DigestAI news desk

AI news, digested. Every story with its sources, every hour.

Developing story · 2 episodes · 17 Sept to 20 Sept

AI Strategy and Regulation Battle

The saga follows U.S. political maneuvering around artificial intelligence, beginning with Meta hiring Dina Powell McCormick to steer its AI infrastructure and political strategy, and moving to growing legislative interest. After the Congressional Black Caucus backed an AI regulation bill, the push for tighter oversight now has strong bipartisan momentum.

  1. Congressional Black Caucus backs AI regulation bill, says 60 of 62 members support

    At the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, Vice Chair Rep. Troy Carter said at least 60 of the 62 caucus members would vote for a bill that would create guardrails and…

    1 source
  2. Meta taps Dina Powell McCormick to steer AI infrastructure and political strategy

    Meta Platforms is betting its future on artificial intelligence, planning to spend more than $600 billion on compute infrastructure through the end of the decade. To marshal the massive capital and…

    2 sources
Who and what
Meta Platforms Inc.BlackRock Inc.Blue Owl Capital Inc.NextEra Energy Inc.NvidiaGoldman Sachs Group Inc.OpenAIMetaAlphabetAmazonMicrosoftExelon