial Intelligence
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Axel Springer reports $110,000 in third-quarter lobbying on AI and copyright
The Politico and Business Insider owner has lobbied Congress on compensation for AI use of journalism since 2024, with outside help from ACG Advocacy and, briefly, Ballard Partners.
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Energy Department adds helium to its Critical Material List
DOE cited helium’s role in semiconductor manufacturing, pipeline leak testing and quantum computing, tying the designation to the administration’s AI Action Plan. The U.S. is the world’s largest producer and a net…
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WestCap’s Laurence Tosi talks AI investing at Georgetown after alumni entrepreneurs name him investor of the year
Laurence Tosi (C’90, L’94, MBA’94), ex-CFO of Blackstone and Airbnb, speaks Tuesday on investing in AI at the Hariri Building, after the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Alliance’s Oct. 22 awards honored him, Ronald Blaylock…
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Singles will let AI coach their dating lives, but most draw the line at letting it flirt
Match’s Spark Study of 3,007 UK singles finds 39% have used AI in dating, but two-thirds reject letting it hold conversations, and 35% would end things over AI-written messages.
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Treasury proposes wider limits on U.S. investment in adversary tech firms, adding biotechnology
Treasury’s proposed rules under the COINS Act would expand outbound investment restrictions to biotechnology, high-performance computing and hypersonics, and to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian…