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Documents show two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants worth more than $100 million to be removed because of their connection to DEI (Jennifer Schuessler/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 8, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI revenues explode, Dario’s memo, McDonald’s CEO’s baby burger The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

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The Corporate DEI index sees its participation fall by 65% compared to the Fortune 500

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

People wave flags outside the U.S. Supreme Court on December 4, 2024 in Washington, DC, during oral arguments on whether…

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Sources and memo: US DOJ uses new reading of federal anti-fraud law to investigate contractors, including Google and Verizon, over their DEI programs (Lydia Wheeler/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 29, 2025

Lydia Wheeler / The Wall Street Journal: Sources and memo: US DOJ uses new reading of federal anti-fraud law to…

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Memo: Apple’s March update on its AI training guidelines for data annotators has marked Dei as a "controversial" subject and delete intolerance as "harmful" Behavior (Océane Herrero / Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 10, 2025

Océane Herrero / Politico:: Memo: Apple’s March Update on its AI training guidelines for data annotators marked Dei as a…

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Q&A with the CEO of Verizon Consumer Sowmyanarayan Sampath on why the neutrality of the net "literally went nowhere"Having Yahoo, FCC probes on Dei, and more (Nilay Patel / The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 22, 2025

Nilay Patel / The penis:: Q&A with the CEO of consumption Verizon Sowmyanarayan on why the neutrality of the net…

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Paramount ends the DEI policies, quotes the Trump Decree

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 27, 2025

Paramount’s headquarters in New York on August 27, 2024.Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty imagesOverall According to a CNBC note,…

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Apple investors reject the proposals of external shareholders asking the company to stop its dei efforts and to write a report assessing the risks of its work on AI (Mark Gurman / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 25, 2025

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:: Apple investors reject the external proposals of shareholders asking the company to stop its dei efforts…

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Browsing: DEI

Documents show two DOGE employees used ChatGPT to identify National Endowment for the Humanities grants worth more than $100 million to be removed because of their connection to DEI (Jennifer Schuessler/New York Times)

The Corporate DEI index sees its participation fall by 65% compared to the Fortune 500

Sources and memo: US DOJ uses new reading of federal anti-fraud law to investigate contractors, including Google and Verizon, over their DEI programs (Lydia Wheeler/Wall Street Journal)

Memo: Apple’s March update on its AI training guidelines for data annotators has marked Dei as a "controversial" subject and delete intolerance as "harmful" Behavior (Océane Herrero / Politico)

Q&A with the CEO of Verizon Consumer Sowmyanarayan Sampath on why the neutrality of the net "literally went nowhere"Having Yahoo, FCC probes on Dei, and more (Nilay Patel / The Verge)

Paramount ends the DEI policies, quotes the Trump Decree

Apple investors reject the proposals of external shareholders asking the company to stop its dei efforts and to write a report assessing the risks of its work on AI (Mark Gurman / Bloomberg)