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Artificial intelligence news that matters to Americans, with Grok and xAI featured: new models and products, AI policy from Washington, and the U.S.-China AI race. Facts sourced and linked; our analysis clearly labeled.
China · Wed, Nov 11, 5:58 AM CT
Nvidia board hires ex-federal prosecutor to probe CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with alleged Chinese spy
Nvidia's independent directors retained former acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate CEO Jensen Huang's relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed whom U.S....
AI policy · Sun, Nov 8, 4:58 PM CT
Federal AI safety office stopped publishing research and is asked to report informally to the White House, AP reports
A Commerce Department office tasked with evaluating AI safety, the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI), has stopped publicly releasing its safety research and has no permanent director, according to an Associated Press report cited by Fox News.
Energy and AI · Wed, Oct 21, 6:00 AM CT
Trump urges data centers to pay communities a 'dividend' and says big ones must make their own electricity
Trump on Wednesday urged data center operators to 'MAKE DEALS' with local communities, saying they should pay the community 'and/or individuals within the community, a dividend,' in a Truth Social post, CNBC reported.
Science · Thu, Oct 8, 6:37 PM CT
Trump presents National Medals of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang and Su, and technology medals to Dell and Nadella
At the White House’s Science: A New Golden Age Summit at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Thursday, President Trump presented the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, Jensen Huang and Lisa Su and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Michael Dell and Satya Nadella, the...
White House · Thu, Oct 8, 6:00 AM CT
Trump to present his first National Medals of Science, to Musk, Brin, Huang and Su; Roger Clemens to get the Medal of Freedom
President Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su on Thursday, and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, at the White...
AI Policy · Sun, Oct 4, 5:00 PM CT
Update: Trump names Clayton, Ferguson, Michael and Kupor to lead ‘Super Intelligence Force’
Update since the morning brief: President Trump formally announced the “Super Intelligence Force” in a Truth Social post Sunday, saying it will coordinate with the federal government to “ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence,” CBS News reported.
AI Policy · Sun, Oct 4, 6:00 AM CT
Trump taps DNI Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead Super Intelligence Force
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton has been chosen as the Trump administration’s AI czar, leading a new White House “Super Intelligence Force” that will have 120 days to report on AI risks and opportunities and recommend the federal government’s oversight role, CNBC reported Saturday,...
Economy · Sun, Oct 4, 6:00 AM CT
Trump in Ohio: don’t turn away data centers—or they’ll go to China
President Trump defended the rapid buildout of large data centers Saturday at a midterm rally outside Dayton, Ohio, warning that blocking the projects would hand an advantage to China—“There’s so much money to be made for Ohio.
xAI · Fri, Oct 2, 5:00 PM CT
8th Circuit blocks Minnesota AI ‘nudification’ ban for now in xAI suit
Elon Musk’s xAI on Friday persuaded the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to put Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images on hold while the company pursues a lawsuit alleging the law is unconstitutional, Reuters reported.
OpenAI · Fri, Oct 2, 5:00 PM CT
OpenAI fires three safety researchers over alleged data sharing with advocacy group
OpenAI fired safety researchers Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak, and Mikita Balesni for misconduct that included allegedly sending confidential company information to an unnamed AI safety group, the Washington Examiner reported Friday, citing the Wall Street Journal.
Grokipedia · Wed, Sep 30, 5:49 PM CT
SpaceXAI rolls out a redesigned Grokipedia v0.3, and Musk reposts the news
SpaceXAI, the artificial intelligence arm of SpaceX that was formerly called xAI, released version 0.3 of Grokipedia, its AI-written online encyclopedia, on Wednesday afternoon.
Super Intelligence · Tue, Sep 29, 10:00 PM CT
Evening Wrap: Trump and AI chiefs sign Super Intelligence accord; White House posts renaming order
After a White House “Super Intelligence” lunch Tuesday, President Donald Trump and leaders of Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI and xAI signed a one-page “White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” which Trump called “morally binding” and...
Artificial intelligence · Tue, Sep 29, 9:09 PM CT
Update: White House posts Super Intelligence executive order; full industry accord text released
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the executive order “Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence,” directing executive departments and agencies, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to use “Super Intelligence” and “SI” in place of “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI” in non-statutory...
Artificial intelligence · Tue, Sep 29, 5:00 PM CT
Update: Trump and AI chiefs sign ‘morally binding’ Super Intelligence accord; AI renamed in executive order
After a White House “Super Intelligence” lunch Tuesday, President Donald Trump and leaders of Anthropic, Google, Meta, Nvidia, OpenAI and xAI signed a one-page “White House Accord on Super Intelligence: Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities,” the New York Post and Fox News reported.
