Axios tech policy reporter, Colombiana 🇨🇴https://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mfciisaqfs2bNEW: Republican and Democratic candidates are casting AI as a fight over jobs and corporate power on the campaign trail. None of the PACs, not even the Anthropic-backed ones positioning themselves as consumer-friendly, are aligned with these populists. https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/ai-populist-moment20 Feb 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfciisaqfs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mf5pkkculk2dMark Zuckerberg is in LA right now taking the stand in a landmark social media addiction trial. Here's a useful reminder of what the research says: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/mark-zuckerberg-social-media-addiction18 Feb 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5pkkculk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mevqw2pi2k2pNEW: We obtained a White House letter pressuring Republican Utah lawmakers to kill an AI safety bill. This could be the tip of the iceberg as red states across the country pursue AI transparency measures many see as centrist, common-sense guardrails. https://www.axios.com/2026/02/15/white-house-utah-ai-transparency-bill15 Feb 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mevqw2pi2k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3meqwrqovus2rSuper PACs are on the hunt for the ideal AI candidate. Here's a first look at what the Anthropic-backed ones want. Leading the Future PAC (OpenAI/a16Z/8VC etc) tells me they have their own search underway and dozens of candidates have engaged. https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/super-pacs-ai-candidate13 Feb 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqwrqovus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3md263gg7hs2yParis Hilton is advocating for a bill to fight against AI deepfakes after being a victim of online sexual abuse herself. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/22/paris-hilton-aoc-fight-ai-porn22 Jan 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3md263gg7hs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mckwunhtis2bNEW: Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas. w/@marcacaputo.bsky.social https://www.axios.com/2026/01/16/wright-minerals-oil-venezuela16 Jan 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckwunhtis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mckei5yqqk2wNEW: AI data center fight blurs political lines https://www.axios.com/2026/01/16/ai-data-center-fight-blurs-political-lines16 Jan 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mckei5yqqk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mci2xu37oc2pICE raided a Meta data center in Louisiana yesterday, putting President Trump's immigration crackdown at odds with his goal of American AI dominance. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/15/ice-meta-ai-immigration-raid-trump15 Jan 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mci2xu37oc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mcfo2wkxlc2sNew: Grok deepfakes accelerate Hill action & what's next for The DEFIANCE Act https://www.axios.com/2026/01/14/grok-deepfakes-hill-action14 Jan 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfo2wkxlc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mccuup7q6222Exclusive: @durbin.senate.gov today will ask for unanimous consent to pass The DEFIANCE Act, an AI deepfakes bill, following outcry over Elon Musk's Grok chatbot producing and spreading sexualized images of women and children. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/13/senate-durbin-fast-track-ai-deepfakes-bill13 Jan 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccuup7q6222https://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mcbh7vrq222uPresident Trump says tech companies will have to "pick up the tab" for their AI data center energy demands. Sounds a lot like Governor Kathy Hochul, who will announce tomorrow that these same companies will have to "pay their fair share" in New York.13 Jan 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcbh7vrq222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mcaltwbyxs27New: N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul to make data centers pay for own energy demand https://www.axios.com/2026/01/12/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-data-centers-energy-demand12 Jan 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcaltwbyxs27https://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mbzfah3v2224This week on @marketplace.org tech we talked: -Grok's sexualized images of women and children -Trump's efforts to stop AI regulation in the states -Meta's new Ray-Ban glasses https://youtu.be/4ewllfK2LbM?si=FPSDVprizI19bJOL09 Jan 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzfah3v2224https://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3mbw557jpz226NEW: President Trump's embrace of AI could be a political gift to Democrats. Instead, it's exposing a major split in the party. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/08/democrats-jeffries-ai-trump08 Jan 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbw557jpz226https://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m5zdkugukc2bNEW w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social: The White House is floating an executive order to rein in state AI laws Meanwhile, Congress is scrambling to find a way to include language in the must-pass defense bill https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/trump-ai-state-laws-executive-order19 Nov 2025 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5zdkugukc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m5wt5tdbgc2uTrump threw his weight behind banning state AI laws as Republicans on the Hill gear up for a fight on including preemption in the must-pass defense bill https://www.axios.com/2025/11/18/state-ai-laws-trump-ban18 Nov 2025 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5wt5tdbgc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m5tjspmorc2dNews: The Commerce Department is extending the deadline to comment on how an ambitious AI exports program should work to December 13th. