by Mike Ludwig | Aug 4, 2026 | AI, censorship, ChatGPT, Deepfakes, DEI, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Federal Trade Commission, First Amendment, free speech, FTC, News Analysis, Racial Justice, Regulation, Trump Administration, xAI
To understand the stakes of the debate over AI regulation, look no further than Minnesota, where tech oligarch Elon Musk is once again generating embarrassing headlines. Last week, a federal judge denied a request from Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI to block a Minnesota law banning nude deepfakes used to sexually harass women and girls from taking effect.
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by Jesse Coburn | Jan 27, 2026 | AI, ChatGPT, Department of Transportation, Elon Musk, News, Trump Administration
The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and interviews with six agency staffers. The plan was presented to DOT staff last month at a demonstration of AI’s “potential to revolutionize the way we draft rulemakings,” agency attorney Daniel Cohen wrote to colleagues.
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