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Add Arizona to the list of states that limit state workers use of prediction markets. Arizona Governor order This brings the number of states limiting prediction markets to 5: AZ, NY, CA, IL, and NC.
NCSL says 15 states considered prediction market limitations in 2026.
Erick Erickson, the Republican guy, has this to say about data centers: data centers are the future, opposition is “propaganda campaign[s]”, property owners “are paid a fair market value” for property taken by eminent domain, and data centers will not “drink the town dry.”
I’m sure we’ve all read about Open AI’s AI testing that attacked an AI testing platform, Hugging Face. So let’s hear it from tech experts:
@wired writes “Rather than stay contained in the sandbox, the models “exploited a zero-day vulnerability” to gain access to the open internet as they “hyperfocused” on finding a solution for the AI cybersecurity benchmark known as ExploitGym. Such experiments involve prompting that pressures the models to find solutions, essentially egging them on.”
Last week, this Excutive Order created Gold Eagle, a new AI oversight initiative. Gold Eagle creates “a clearinghouse for cybersecurity vulnerability coordination.” The program includes the Commerce Department and Department of Homeland Security but not the Center for AI Standards and Innovation that specifically regulates AI.
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation has been going through directors. One director lasted a single week.
Meta recently launched an AI product that utilized user accounts unless the user opted out. 3 days after launching, Meta pulled the product due to strong backlash. @Wired talks about the pros of opting in as opposed to opting out.
Innovation Labs is creating the open architecture for AI agents to identify themselves. Unmasking AI is forthcoming.
Innovation Labs goal is to “hold AI agents accountable and position itself for a future where more online interaction happens between agents than people.”
AI warnings from VCs like Jason Calacanis, Microsoft CEO, and Palantir CEO Alex Karp focus on this: AI is a Trojan horse that opens all your proprietary information to exploitation.
Microsoft CEO calls this handover of proprietary information “the kind of knowledge a competitor could never buy.”
It seems that Sam Altman and Elon Musk are trash talking each other over data centers in space. Here’s a glimpse of two adults having a public war of words: Altman says “homeboy you’re the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters.” Musk accuses Altman of being a scammer.
The prevailing view of experts is that “Space data centers are not going to be a serious business anytime soon” according to Tech Crunch.
“Spotify has asked Kalshi and Polymarket to strip its logo from their platforms after discovering users who manipulated its song rankings to win prediction market bets, Bloomberg reported.”