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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
White House Wants Bias-Free AI for Government Work
The White House is cooking up an order to make sure AI tools that work with the government stay politically neutral. Officials worry models trained on internet data can drift into liberal or conservative slants, so this would set a clear standard. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 3 Warning Sign with UAL. At the center of the plan is AI czar David Sacks, who has pointed to embarrassing moments like Google's Gemini painting a black George Washington or diverse Nazis. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Elon Musk's xAI fear it could pick industry winners and spark free speech fights. This order lands just as the Pentagon is handing out nearly two hundred million dollars in AI contracts. Tying neutrality to federal deals could shift who wins big and shape how the industry builds its next generation of tools. It also comes bundled with moves to boost chip exports and speed data center approvals. As Washington juggles bias concerns and tech rivalry with China, investors will be watching every step. This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Sign in to access your portfolio
Wall Street Journal
3 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
TNB Tech Minute: White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI' - Tech News Briefing
Full Transcript This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ariana Aspuru: Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Friday, July 18th. I'm Ariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal. White House officials are preparing an executive order targeting tech companies with what they see as woke artificial intelligence models. This is according to people familiar with the matter, and it's the latest effort to go after diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The order would mandate that AI companies getting federal contracts be politically neutral and unbiased in their AI models. "This is to combat what the administration sees as a liberal bias in some models," the people said. Because nearly all major tech companies are competing for their tools to be used by the federal government, the order could have far-reaching impacts. People familiar with the matter also said the executive order would be one of several expected to be released next week, where Trump is outlining his vision for winning the AI race with China. Plus, UBS analysts say that Netflix is looking to boost user engagement with a new slate of content and programming. Engagement was up 1.8% in the first half of this year compared with a 4.5% increase in the second half of last year. Analysts also say that Netflix's range of content and investment in live programs should support more engagement. Finally, Australian Mining Company, Fortescue is looking to buy already operational green energy projects in the US, but will be holding back on them because of President Trump's policies, including tariffs. This is according to the company's executive chairman, Andrew Forrest, who also criticized Trump's views on climate change. And that's a wrap on your TNB Tech Minutes. For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech, check out our Tech News Briefing podcast on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The Verge
4 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
A new executive order may take aim at ‘woke' AI models.
A new executive order may take aim at 'woke' AI models. The order, which is planned to be released sometime next week, would 'dictate that AI companies getting federal contracts be politically neutral and unbiased in their AI models,' according to The Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI'
White House officials are preparing an executive order targeting tech companies with what they see as 'woke' artificial-intelligence models, their latest effort to go after diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, people familiar with the matter said. The order would dictate that AI companies getting federal contracts be politically neutral and unbiased, an effort to combat what administration officials see as overly liberal AI models, the people said.
Bloomberg
14-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Could NASA Function Without Elon Musk?
By and Loren Grush Save Of all the threats that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk hurled at one another as their alliance fell apart, those targeting Musk's contracts with the US government have the potential to do the most damage. In one sharp exchange triggered by Musk's criticism of Trump's signature tax and immigration bill, Trump threatened to cancel federal contracts with the billionaire's company, SpaceX, that are worth more than $22 billion. Musk said he would decommission the spacecraft SpaceX uses to send supplies and people to the International Space Station, before walking back the statement.
