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(Futurism) - Despite a massive campaign by some of the wealthiest companies in the world to push AI as the cure-all for society’s problems, regular working-class people remain resentful of the technology at best, and downright petrified at worst.

At a contentious county commission meeting in Box Elder, Utah, for example, sheriff’s deputies held irate community members back after three county commissioners rammed through a hyperscale data center backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O’Leary. A growing number of younger workers, fearing life in a market economy in which their labor is made obsolete, are actively sabotaging AI in the workplace. A not insignificant number of concerned citizens have started ripping AI surveillance cameras out of their mountings. Read more

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The Trump administration is reportedly considering measures to introduce government vetting for powerful new artificial intelligence models. This move suggests a potential shift towards increased regulatory oversight and control over advanced AI development.

Sources: Superintelligence

During the Musk v. Altman trial, OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman testified, confirming his personal stake in OpenAI is now valued at nearly $30 billion. Furthermore, his personal journal entries from 2017 were read aloud to the jury, revealing self-doubt and an entry questioning "Financially, what will take me to $1B?" and describing OpenAI's public commitment to its nonprofit mission as "a lie."

Sources: The Neuron, Superpower Daily

The Minnesota Senate unanimously passed House File 1606, making it the first U.S. state to outright ban AI apps designed to generate nude or sexually explicit images of real people without substantial human artistic skill. The law empowers the state attorney general to levy fines of up to $500,000 per violation and gives victims a civil right of action to sue app developers. The bill now awaits Governor Tim Walz's signature, following reports of platforms like Grok generating millions of inappropriate deepfake images.

Sources: The Daily Bite by Snack Prompt

Google has landed a deal to provide its Gemini AI models to the U.S. military for classified government use, making it the third major AI lab, following OpenAI and xAI, to secure such a contract. This agreement is part of a broader push to embed AI across U.S. military operations, with Google's contract notably described as "looser" regarding safety guardrail discretion granted to the Department of Defense.

Sources: Mindstream

KPMG has rolled out an internal dashboard designed to track how frequently its consultants are using AI tools. The firm positions this initiative as a push toward deeper AI adoption, turning usage into a visible performance metric. KPMG reports that over 90% of its U.S. employees already use AI weekly and aims to further increase this rate.

Sources: Neatprompts

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