AOC draws parallel between prediction markets and Big Tobacco, floats advertising ban

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"I think there's a lot of things that we can learn from regulation of the tobacco industry that we can apply here," Ocasio-Cortez said of prediction markets.

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AOC and Bernie Sanders have a bill to pause AI data center construction. Here's what's in it.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The bill would halt the construction of new AI data centers around the US until "strong national safeguards" are put in place.

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AOC and Paris Hilton team up on a bill targeting AI deepfake porn

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Paris Hilton and AOC at an event supporting the DEFIANCE Act, a bill that would create a civil right of action allowing victims of AI-generated deepfake porn to sue the creators and distributors of those images.
Paris Hilton and AOC at an event supporting the DEFIANCE Act, a bill that would create a civil right of action allowing victims of AI-generated deepfake porn to sue the creators and distributors of those images.

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Washington is still catching up with the AI bubble debate

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Sen. Ted Cruz
"Will there be uncertainty? Will there be economic challenges? Of course," said Sen. Ted Cruz.

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Lawmakers are beginning to grapple with how their staff use AI

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Sen. Josh Hawley
Sen. Josh Hawley said he doesn't have an official no-use policy on AI, but that he discourages his staff from using it.

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AOC says people are being 'algorithmically polarized' by social media

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"There are people that are living in a MAGA universe online," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And that happens as well in progressive content and algorithms."

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'I don't trust it, I don't like it': Lawmakers sound off on why they don't use AI

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
"Writing is a use-it-or-lose-it skill, and I don't want to lose it," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told BI.

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AOC asked voters why they backed her candidacy and Trump's reelection. They said the economy and Gaza.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks in New York.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York strongly supported Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy.

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AOC's speech at the DNC shows just how much she's changed

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

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Biden 'felt compelled' to govern with progressives as part of his coalition because he felt they helped him win in 2020

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President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

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