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Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The dilemma of the Anthropic myth, violence against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta The Big Technology…

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‘Marriage Penalty’ in New Washington State Tax Sparks Debate

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 20, 2026

A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide for wealthy…

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The Pentagon’s fight against Anthropic is raising fears in Silicon Valley and on Capitol Hill of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between Washington DC and the AI industry (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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ChatGPT asked a teenager who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over the course of months, but also used words like “hanging” and “suicide” very often, according to the family’s lawyers (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 28, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Alex and Ranjan’s Outlook for 2026: ChatGPT 1 Billion, AI Shopping, Apple’s Big Year, AI…

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How David Sacks and AI Advisor Sriram Krishnan Overcame Opposition to Trump’s AI EO, Contacting Lawmakers and Ultimately Changing the Text of the Order (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 15, 2025

Washington Post: How David Sacks and AI Advisor Sriram Krishnan Overcame Opposition to Trump’s AI EO, Contacting Lawmakers and Ultimately…

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EU officials are scrambling to resolve a growing trade dispute with China over rare earths and chips, as the bloc is caught between Beijing and Washington (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 28, 2025

Financial Times: EU officials are scrambling to resolve a growing trade dispute with China over rare earths and chips, as…

Technology

Sora’s Videos Showing Dead Celebrities Spark Backlash From Families; OpenAI says representatives of ‘recently deceased’ public figures can request to have their images blocked (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 12, 2025

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Inside Google’s AI Turnaround: The Rise of AI Mode, the Strategy Behind AI Previews, and Their…

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How JD Vance played a key role in the US Tiktok, in the midst of concerns concerning the vice-president acting as a business manager in the forced spin-off of a private company (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 28, 2025

Featured podcasts Podcast by Lenny: A 4 -step setting to build delicious products | Nesrine Changuel (Spotify, Google, Skype) Interviews…

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An overview of training sessions organized by Robotaxi companies, such as Zoox, to teach the first speakers how to manage emergencies involving autonomous cars (Lisa Bonos / Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 15, 2025

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A look at the continuation of Marc Benioff of productivity gains via AI in Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs in the past two years (Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 7, 2025

Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post:: A look at the continuation of Marc Benioff of productivity gains via AI in Salesforce,…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

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Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

‘Marriage Penalty’ in New Washington State Tax Sparks Debate

The Pentagon’s fight against Anthropic is raising fears in Silicon Valley and on Capitol Hill of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between Washington DC and the AI industry (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)

ChatGPT asked a teenager who died by suicide to call for help 74 times over the course of months, but also used words like “hanging” and “suicide” very often, according to the family’s lawyers (Washington Post)

How David Sacks and AI Advisor Sriram Krishnan Overcame Opposition to Trump’s AI EO, Contacting Lawmakers and Ultimately Changing the Text of the Order (Washington Post)

EU officials are scrambling to resolve a growing trade dispute with China over rare earths and chips, as the bloc is caught between Beijing and Washington (Financial Times)

Sora’s Videos Showing Dead Celebrities Spark Backlash From Families; OpenAI says representatives of ‘recently deceased’ public figures can request to have their images blocked (Washington Post)

How JD Vance played a key role in the US Tiktok, in the midst of concerns concerning the vice-president acting as a business manager in the forced spin-off of a private company (Washington Post)

An overview of training sessions organized by Robotaxi companies, such as Zoox, to teach the first speakers how to manage emergencies involving autonomous cars (Lisa Bonos / Washington Post)

A look at the continuation of Marc Benioff of productivity gains via AI in Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs in the past two years (Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post)