qwant news | Here's to a Speedy Recovery, Pam Bondi. Also, Welcome Back...Sort of

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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, whose handling of the “Epstein Files” scandal contributed to her ouster from the Trump administration, is now back in the political spotlight as a member of President Trump’s Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), a panel that will coordinate government and tech‑industry efforts on artificial‑intelligence policy. According to reports, Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after leaving the Justice Department, has undergone treatment and is currently recovering. The administration and Vice President JD Vance praised her contributions and welcomed her continued involvement, while the AI advisory panel is chaired by former White House AI adviser David Sacks and includes tech leaders such as Nvidia co‑founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co‑founder Larry Ellison. The article concludes by wishing her a speedy recovery.

Read more: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/05/27/pam-bondi-is-back-n2676722

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The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Trump Gives Fired Goon New Gig as Consolation Prize by Leigh Kimmins

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President Donald Trump appointed his former Attorney General, Pam Bondi, to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) after she was fired in April over her handling of the Epstein files, and shortly thereafter diagnosed with thyroid cancer; while she recovers, Bondi will serve as a liaison linking tech leaders such as Nvidia co‑founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Oracle co‑founder Larry Ellison to the administration, while Todd Blanche has taken over as acting attorney general.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trump-gives-fired-pam-bondi-a-new-job/

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NBC News Top Stories | Tech titans mostly silent after Pope Leo’s warning about risks of AI by Daniel Arkin

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Pope Leo XIV’s 42,300‑word encyclical warned that unchecked artificial‑intelligence development threatens humanity, urging stronger government regulation of private AI firms, safeguards for workers displaced by the technology, protections against AI‑generated misinformation, and limits on autonomous weapons, while affirming that technology must serve the “common good” and preserve human dignity. The message was met with a largely muted response from top U.S. tech CEOs—including Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg—though a few industry figures embraced it: Anthropic co‑founder Christopher Olah praised the moral guidance, AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio endorsed the call for AI to benefit all people, and Jack Dorsey simply replied “yes,” while JD Vance called the pope’s remarks “profound.” Critics such as venture capitalist David Sacks warned that sweeping regulatory powers could enable censorship, Andreessen Horowitz partner Eddy Lazzarin called the document “defensive,” and AI researcher Pedro Domingos dismissed it as “infallibly wrong.” A recent NBC News poll found that 57 % of Americans view AI risks as outweighing its benefits, underscoring the public anxiety the papal warning seeks to address.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/tech-titans-mostly-silent-pope-leos-warning-risks-ai-rcna346903

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The Guardian | How big tech got its way on Trump’s AI executive order by Nick Robins-Early

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In a last‑minute reversal, President Donald Trump abandoned a planned executive order that would have required a voluntary government safety review of new artificial‑intelligence models before release, citing the need to keep the United States ahead of China in the AI race. The decision, welcomed by big‑tech leaders who have invested heavily in lobbying, follows pressure from figures such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, former “AI czar” David Sacks and other Silicon‑Valley billionaires who warned the order would harm U.S. competitiveness and the economy. While concerns over powerful models like Anthropic’s Claude Mythos—capable of uncovering code vulnerabilities and sparking international security worries—prompted some White House officials to consider oversight, the watered‑down draft order would have lacked any binding authority and was quickly killed. The episode underscores the tech industry’s outsized influence on Trump’s anti‑regulation stance and suggests that stringent AI regulation remains unlikely as Silicon Valley continues to pour money into political campaigns ahead of the midterm elections.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/23/trump-ai-order-big-tech

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qwant news | Trump delays AI executive order after tech industry pushback - SiliconANGLE

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President Donald Trump postponed signing an executive order that would have required developers of advanced artificial‑intelligence models to submit “frontier” systems to the federal government for review at least 90 days before release—a move that sparked pushback from major tech figures such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and venture capitalist David Sacks, while OpenAI was supportive. The draft order, which would have made participation voluntary and tasked the Treasury Department with running the review program alongside agencies like the NSA and CISA, targeted “covered frontier models” such as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, a tool noted for its ability to uncover and chain together high‑severity software vulnerabilities. It also called for federal agencies to expand internal AI‑driven cybersecurity programs and earmark grant funding for such initiatives. After several invited industry leaders indicated they could not attend a signing ceremony, Trump cited their absence as a factor in delaying the order; meanwhile, the White House has given OpenAI permission to assist state‑level AI regulations, contrasting with an earlier order aimed at limiting such state laws.

Read more: https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/22/trump-delays-ai-executive-order-tech-industry-pushback/

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qwant news | Sources: last-minute calls with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, David Sacks, and others helped persuade President Trump not to sign the highly anticipated AI EO

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The White House cancelled the planned ceremony for President Trump to sign a new executive order on AI and cybersecurity, noting that the president “didn’t like certain aspects of it” and chose to postpone the signing; sources say the delay was driven by last‑minute pressure from tech CEOs—including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and David Sacks—who argued the order’s provisions could hinder U.S. competitiveness in the AI race with China and impose unwanted regulation.

Read more: https://www.techmeme.com/260522/p1

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David Sacks crashed and burned in the White House

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Trump’s AI Oversight Plan Is Everything VCs Claimed To Hate About Biden’s Plan — Only Worse

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How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington By George Packer, May 4, 2026

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/?gift=HoRfrgrF5SCKopc-hfobxCA3Ud5ex8J0KQyHn3TKRZU

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The Atlantic | The Venture-Capital Populist by George Packer

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The article traces how venture capitalist David Sacks, a longtime libertarian‑conservative who built his fortune through PayPal, the “PayPal Mafia,” and later investments in Facebook, SpaceX, crypto and AI, moved from publicly condemning Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection to becoming a key architect of the new tech‑right’s alliance with the MAGA movement. In June 2024 Sacks hosted a $12 million fundraiser for Trump on “Billionaires’ Row,” which helped seal Senator J.D. Vance’s selection as the former president’s running mate and signaled a broader embrace of Trump among Silicon Valley elites. The piece details Sacks’s appointment as the White House’s special adviser on AI and crypto, the conflict‑of‑interest waivers that let him keep his venture‑capital firm while shaping policy, and his push for a pro‑crypto regulatory framework (the GENIUS Act) while advocating minimal regulation of AI and aggressive export of U.S. AI chips—even to China. The author argues that Sacks’s self‑interest‑driven populism has fused venture‑capital wealth with government power, reshaping American tech policy in ways that privilege the industry’s richest players at the expense of broader democratic and regulatory safeguards.

Read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/06/david-sacks-crypto-ai-venture-capital/686941/?utm_source=feed

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