AI & Tech Brief: An AI Sovereign Fund

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Both President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) are talking about AI sovereign wealth funds, but their frameworks have very different mechanisms for benefiting the American public.
A sweeping AI bill by Reps. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts) and Jay Obernolte (R-California) got ace marks from AI safety experts. But the safety camp and House Democrats see it as a bad political trade-off[[hyphenated]].
Samuel Hammond, director of artificial intelligence and chief economist at the center-right think tank Foundation for American Innovation, describes the risks of government-corporate fusion in AI.
We’re covering Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), where the Cupertino, California, company just unveiled its updated Siri assistant that includes new AI capabilities. We’ll have more on this in tomorrow’s newsletter.