GOOD GAME: AI kill switch, underwater solar, Trump accounts

Written By Matt Moscardi
GOOD GAME: AI kill switch, underwater solar, Trump accounts
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AI

  1. California bans employers from using AI alone to fire workers

  2. Newsom advances AI 'kill switch' mandate under new California executive order

  3. Zohran Mamdani Bans AI for NYC Public School Students Up to Eighth Grade

  4. Walmart bans AI slop signs in stores

  5. OpenAI adds AI safety official to its board

    1. former company employee Paul Christiano

      1. served as a senior tech advisor to the federal government's Center for AI Standards and Innovation

      2. founder of the Alignment Research Center, a nonprofit that aims to ensure AI remains in support of human interests


NERDY ESG STUFF

  1. Oracle to Launch Public Dashboard with Emissions, Water Use Data for New Hyperscale Data Center

  2. General Mills is naming its COO as CEO, its first woman to hold the role

    1. Dana McNabb, who has spent 27 years at the company, as General Mills works to return to profitable growth

    2. Jeff Harmening, who has served as CEO since 2017, will transition to executive chair

  3. Scientists Unveil Underwater Solar Panels

  4. Honda plans highway test of tech that charges moving trucks

  5. Obama Says Governments Would Be 'Better' if Women Ran Them: 'I'm confident about that'

  6. More than half of directors want at least one fellow board member removed

  7. Climate Pledge Tops 700 Companies Committing to Net Zero by 2040

  8. Japan's large-ship hydrogen engine cuts CO2 emissions 95%

  9. SEC’s plan to scrap shareholder proposal rule sparks criticism

  10. The latest gender battle: Nobody asks why having more men is better


SPEED ROUND

  1. Trump Accounts have auto-enrolled more than 60 million children

  2. Walmart is rolling out light-up shelf labels to help shoppers find items in stores

  3. Peter Thiel says he worries it will be hard for JD Vance or Marco Rubio to win in 2028

  4. Waymo Calls Cops on Passengers With Assault Rifle

  5. Mamdani Targets ‘Greedy Algorithm’ of Corporations in a New Brand of Politics

  6. Fall movie preview: ‘The Social Reckoning’ and others take aim at Big Tech moguls

  7. Kraft Heinz is launching a mac and cheese-flavored cream soda


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