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Ashley Gold

Ashley Gold

Senior Tech Correspondent

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FTC advancing on its AI safety probe

The agency still faces questions about how deep its investigation will get, given the Trump administration’s light touch.
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson
Kaylee Greenlee/Reuters

Progressive groups lay out AI demands for candidates

Guardrails Action warns politicians in a new letter that they’ll face ‘active, mobilized opposition’ if they don’t commit to safety regulations.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman
Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Democrats press White House on still-secret AI framework

It’s the latest indication that Democrats are not giving up on a sustained push for answers from the administration.
Elizabeth Warren
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Reflection AI unveils an open-source Western answer to Chinese labs

Its new model, Beam, could give more options to Western companies and governments that don’t want to — or can’t — use Chinese models.
Reflection co-founders Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou. Courtesy of Reflection

Meta parts ways with Virtue AI

“Unfortunately, the arrangement didn’t work out as planned,” a Meta spokesperson told Semafor.
The logo of Meta at the Meta Lab in Los Angeles.
Daniel Cole/Reuters

The AI industry balances Trump and a changing Washington

Despite the warm welcome at the White House, industry leaders are bracing for a Democrat-controlled Congress.
Donald Trump and tech executives
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

How Zuckerberg shaped Trump’s AI industry pledge

The Meta CEO started thinking about what became the Tuesday White House pact during last week’s state dinner, a source familiar told Semafor.

FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic, and METR

The agency is expected to demand information from the companies in the coming weeks as part of an investigation it launched earlier this year.

Trump, Johnson preview a new AI self-policing pact

The still-unreleased pact raises questions about enforcement.

Trump plans for AI czar languish ahead of CEO meeting

it’s not clear that naming a czar and putting together a task force are on the White House AI priority list right now.

Bipartisan AI safety talks stall out in Senate

At this point, it’s unclear whether senators will even be able to introduce a bipartisan bill before the election.

AI panic clouds more Washington meetings

But tech CEOs visiting DC this week are more likely to be fêted than reprimanded.

White House is isolated in brushing off AI safety

President Donald Trump’s call to leave AI “exactly where it is” contrasts even with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Republican presses White House for more AI oversight

Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., warned that AI-enabled attacks could potentially target hospitals, electric grids, and other infrastructure.

Senators move to force AI companies to disclose more

The measure would have the FTC enforce disclosure requirements for certain AI companies.

Top AI bosses issue stark warning to UN on safety risks

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei warned that “if managed poorly, AI could be a risk to humanity as a whole.”

Bessent eyed for Trump’s ‘AI czar’

The Treasury Secretary has long played a central role in administration policymaking on the issue.

New Trump AI adviser won’t fix industry’s problems

There’s little reason to believe a new adviser will change the narrative on AI safety.