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Why OpenAI’s drug royalties proposal won’t work
OpenAI offering biotech firms free AI software in exchange for a share of drug revenues is like offering free Microsoft Word to Stephen King for royalties on his books.
Susan Collins Is Getting More Money From AIPAC Than Small Donors
As oysterman Graham Platner handily outraises Republican Susan Collins, the pro-Israel lobby collected nearly 20% of her donations for her.
AI-generated ads hit the Super Bowl
Vodka brand Svedka chose the AI-generated spot a part of a competition of fan-made media.
How AI is rewriting the SEO script
A host of startups are cropping up to school companies on how to design brands for AI agents, instead of search engines.
Nancy Mace Fails to Silence Claims She Made Staffers Buy Her Booze
South Carolina Representative Nancy Mace wants to claim that a genetic condition means she wouldn’t have sent staffers on late-night booze runs, but a former staffer is calling bullshit—and they brought receipts. In response to a sweeping profile, including claims that Mace dispatched staffers on after-hours trips for alcohol, the Republican lawmaker claimed that she was physically incapable of drinking in excess. “I have a lifelong condition called hemochromatosis, a genetic disease where my body absorbs too much iron. I can only get rid of iron by bleeding it out. So I have a lot of phlebotomies. Any and all alcohol makes it worse,” Mace wrote on X Tuesday. Natalie Johnson, who previously served as Mace’s director of communications, was quick to point out that Mace’s claim was not only ridiculous but even worse than what was previously reported. “Nancy Mace claiming she doesn’t drink alcohol might be the funniest, most brazen lie she’s told to date,” she wrote on X Tuesday. “The woman drank so much she’d have interns or junior staff run to Congressional Liquor during the work day so she could imbibe during telephone town halls.” Johnson left Mace’s office in 2021, during a turbulent six-week stretch that cost the congressperson multiple staffers.Johnson shared multiple photographs of Mace holding alcoholic beverages, and even looking inebriated in a separate X post. “Cheers!” Johnson wrote. Johnson also shared Mace’s own X post from February 2025 celebrating “National Drink Wine Day.” Members of Congress are explicitly barred from instructing their staffers to run personal errands, and staffers are not permitted to purchase alcohol for their boss’s personal consumption. One staffer has alleged Mace’s excessive drinking and marijuana use became an issue at work.
Colombian President Petro Meets With Trump After Months of Exchanging Threats
Colombian Senator Clara López Obregón says the region needs a more coordinated response to “coercion” from the US.
SpaceX, xAI merger signals Big Tech’s evolution
The eventual merger of Elon Musk’s empire is a natural evolution of Big Tech, from primarily software-based companies to extraterrestrial industrial giants. Call them EIGs.