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Anthropic CEO says a 10-year moratorium on AI regulation is "far too blunt an instrument" and calls for US federal transparency standards for AI companies (Dario Amodei/New York Times)
https://www.nyti…

Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook
The A.I. industry needs to be regulated, with a focus on transparency.

Nice results and talks at the E-bike City event at ETH: https://ebikecity.baug.ethz.ch/en/events/results-future.html
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Insurer Blue Shield of California's new parent company alarms consumer advocates
Blue Shield of California accrued a surplus of more than $4 billion over the decades as it benefited from its former tax-exempt status, according to a regulatory filing.
Last year, regulators approved a request by 💥Blue Shield of California,
the state's third-largest health insurer, to restructure and establish a new parent corporation in Delaware.
The Oakland-based nonprofit go…

Insurer Blue Shield of California's new parent company alarms consumer advocates
Whistleblower demands California regulators rescind restructuring of Blue Shield of California, which established a new corporate parent in Delaware. He...

Bundestagsforscher: "Erhebliche Herausforderungen" für Flugtaxi-Betrieb
Technikfolgen-Forscher des Bundestags verweisen auf viele offene, vor allem regulatorische Fragen beim Praxis-Einsatz von Flugtaxis wie die Flugplatzpflicht.

Texas flash flood results multiple missing and fatalities (Maydeen Merino/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3463190/texas-flash-flood-results-multiple-missing-fatalities/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250704/p52#a250704p52

The Independent Publishers Alliance and others submit a complaint to the UK CMA seeking to stop Google from "misusing" publisher content in its AI responses (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/urgent

Urgent bid lodged with UK regulator to stop Google AI Overviews 'stealing journalism'
A legal complaint has been submitted to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority over the impact of Google AI Overviews on news publishers.

On Micro-survey Results - Archived results from some small surveys/polls taken on this site (and elsewhere)... - https://www.earth.org.uk/note-on-survey-results.html

On Micro-survey Results
Archived results from some small surveys/polls taken on this site (and elsewhere)...

Edinburgh's low emission zone seems to be working.
https://road.cc/content/news/ediburghs-lez-results-more-cycling-and-less-car-use-314269

Edinburgh sees “statistically significant” shift towards cycling and walking plus reduced car use following introduction of low emission zone, finds study
Within a year, the LEZ has contributed in improving air quality, with the number of non-compliant vehicles entering the zone also decreasing significantly

The Trump administration has quietly fast-tracked a massive oil expansion project that environmentalists and Democratic lawmakers warned could have a destructive impact on local communities and the climate.
As reported recently by the Oil and Gas Journal,
👉 the plan “involves expanding the Wildcat Loadout Facility, a key transfer point for moving Uinta basin crude oil to rail lines that transport it to refineries along the Gulf Coast.”
🔥The goal of the plan is to transfer an …

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With congressional approval and Trump's subsequent signature July 4, the 2025 tax reconciliation bill offers expanded opportunities for the oil and gas industry.

An interview with Gaia Marcus, director of the UK-based think tank Ada Lovelace Institute, on AI regulation in the UK and Europe, AI safety, bias, and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Ada Lovelace Institute’s Gaia Marcus: regulation would increase people’s comfort with AI
The head of the UK-based think-tank talks about her hopes and fears for future oversight of AI