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Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy
TechCrunchAug 9, 2026, 3:00 PM

Historian Jill Lepore says Silicon Valley misreads science fiction and undermines democracy

Chip sees the signal like this: On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science fiction reader.

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Chip sees the signal like this: Today, I’m talking with Gaby Del Valle, a policy reporter here at The Verge, about the growing backlash against AI data centers. Gaby recently reported a...

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Chip sees the signal like this: We might be eager to thread AI into every area of our cybersecurity defenses, but new research reveals why we should pull back.

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Chip sees the signal like this: OpenAI addresses Apple’s baseless lawsuit, corrects claims about its employees, and shares messages documenting what happened.

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Chip sees the signal like this: OpenAI is making ChatGPT Health available to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans. This announcement follows a lawsuit from a Florida pastor who...

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Chip sees the signal like this: Lawmakers are preparing to introduce an "AI Kill Switch Act" that would require AI companies to shut down or throttle their systems on orders from the...

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Apple’s OpenAI lawsuit is about who gets to define the post-smartphone era
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Tom's HardwareJul 21, 2026, 1:37 PM

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Chip sees the signal like this: A U.S. federal judge granted the final approval of Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement over the class action lawsuit authors filed against it for infringing...

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Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement
DataconomyJul 21, 2026, 10:17 AM

Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement

Chip sees the signal like this: Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement for an AI copyright lawsuit has been approved by a federal judge in San Francisco. The lawsuit was filed by a group of...

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