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The White House's 'Science: A New Golden Age' report proposes shifting billions in research funding from universities to tech and AI companies, sparking mixed reactions from scientists.
The White House has announced a new policy stance on artificial intelligence in relation to China, likely involving restrictions or strategic guidelines to maintain U.S. leadership and security.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report advocating for a 'new golden age' of science under the Trump administration, but it mixes legitimate concerns with political grievances and ignores the administration's own funding cuts.
The White House is divided on how to respond to China's rapid AI progress, with debates over stricter controls versus workable restrictions, particularly regarding distillation attacks on US models like Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.
The White House has accused Moonshot AI of secretly distilling Anthropic's Fable model, raising concerns about intellectual property and AI safety.
The Trump administration is asserting control over access to frontier AI models, shifting decision-making power from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI to the government for national security reasons.
A White House teleprompter aide used insider knowledge of Trump's speeches to make $100,000 betting on a prediction market called Kalshi, leading to his removal after the platform flagged the activity.
The White House has appointed Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb to lead a new UAP Science Advisory Council, despite his controversial claims about alien life, drawing mixed reactions from the scientific community.
The White House is reportedly considering an executive order that could address open-source AI, according to Politico reporters.
The Trump administration deleted thousands of energy conservation web pages from the Department of Energy website during a historic heatwave, following Republican criticism of a request to set AC to 78 degrees. The deletions removed useful information on insulation, water conservation, and solar energy.
OpenAI is delaying the public release of its GPT-5.6 AI models at the request of the Trump administration due to cybersecurity concerns, limiting initial access to a small set of pre-approved customers and working toward broader availability in coming weeks.
Gary Marcus criticizes the White House's non-transparent approach to regulating AI, specifically the delay of GPT 5.6, and calls for a bipartisan committee with independent scientists.
The White House has reportedly asked OpenAI to delay the public release of its new model, GPT-5.6, citing safety concerns, with only limited partner access planned initially.
The White House's new mobile app is automatically installed on government-issued phones of federal employees, who report being unable to remove it and describe it as propaganda delivery.
The White House issued an executive order shortening the deadline for transitioning to quantum-resistant encryption to 2030/2031, citing reduced cost estimates for quantum computers and the threat of harvest-now-decrypt-later attacks.
Former White House AI advisor Dean Ball argues that China's efforts to achieve AI chip independence are largely performative and not substantive.
US federal workers report that the White House's politically-oriented app is automatically installed on their government phones and cannot be deleted, raising concerns about privacy, propaganda, and forced usage.
The White House has delayed the release of a report on vulnerabilities in US voting machines, raising concerns about election security.
White House discussions with Anthropic are now focused on establishing AI security rules, indicating a shift toward regulation and safety standards.
The article details the ongoing dispute between Anthropic and the Trump administration over export controls on advanced AI models, highlighting the lack of clear regulations and the ad-hoc nature of White House decisions.