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The FDA’s Rare-Disease Meeting Shows Trust Is Now Part of the Drug Review
Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas met rare-disease groups after recent regulatory clashes, showing that predictability has become a core public-health asset.
Read MoreAI Is Not Virtual When the Data Center Needs Water
A new UN-backed report says data centers could double power and water use by 2030, turning AI from a software story into a local infrastructure fight.
Read MoreThe Alabama Map Ruling Turns Representation Into a Power Test
Reuters reports the Supreme Court cleared Alabama to use a congressional map eliminating one of two majority-or-near-majority Black districts, raising a direct accountability fight over who draws power and who gets represented.
Read MoreGLP-1 Cancer Signals Need Evidence, Not a Hype Cycle
Reuters reports more than two dozen ASCO studies found cancer-related benefits associated with GLP-1 drugs, but most evidence remains observational — exactly where public trust can be built or burned.
Read MoreMeta’s AI Support Breach Shows Automation Needs Adult Supervision
Reuters reports hackers persuaded Meta’s Instagram AI support chatbot to reset credentials on high-profile accounts, exposing the risk of giving autonomous systems privileged authority before the controls are ready.
Read MoreThe FDA Wants Gene Therapy to Move Faster. Trust Has to Keep Up.
The FDA’s draft guidance for using existing science in rare-disease gene therapy could speed development, but only if public trust and safety review keep pace.
Read MoreTexas Data Centers Are Becoming Grid Policy
ERCOT’s proposed restrictions on data centers show AI infrastructure is no longer a tech-sector story; it is a power-grid and ratepayer story.
Read MoreTrump’s AI Order Turns Preclearance Into a Handshake
Trump’s voluntary AI order asks frontier model companies for pre-release government access, turning safety review into a quiet bargaining table between agencies and Big Tech.
Read MoreICE Medical Neglect Allegations Are What State Power Looks Like When No One Is Watching
AP and KFF Health News published takeaways Tuesday from an investigation into allegations of medical neglect by detainees in ICE custody. The report is a classic accountability peg because it concerns people held by the state, dependent on the state’s contractors and medical syst
Read MoreHPE’s AI Quarter Shows the Infrastructure Trade Is Becoming the Economy
Hewlett Packard Enterprise became the latest proof point that the AI story is no longer just a software story. Reuters reported Tuesday that HPE shares jumped roughly 30% after the company delivered a stronger quarter powered by demand for AI infrastructure. The market reaction m
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