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Lauren Feiner

Lauren Feiner

Senior Policy Reporter

Senior Policy Reporter

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    Watch TikTok CEO Shou Chew’s response to the new law that could oust it from the US.

    Chew said that the bill, which requires China-based owner ByteDance to divest TikTok within a year to keep operating in the US, is in fact a ban.

    “Rest assured, we aren’t going anywhere,” Chew says. “We are confident and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts.”

    The great conundrum of campaigning on TikTok

    Political strategists aren’t throwing away TikTok, even after their election candidates try to force its sale on national security grounds.

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    Lauren Feiner
    Lauren Feiner
    New bill would create public datasets to train AI and incentivize innovation.

    A group of key senators introduced the Future of AI Innovation Act Thursday to promote artificial intelligence research and innovation and create global standards for the technology.

    The group’s sponsors include Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Todd Young (R-IN), a member of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s AI working group, and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO).

    Future of AI Innovation Act

    [www.commerce.senate.gov]

    Lauren Feiner
    Lauren Feiner
    Is your healthcare provider breaking antitrust laws?

    Federal antitrust enforcers are working with the Department of Health and Human Services to collect examples of harm to healthcare competition through a new website. If you think your healthcare provider is keeping you in the dark about the cost of services or is using your health data unfairly, you might be able to submit a complaint.