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• The House passed a bill meant to protect consumers from higher electricity rates caused by data centers in one of its final votes before the midterms, capping a week on Capitol Hill dominated by debate about AI.

  Here is a report on a House bill addressing data center electricity rates and AI policy on Capitol Hill.

• Breaking News: OpenAI disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes and other “concerning” behavior.

  This is an important update on artificial intelligence behavior disclosed by OpenAI.

• Even as Trump dismisses calls for tighter federal regulation of the AI industry, the quiet freakout among some of his most senior aides over what could be one of the administration’s most consequential policy decisions has begun.

  Here is an inside look at how the Trump administration's senior aides are handling federal policy and regulation for the AI industry.

• The DMCA prohibits removing copyright information from existing works. It doesn’t create a new right to have that information copied into every new work. The 9th Circuit got it right today in Doe v. Github. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

  Here is an analysis of the Ninth Circuit's decision in Doe v. GitHub regarding copyright and technology policy.

• House passes bill to shield Americans from data center energy costs

  Here is a breakdown of the House passing a bill to protect Americans from rising data center energy costs driven by the AI boom.