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/17/trump-commerce-extends-ai-exports-program-deadline17 Nov 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tjspmorc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m5thrunbjc2dICYMI: New Mexico's attorney general won a fight against Meta to include AI chatbot records in a lawsuit that's headed to trial in February. This began in 2023 over allegedly addictive algorithms. Now, generative AI is introducing a new set of issues: https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/ai-chatbots-tech-social-media-lawsuits17 Nov 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5thrunbjc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m4e25qt4xs2wLA is ramping up AI adoption ahead of the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics "The way they describe the Olympics is it's something like seven Super Bowls a day for two weeks. So that's what we're up against," the city's CIO, Ted Ross, told Axios. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/los-angeles-ai-world-cup-superbowl-olympics29 Oct 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4e25qt4xs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m4bzashwok2jNew: Trump looms large over Nvidia conference Huang spelled out what he described as a "pro-America" vision for global AI leadership and energy expansion that aligned closely with Trump's agenda. w/@nathanbomey.bsky.social https://www.axios.com/2025/10/28/trump-huang-nvidia-conference28 Oct 2025 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bzashwok2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m46kiqfsi22iNvidia’s developer conference kicks off this week in DC — here’s what we’ve got: • Exclusive: Jensen Huang and Eric Schmidt’s new “future of work” task force • Sneak peek at the themes Jensen will hit on in his keynote https://www.axios.com/2025/10/27/nvidias-dc-moment27 Oct 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46kiqfsi22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m3un66syas2pExclusive: In a new book about Palantir and its CEO Alex Karp, journalist Michael Steinberger chronicles how a self-described leftist who said his "biggest fear is fascism" became one of the tech leaders powering President Trump's agenda. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/23/trump-alex-karp-palantir-maga23 Oct 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3un66syas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m3un3cxqlk2pFirst look: The Democratic National Committee is planning to expand the use of AI and tech tools for voter and volunteer engagement in the upcoming midterm and presidential elections after testing them in key state races this year. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/23/dnc-ai-tech23 Oct 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3un3cxqlk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m3pnn2st222vNEW: Anthropic is making the case that it's firmly in step with the White House after AI czar David Sacks' criticism sparked questions over the company's relationship with the administration. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/anthropic-ai-czar-white-house-david-sacks-jd-vance21 Oct 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pnn2st222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m3pnei2do22vExclusive: Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling on President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to come to the table to negotiate a policy solution to H1-B visa issues instead of imposing a $100,000 fee. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/trump-h-1b-visa-applicant-fee-congress21 Oct 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pnei2do22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3m3dnknj67s2mScoop: The Trump administration's slashing of the federal workforce amid the government shutdown is threatening AI work at the Commerce Department w/ @ashleyrgold.bsky.social https://www.axios.com/2025/10/16/trump-layoffs-government-shutdown-ai-plan16 Oct 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dnknj67s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3lzqpu2fno22tNEW: From chip sales to China and the UAE to TikTok -- Trump is making it tough for China hawks to keep up their national security fervor, with virtually no Republican directly challenging the president on deals that natsec experts say are dangerous. https://www.axios.com/2025/09/26/congress-ai-china-national-security-fears26 Sep 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqpu2fno22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3lupqoejpsc2fExclusive//ICYMI: Moderate Dems released their AI agenda soon after Trump did. The authors recognize Democrats have lost valuable allies in Silicon Valley and the platform embraces the emphasis on innovation that Republicans are also laser-focused on. https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2025/07/24/moderate-dems-roll-out-ai-strategy24 Jul 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupqoejpsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mccuri.bsky.social/post/3lunk3ozpnc2mJD Vance points out him and Stephen Miller are the most hard line people on immigration in the admin. "I don’t want these tech companies to fire 9,000 American workers and then say we can’t find workers here in America. That’s a bullshit story," he said at AI summit.23 Jul 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:v2vb7pfa7goouobjm2y6lok4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lunk3ozpnc2m