The Valley's main line into Trump's AI policy just went dark. David Sacks stepped down as White House AI and Crypto Czar after hitting the 130-day limit for special government employees Sacks had been in the role more than a year, raising questions about how the SGE time limit actually worked
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The Trump administration tried to ban Anthropic's Claude from government use, and a federal court just hit pause on that ban. Anthropic won a court order blocking the Trump administration's ban on government use of its Claude AI chatbot, claiming billions in potential lost revenue.
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A judge just greenlit testimony that Microsoft might owe Elon Musk $25 billion for allegedly breaking the rules when OpenAI went from nonprofit to profit machine.
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Two progressive lawmakers just tried to freeze the entire AI infrastructure buildout until Washington catches up. Bernie Sanders and AOC introduced companion bills to ban new data center construction until Congress passes AI regulation
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The Democratic Party just split wide open on AI infrastructure, and the fracture line runs straight through 2028. Sen. Mark Warner called a proposed AI data center moratorium "idiocy" at Axios' AI+DC Summit, directly rebutting Sanders-AOC legislation introduced the same day
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François Chollet just dropped a benchmark that measures what AI actually can't do yet, and the timing couldn't be more pointed.
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OpenAI just put a bounty on the vulnerabilities that could break the agent economy before it scales. OpenAI launched a Safety Bug Bounty program targeting AI abuse and safety risks, specifically calling out agentic vulnerabilities, prompt injection, and data exfiltration
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The same CEOs who spent the last decade claiming AI needs regulation are now the ones writing the rules. Meta's Zuckerberg, Nvidia's Huang, Oracle's Ellison, and Google's Brin join Trump's revived President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, focused on AI policy
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Bernie Sanders just proposed a full stop on data center construction until Congress figures out what "safe AI" means.
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Anthropic just shipped the training wheels for autonomous AI agents, and they had to. Anthropic launched "auto mode" for Claude Code, letting the AI act independently while blocking risky actions like file deletion, data exfiltration, or executing malicious code before they run.
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The AI safety narrative just collided with the Pentagon's procurement office, and the wreckage tells us more about power than principles. Anthropic and OpenAI are both negotiating Pentagon deals, sparking user exodus from ChatGPT and London's largest AI protest to date
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Baltimore just made local consumer protection law the new frontier in AI liability, and it might actually work. Baltimore filed a consumer protection lawsuit against X and xAI over Grok-generated deepfakes, bypassing the stalled federal AI regulatory conversation entirely.
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Meta's new AR glasses just hit a wall called Europe, and it's not about privacy this time. Meta's display-equipped Ray-Ban smart glasses are blocked from EU launch due to battery regulations, AI rules, and supply constraints
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A federal judge just questioned whether the Trump administration can legally ban Anthropic's AI from government use, and billions of dollars hang on the answer. The Trump administration banned federal agencies from using Anthropic's Claude chatbot, and a judge now calls that rationale "troubling"
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Silicon Valley flew to DC to talk about AI leadership while bombs were falling in Iran, and the contrast tells you everything about where we are in 2026. The Hill and Valley Forum brought dozens of VCs, execs, and government officials to Washington to discuss maintaining US dominance in AI
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OpenAI just committed to spending $1 billion through its nonprofit arm in 2026, a curious move for a company that just restructured to maximize for-profit returns.
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Europe's banks are blocking its AI future, and the ECB just said the quiet part out loud. ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane says Europe's bank-heavy funding model is keeping the continent from capitalizing on AI innovation
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A federal judge just ruled that Elon Musk can be sued for allegedly wielding executive power without constitutional authority while serving as a Trump adviser, and the implications reach far beyond one billionaire's legal troubles.
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Europe just minted a $14.6 billion data center company, and Sheryl Sandberg joining the board isn't the real story. UK data center developer Nscale raised $2 billion, hitting a $14.6 billion valuation and becoming one of Europe's most valuable startups
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The White House wants to write one rulebook for AI and erase the other 50. The Trump administration asked Congress to preempt state AI laws, pushing a single federal framework it calls "One Rulebook" to replace what it sees as a patchwork of state regulations.
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