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"First Buddy": Elon Musk Earns Key Position In Donald Trump's World – NDTV

As Donald Trump prepares his return to the White House, one of his most omnipresent confidants has been not his running mate or wife but a fellow brash billionaire, Elon Musk.
Since campaigning for Trump — with such enthusiasm that Musk literally jumped in the air at a rally — Musk has been a near-constant presence at Trump’s side.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has joined telephone calls with world leaders and dispensed advice on personnel choices both directly and publicly through X, the social […]
"First Buddy": Elon Musk Earns Key Position In Donald Trump's World – NDTV

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Spy Agency Memo Sets Rules for Artificial Intelligence and Americans' Private Data

The administration held back the guidance last month when unveiling a presidential directive pushing security agencies to use the technology.
Charlie Savage writes about national security and legal policy.
A previously confidential directive by Biden administration lawyers lays out how military and spy agencies must handle personal information about Americans when using artificial intelligence, showing how the officials grappled with trade-offs between civil liberties and national security.
The […]
Spy Agency Memo Sets Rules for Artificial Intelligence and Americans' Private Data

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What to know about Elon Musk's contracts with the federal government – Los Angeles Times

Elon Musk is easily the world’s wealthiest man, with a net worth topping $300 billion.
But even he stands to make more money from his association with the federal government after placing a winning bet on Donald Trump’s election to the presidency.
“It’s going to be a golden era for Musk with Trump in the White House,” Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives said.
Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX has received billions of dollars in federal contracts, and could be line for more, while […]
What to know about Elon Musk's contracts with the federal government – Los Angeles Times

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Commission publishes first draft of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence Code of Practice

Today, the Commission has published the first draft of the General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code of Practice.
The draft was prepared by independent experts who were appointed by the AI Office as chairs and vice-chairs of the four working groups of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. This first draft is based on the contributions from a multi-stakeholder consultation organised by the AI Office, as well as a dedicated workshop that brought together providers of general-purpose AI […]
Commission publishes first draft of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence Code of Practice

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Here's Why Prominent X Accounts Are Leaving The Platform – Forbes

Accounts on X with large followings—such as actress Jamie Lee Curtis, journalist Don Lemon and The Guardian’s official news accounts—have decided to leave the platform after Donald Trump’s election to a second term, saying X, formerly known as Twitter, promotes the far-right and raising concerns about owner Elon Musk’s relationship with the president-elect.
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Here's Why Prominent X Accounts Are Leaving The Platform – Forbes

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The Conspiracy Theory That Elon Musk Stole the Election Using Starlink Is Everywhere Now

On November 9, a TikTok user called Etheria77 posted a nine-minute long video in which she outlined a conspiracy theory suggesting that Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellite system was used as part of a sophisticated effort to steal the election on behalf of president-elect Donald Trump.
“California and other swing states were able to use Starlink in order to tally up and to count voting ballots in their state,” said Etheria77. “The numbers don’t make sense, and the reason I’m […]
The Conspiracy Theory That Elon Musk Stole the Election Using Starlink Is Everywhere Now

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Kentucky legislature AI Task Force co-chair discusses artificial intelligence's evolving challenges

The General Assembly’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force held its last meeting of the year, but the group’s co-chair says the state legislature’s study of AI is just beginning. State Representative Josh Bray of Mount Vernon said one of their most important and difficult challenges has been defining artificial intelligence.
“We’ve had some form of AI for years, like predictive text, spell check, stuff like that. Very, very basic, very rudimentary. And then now we’re starting to get in […]
Kentucky legislature AI Task Force co-chair discusses artificial intelligence's evolving challenges

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Elon Musk Says He and Trump Have 'Mandate to Delete' Regulations. Ethics Laws Could …

In picking billionaire Elon Musk to be “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won’t be the first American president to empower a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations.
President Ronald Reagan tapped J. Peter Grace to lead a bureaucratic cost-cutting commission in 1982. Still, the chemical business magnate had fewer conflicts of interest than the world’s richest man does today.
Musk’s SpaceX holds billions of dollars in NASA […]
Elon Musk Says He and Trump Have 'Mandate to Delete' Regulations. Ethics Laws Could …

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Revolutionizing the Future: AI and Cloud Trends Unveiled

Integration of artificial intelligence with cloud computing stands out as a game-changing trend, poised to generate significant business opportunities and jobs in the technology sector, an STPI official highlighted on Thursday.
Addressing the Cloud & Data Centre India 2024 conference hosted by Bharat Exhibitions, Software Technology Parks of India Director General Arvind Gupta underscored India’s ambitious goal to emerge as a developed nation by 2047 with technology at its heart.
Gupta also […]
Revolutionizing the Future: AI and Cloud Trends Unveiled

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Trump wants Elon Musk to overhaul the government. Here's what could be on the chopping block

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big ambitions for making the federal government leaner and more efficient by reviewing its budget and operations from top to bottom.

Musk, the world’s richest person who owns or runs several companies, has warned that his goals – including cutting at least $2 trillion in federal spending – could cause “temporary hardship” before ultimately creating “long-term prosperity.” His pronouncements are […]
Trump wants Elon Musk to overhaul the government. Here's what could be on the chopping block