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motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > openai-congress-senate-hawley-casar-committee-probe-investigation

Don't be fooled—Congress isn't cracking down on OpenAI

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (447+ words) A Republican-led Senate subcommittee on disaster management is now investigating the July incident where OpenAI’s autonomous models hacked Hugging Face, another AI startup, during internal testing. Axios first reported the Senate probe on Thursday, providing a letter by Sen. Josh…...


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > 911-emergency-dispatch-response-delay-oakland-st-louis-crisis-type

America's 911 system is facing its own emergency

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1497+ words) Byard Duncan7 minutes ago Now, breastfeeding her baby on the living room couch, Ditta felt what she describes as “a rush of something coming out of me.” She hustled to the bathroom, wishing against her own certainty: Please don’t be blood....


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > were-suing-chatgpt-and-trump-just-got-involved

ChatGPT took our stories. We’re suing.

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (701+ words) The other day I asked ChatGPT about a political moment I’ll never forget: “What was the 47 percent story about?” Its answer: That’s accurate as far as it goes. But there’s one glaring omission: any reference to Mother Jones, which uncovered…...


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > flock-contracts-cancelled-cameras-alpr-rekor-axon-florida-texas

Flock is cancelled—and their competitors are profiting

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (485+ words) Pushback against mass surveillance is growing—and it's going beyond Flock. Barry Chin/Boston Globe/Getty Police officers nationwide are taking advantage of that surveillance ability. In dozens of cases, officers have lost their jobs or faced criminal charges for…...


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-of-ai

Everyone wants to be the sole master of AI tech

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (435+ words) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a speech during the Computex 2026 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan on June 1, 2026.Chiang Ying-ying/AP On Thursday, Nvidia, the tech giant that develops chips that power AI tools like ChatGPT, announced its acquisition of Hugging Face…...


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 09 > mamdani-nyc-ai-ban-pause-moratorium-public-schools

Mamdani issues AI moratorium in NYC schools

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (430+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference to announce a one-year moratorium on student AI usage in NYC public schools. NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year moratorium on AI use for elementary and…...


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > trump-communities-that-oppose-data-centers-will-be-backwards-and-poor

Trump: Communities that oppose data centers will be "backwards and poor"

2+ week, 2+ hour ago   (272+ words) President Donald Trump holds a graphic showing the size of Meta's new data center under construction in Louisiana in comparison to Manhattan during a cabinet meeting on August 26, 2025.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty But boosting AI and the data centers that…...


motherjones.com > politics > 2026 > 08 > flock-camera-abuse-technology-license-plate-misconduct-sidhu

Flock execs are taking credit for catching bad cops now

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (666+ words) A Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) camera at the parking lot of a Lowe's store near Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.Paul Weaver/Getty Flock Safety is having a hard month. The surveillance technology company, which has sold more than 120,000 automated license…...