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Archives for August 2025

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
An art critic vs. the White House’s ‘weird AI paintings.’

Ben Davis writes for ArtNet on PragerU’s America 250-aligned Founders Museum, which is representing figures from American history with AI-animated clips in a way that “...suggests a nation with light brain damage.”

In general, when one of the Founding Fathers did something that fits contemporary standards of equality, such as speak out for the rights of women or enslaved Africans, their AI avatar mentions it. Anything that is more controversial about them is downplayed or passed over in silence.

Justine Calma
Justine Calma
A former chemical industry lawyer is at the EPA now, trying to scrap a ‘forever chemical’ rule.

“If they overturn this, it would leave the public responsible for cleaning up, not the companies that knowingly polluted the land,” University of California, San Francisco professor Tracey Woodruff tells The New York Times, which first reported on the proposal.

Mia Sato
Mia Sato
Get ready to pay import taxes.

The de minimis exemption — a previously unknown trade policy that is now all over the news — is officially dead for US consumers starting today. That means all your purchases coming from abroad (not just China!) will be subject to important taxes you previously avoided.

Back in February I explained how all of this works. Some details are slightly different now, but the takeaway is the same: we’re all about to feel the pinch of Donald Trump’s tariff policy.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Intel says it received $5.7 billion from the US government.

During a conference on Thursday, Intel CFO David Zinsner confirmed receiving the investment as part of the US government’s plan to take a 10 percent stake in the struggling chipmaker. The investment stems from the $5.7 billion grant the US government promised Intel under the CHIPS Act.

Trump’s immigration crackdown could be slowing the hunt for child predators online

“If you’re trying to do more with less, at a certain point, you’re just going to do less.”

Lauren Feiner
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls for stricter AI deepfake laws.

In a NYT opinion piece, Klobuchar highlights how “powerless” users are when it comes to removing deepfakes from online platforms, while citing her own struggle to get X to take down a video of her AI likeness spewing vulgarities about Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad:

Why should tech companies’ profits rule over our rights to our own images and voices?... It is time for members of Congress to stand up for their constituents, stop currying favor with the tech companies and set the record straight.