Super Intelligence · Tue, Sep 29, 3:26 PM CT
Trump hosts tech chiefs for ‘Super Intelligence’ lunch, says AI will be officially renamed
President Trump hosted leaders of the biggest U.S. technology and AI companies at the White House on Tuesday for what the White House billed as a “Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence.”
Passports · Tue, Sep 29, 3:05 PM CT
Rubio: Americans will be able to apply for a first passport fully online through America.gov starting next year
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday at the America.gov launch event in Washington that “starting next year, Americans will be able to apply for their first passport entirely online,” according to the State Department’s transcript.
Federal websites · Tue, Sep 29, 12:00 PM CT
Update: Trump signs order establishing America.gov as federal front door
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order titled “Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov,” directing the General Services Administration, the National Design Studio and OMB to establish America.gov as the single online point of entry for covered federal...
AI policy · Tue, Sep 29, 12:00 PM CT
Update: Trump releases Super Intelligence lunch seating; Musk and Huang flank him
President Donald Trump released a seating chart for Tuesday’s closed-press White House “Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence” in the East Room, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET, Fox News reported.
OpenAI · Tue, Sep 29, 12:00 PM CT
OpenAI shelves GPT-6.1 Astra release after safety tests fall short
OpenAI decided not to release its planned GPT-6.1 Astra model after determining it did not meet the company’s safety standards, CNBC confirmed Monday.
Federal websites · Tue, Sep 29, 10:00 AM CT
Update: Trump unveils America.gov; Gebbia cites 29,000 government sites
President Donald Trump unveiled America.gov on Tuesday as an AI-powered “one-stop shop” for federal services, Fox News reported from the White House event.
AI policy · Tue, Sep 29, 10:00 AM CT
Trump tells AI chiefs U.S. must keep lead: ‘Whoever wins superintelligence wins’
Speaking at the launch of America.gov at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said the United States is leading China and others on artificial intelligence and that he does not want to “stifle growth,” according to the White House’s video of the speech.
Federal websites · Tue, Sep 29, 6:00 AM CT
Trump set to unveil America.gov AI portal today at 9 a.m. CT
The White House daily guidance for Tuesday, Sept. 29, lists President Donald Trump making an announcement on America.gov at 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT) at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, then later a closed-press “Meeting and Luncheon on Super Intelligence” at 12:30 p.m. ET in the East...
Federal websites · Mon, Sep 28, 12:38 PM CT
Our read of America.gov's code: a new federal site launches Tuesday at 9 a.m. CT
Our reading of America.gov's own code points to a new federal website set to go live when its countdown hits zero on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET).
AI · Sun, Sep 27, 10:00 PM CT
Evening Wrap: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei set for private White House dinner with Trump
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was set to join President Donald Trump for a private dinner at the White House on Sunday, the first one-on-one meeting between the two, CNBC confirmed, after Amodei missed Thursday’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping because of a scheduling conflict.
AI · Sun, Sep 27, 9:00 PM CT
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei set for private White House dinner with Trump Sunday night
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was set to join President Donald Trump for a private dinner at the White House on Sunday, the first one-on-one meeting between the two, CNBC confirmed, after Amodei missed Thursday’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping because of a scheduling conflict.
AI · Sat, Sep 26, 10:00 PM CT
Evening Wrap: xAI’s Grok 4.7 ships for coding and knowledge work in Cursor and the API
xAI published “Introducing Grok 4.7,” describing the model as its most capable release for coding and knowledge work, trained with a longer reinforcement-learning run on harder multi-hour tasks and with stronger self-verification and safeguards than Grok 4.6.
Grok / xAI · Sat, Sep 26, 12:00 PM CT
xAI launches Grok 4.7 for coding and knowledge work; available in Cursor and API
xAI on Saturday published “Introducing Grok 4.7,” describing the model as its most capable release for coding and knowledge work, trained with a longer reinforcement-learning run on harder multi-hour tasks and with stronger self-verification and safeguards than Grok 4.6.
Grok / xAI · Sat, Sep 26, 8:20 AM CT
Grok 4.7 is out: xAI's newest model targets coding and office work at $2 per million input tokens
Elon Musk's AI company, which now brands itself SpaceXAI on its website, released Grok 4.7 on Monday, Sept. 21, calling it its most capable model for coding and knowledge work, built on a new, larger base model and served at the same price and speed as Grok 4.6: $2 per million input tokens and...
China · Sat, Sep 26, 6:00 AM CT
White House: U.S. and China open “super intelligence” dialogue and incident channel after Xi visit
After hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a reciprocal state visit that ended Friday, the White House said the United States and China established a U.S.-China Super Intelligence (SI) Dialogue to exchange views on risks and benefits, with the next exchange due by November 2026, and agreed...
