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MD delegation supports regulating energy use by AI companies
As power costs surge across Maryland, the state’s congressional delegation is taking a bipartisan stance in support of legislation that would regulate energy use by AI companies.
Homeland Security use of secretive legal weapon draws congressional scrutiny
Congressional Democrats launched an inquiry into how tech giants handle demands from Homeland Security for personal information on Americans who criticize the agency.
This Maryland lab’s quantum computer could cure cancer — and steal passwords
Maryland is betting over $1 billion on quantum computing to accelerate cancer cures, boost its economy and stay ahead in a global tech race.
Supreme Court wrestles with copyright dispute between Cox, record labels
U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with a bid by Cox Communications to avoid financial liability in a major music copyright lawsuit.
Courts test new frontier of defamation law as AI enters the mix
The capacity of artificial intelligence to generate false or misleading information is creating a new legal frontier — defamation by AI.
Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety; many companies cutting jobs
Amid wider economic uncertainty, it’s a tough time for the job market. Here are some companies that have moved to cut jobs recently.
Big Tech paying millions to train teachers on AI, in push to bring chatbots into classrooms
The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in AI.
Meet Tilly Norwood: The AI ‘actress’ has real performers seeing red
An artificial intelligence-generated creation named Tilly Norwood is infuriating movie fans from Hollywood to Oklahoma.
Microsoft to open quantum research center in MD
Microsoft will launch a quantum research center at the University of Maryland, boosting innovation, jobs and U.S. leadership in quantum tech.
States weigh higher costs for big tech data centers
States push back as big tech data centers drive power demand, raising electric bills and sparking calls for higher costs on tech firms.
Meta turns to Baltimore’s Constellation to use nuclear power for AI needs
Meta has cut a 20-year deal with Baltimore-based Constellation to secure nuclear power to help meet surging demand for AI needs.
FTC abandons challenge of Microsoft acquisition, lawsuit against Pepsi
The Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of “Call of Duty” video game maker Activision Blizzard.
