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OpenAI is trying to repair its relationship with the mathematics community after turning a series of impressive AI-generated results into something of a credibility problem. The company has now formed an independent panel of elite mathematicians to advise it on how to engage more responsibly with academic research going forward. It's a rare acknowledgment that moving fast in science carries real costs.
On the regulatory front, cities across the United States are pushing back against a Trump-era FCC proposal that would strip local governments of their authority to set their own broadband rules. Municipalities argue that local oversight has been critical to expanding internet access and protecting consumers, and they're not ready to hand that power to federal regulators without a fight.
And the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is raising alarms about a growing corner of prediction markets — so-called mention markets, where traders bet on the behavior of specific individuals. The CFTC warns these instruments carry unique risks around manipulation and cheating, and the advisory signals that federal scrutiny of prediction platforms is only going to intensify.
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