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House G.O.P. Leaders Ask Nvidia’s Huang to Speak in Closed-Door Briefing

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By: Tripp Mickle
The New York Times reported last week that Mr. Huang had a close relationship with an executive that U.S. officials determined was funneling information to Chinese intelligence.

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A request for Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, to speak represented a shift for Republican congressional leaders, who have largely taken a hands-off approach to the tech industry.
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OpenAI Pledges to Give Locals More Say in Data Center Projects

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By: Emmy Martin
The artificial intelligence company pledged to be more collaborative with the communities where it is building its data centers.

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OpenAI’s Stargate data center project in Abilene, Texas, is one of the largest under construction in the country.
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Voters Rejected A.I. in the Midterms. Now Comes an Era of Scrutiny.

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By: Cecilia Kang and Sophia June
After two years of little A.I. oversight, voters on Tuesday rejected data center projects and swept into office Democratic candidates who promised to regulate the technology.

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A sign supporting the banning of data centers is posted outside a home in New Albany, Ohio.
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Sherrod Brown’s Win in Ohio Is a Rare Loss for Crypto Under Trump

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By: David McCabe and Theodore Schleifer
Fairshake, the major industry super PAC, spent $46 million on ads against the Democrat, Sherrod Brown, who won.

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Sherrod Brown at the Democratic watch party in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday after winning back his Senate seat.
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OpenAI and Anthropic Set Up ‘War Rooms’ to Fight Disinfo About Midterm Elections

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By: Steven Lee Myers
OpenAI, Anthropic and other tech companies have vowed to protect Tuesday’s elections from efforts to undermine democracy.

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OpenAI employees work inside the company’s Election Operations Center in San Francisco.
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How A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Microtarget Voters

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By: Tiffany Hsu
Hyper-personalized messages, delivered with A.I.-enabled precision, herald a new frontier for voter outreach (and potential disinformation).

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Microtargeting technology can help campaigns build more sophisticated models about constituent preferences that can be used to test various messaging in real time.
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House Democrats Criticize Justice Dept. Support of OpenAI in Copyright Suit

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By: Karen Weise
In a court filing, top Democrats on the Judiciary Committee indicated their support for publishers in a lawsuit led by The New York Times.

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The San Francisco offices of OpenAI, which is being sued in federal court by The New York Times and other publishers.
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Polymarket and Kalshi Face a Major Accuracy Test: The Midterms

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By: Stuart A. Thompson
Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.

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Prediction platforms like Polymarket are hoping the U.S. midterm elections will be their moment to shine.
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Intel’s Shares Plunge 20% as A.I. Hinders Some Parts of Its Business

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By: Don Clark
The chipmaker, whose largest investor is the U.S. government, reported that the A.I. boom’s domino effect had hurt sales to personal computer makers.

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A silicon wafer at Intel’s campus in Ocotillo, Ariz. The company reported revenue of $16.5 billion in its third quarter.
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Polymarket and Kalshi Turn Midterm Elections Into a Multimillion Dollar Market

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By: Stuart A. Thompson and Lauren McCarthy
Betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi have transformed America’s democracy into a new kind of casino.

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David Bensoussan has placed wagers worth over $1.5 million in over a dozen midterm races.
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Nvidia Chief, Jensen Huang, Is Seen as Target of Chinese Spy Plot

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By: Jonathan Swan， Maggie Haberman， Ana Swanson， Paul Mozur， Tripp Mickle and Julian E. Barnes
A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.

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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is influential at the White House on technology policy and has developed a close relationship with President Trump.
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Darline Graham Gets Help From the Data Center Industry in South Carolina Senate Race

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By: Theodore Schleifer and Emily Davies
As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.

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Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina has been friendlier toward the data center industry than her Democratic opponent, trying to walk a line between backing the centers’ development as a national security necessity while stressing the need for community involvement.
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Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes

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By: Rebecca F. Elliott and Maddie McGarvey
In Ohio, many voters say their frustration about the increase in electricity and fuel prices and the growth of data centers won’t influence whom they vote for.

In interviews, Ohio residents described data centers as threats to their communities. But many of them said the issue was not driving their choice for senator or governor.
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What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline?

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By: Karla Adam and Dustin Volz
A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

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A programmer in Guernica, Spain, on Thursday, working on PHP code, software used throughout the internet.
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A.I. and Its Dangers Are Embedded In the Midterm Elections

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By: Tiffany Hsu， Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes
The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.

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One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.
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