Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there's not a lot to protect them.

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By Don Knebel February 24, 2026 Over the past few decades, the so-called “Christian Right,” aligned with the Republican Party ...

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“In one year, President Trump has turned our country around from the brink of disaster, and he will rightly declare the state of our union is strong, prosperous and respected,” Karoline Leavitt, the ...