A federal judge approved the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s settlement with Elon Musk over his delayed disclosure of Twitter stock purchases while questioning whether the regulator treated the billionaire too favorably.
Former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter criticized President Donald Trump‘s trading of Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:DELL) stock as “egregious.” However, he added that even without the stock trade, publicly praising a specific company would violate federal ethics standards for executive branch employees.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced his “Aging With AI Act” to study how artificial intelligence tools, including chatbots, were affecting older adults and to better understand the technology’s potential benefits and risks.
Gov. JB Pritzker (D-Ill) said that the state is taking a proactive approach to AI oversight by requiring major developers to meet new safety and transparency standards while criticizing federal leaders for failing to enact similar regulations.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) criticized billionaire investor Peter Thiel after the tech entrepreneur accused Pope Leo XIV of effectively aiding China by advocating stronger global regulation of artificial intelligence.
