Category: Artificial Intelligence
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Did Anti-Hate Group Infiltrate the Unite the Right Rally?
Between 2014 and 2023, the Department of Justice alleged in indictments filed yesterday, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals associated with violent extremist groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, and National Socialist Party of America. SPLC, which tracks “hate” groups nationally, allegedly paid…
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Youngkin Veto of AI Bill Praised by Louisiana Group
Reprinted from the Pelican Tech & Innovation Center Artificial intelligence (AI) is progressing rapidly and powering solutions previously unimaginable. At the same time, AI legislation is on the rise and a patchwork of state restrictions looms over the momentum of innovators and US leadership. This Monday, HB 2094, the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act, was…
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AI Guardrails Will Shape Society. Here’s How They Work.
You know Artificial Intelligence has reached critical mass when the politicians start trying to regulate it. (See The Virginia Mercury’s summary of Virginia bills here.) As citizens, we need to pay close attention. John Farmer, a Richmond intellectual-property attorney, provides a helpful primer. — JAB by John Farmer You will be hearing a lot about…
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Political Polarization and Data Centers
by James A. Bacon The Town Council of Warrenton has big regrets after issuing a special-use permit allowing Amazon to build a data center in the town. Council finds itself embroiled in litigation from a citizen lawsuit to block the Amazon project as well as a FOIA request to release thousands of emails and documents,…
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Use AI to Smite AI-Induced Energy Demand
by Felix Garcia The Virginia General Assembly convenes tomorrow for its 2025 session among the usual laments that bipartisan solutions to the Commonwealth’s biggest challenges are not possible nowadays. But there should be one big issue upon which members of both parties in both houses can agree: Virginia uses more electricity than it creates. With more…