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In 12 years of Narendra Modi's rule, no cabinet minister had ever resigned due to public pressure — until the Cockroach Janta Party protests forced the education minister out.
The Senate's de facto 60-vote threshold means 53 Republican senators need Democratic help to pass most legislation before the August recess.
The Senate must pass $1 trillion in government funding and $100 billion in Pentagon cash before elections after two record-setting shutdowns under Trump.
Sinofsky claims that every scenario critics identify as an AI risk — non-consensual nudity, discriminatory lending, dangerous drugs — already has a law against it.
If you receive a government grant for computer science research, you are required to release your software as open source — making government opposition to open-source AI internally contradictory.
Shawn Ryan enlisted in the Navy at 17, was in BUD/S by 18, and was at a SEAL team by age 20.
Shawn Ryan earned roughly $200,000–$250,000 a year contracting for the CIA, which he used to fund an increasingly reckless lifestyle in Medellín, Colombia.
Before writing new AI laws, governments should first audit whether the roughly 2 million laws already on the books apply to AI use cases — covering CSAM, spam, surveillance, and more.
One state passed a law saying AI can't be registered as an attorney — but this is already impossible under existing licensing law, illustrating how redundant new AI rules often are.
George Kamel warned that Medicaid has a 5-year look-back period, meaning assets moved out of an estate before that window can still disqualify a person from benefits.
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