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Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have expanded 1789 Capital, a roughly $1 billion fund they back, into AI and drone companies even as the administration pushes to speed up AI development, The Washington Post reported...
The Justice Department filed a 20-page statement of interest late on Sept. 1, 2026 with U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in the Southern District of New York, telling the court that training large language models on...
U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco on Aug. 27 permanently barred the administration from enforcing the measures cutting Anthropic off from the federal government. In a 59-page opinion she voided Defense...
Reuters reported on Aug. 18, 2026 that World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture the Trump family co-founded, is collaborating with WorldClaw, a Hong Kong-based AI platform. A Reuters review found 43 of the 90 models...
A draft State Department letter reviewed by Reuters warns 35 signatories of a U.S. “AI Opportunity Statement” that they will be excluded from the U.S.-led Pax Silica initiative if they also join China’s competing AI...
On July 22, 2026, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announced more than $5 billion in federal commitments to expand the Genesis Mission, an AI-for-science initiative President Trump created by...
An unreleased Department of War annual report shared with The Intercept says the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence went from 40 personnel in January 2025 to nine — seven civilians and two service members — by the...
On July 20, 2026, the Commerce Department confirmed that Chris Fall, director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), was resigning after roughly three months in the role. Fall was appointed in April to...
According to a Bloomberg report published July 20, 2026, the Trump administration is considering creating an independent regulator to vet the safety of advanced AI models, developed with industry input. The proposal...
In July 2026, the Trump administration began asserting new control over which companies and partners receive early access to the most advanced ("frontier") AI models, according to CNBC, which cited people familiar with...