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AI Regulation: Experts Ask for US Oversight as Diligent Debuts EU Compliance Tools

September 18, 2024
Senate, AI regulations
Crypto Legislation Could Come This Year, Schumer Tells Crypto4Harris
Cryptocurrency // August 15, 2024

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer believes crypto legislation could happen this year. Schumer made this comment Wednesday (Aug. 14) at an online event for cryptocurrency insiders who are backing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. “We all believe in the future of crypto,” said Schumer, whose comments at the...

AI Regulation: Microsoft Leaves OpenAI, Senate Probes and Calls for Balance
artificial intelligence // July 10, 2024

As artificial intelligence reshapes the tech landscape, regulators and lawmakers are scrambling to keep pace. Microsoft’s withdrawal from OpenAI’s board, an upcoming Senate hearing on AI privacy, and expert calls for a new regulatory approach highlight the complex challenges facing the AI industry and its...

AI Regulation: Senators Unveil AI Plan, OpenAI CEO Wants International Agency
artificial intelligence // May 15, 2024

A growing chorus of lawmakers and technology leaders are calling for new regulations to govern the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) as the transformative but largely unchecked technology permeates more aspects of daily life. On Wednesday (May 15), a bipartisan group of senators unveiled...

Senate AI Group Recommends $32 Billion in Spending
artificial intelligence // May 15, 2024

A bipartisan Senate group wants the government to spend at least $32 billion on AI. That funding, the senators said in a report issued Wednesday (May 15), would be spread over a three-year period and help develop artificial intelligence (AI) and create safeguards around the fast-growing technology....

Interviews & Exclusives
The Unintended Consequences of Durbin’s Proposed Routing Legislation

October 10, 2022
It’s a movie that everyone in the payments industry has seen at least once: Merchants challenging the card networks over interchange. The latest attempt, spearheaded by U.S. Senators Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), is intended to pass a law that challenges the interchange fees set by Visa and Mastercard. A challenge that does […]

Quick Reads
Crypto Legislation Could Come This Year, Schumer Tells Crypto4Harris

August 15, 2024
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer believes crypto legislation could happen this year. Schumer made this comment Wednesday (Aug. 14) at an online event for cryptocurrency insiders who are backing Vice President Kamala Harris for president. “We all believe in the future of crypto,” said Schumer, whose comments at the Crypto4Harris event were reported by Coindesk. “Congress has a responsibility […]

Senate AI Group Recommends $32 Billion in Spending

May 15, 2024
A bipartisan Senate group wants the government to spend at least $32 billion on AI. That funding, the senators said in a report issued Wednesday (May 15), would be spread...

Cryptocurrency Super PACs Among Top Fundraisers for 2024 Elections

May 06, 2024
Cryptocurrency sector-backed super political action committees (PACs) have become one of the top three fundraisers in the 2024 election season.  With more than $102 million raised, these groups are behind...

UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty to Testify Before Congress on Cyberattack

April 29, 2024
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty will testify before two Congressional committees Wednesday (May 1), addressing the cyberattack that hit the company’s Change Healthcare unit. The Senate hearing is titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the...