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The Trump administration is reversing course on AI export controls, lifting restrictions on Anthropic's most advanced models just weeks after ordering the company to cut off access for foreign nationals. The whiplash raises real questions about consistency in U.S. AI policy and what signals it sends to international partners watching closely.
On Capitol Hill, senators Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty are pushing new legislation aimed at blocking foreign adversaries from accessing American AI technology. The bill would give the federal government expanded powers to defend domestic AI development — a sign that lawmakers are treating artificial intelligence less like a product category and more like a national security asset.
Across the Atlantic, a Press Association investigation found major retailers in the United Kingdom actively advertising e-scooters for commuting and urban riding — despite the fact that privately owned e-scooters remain banned from public roads there. It is a quiet tension between how technology is marketed and what the law actually permits, and it is leaving consumers caught in the middle.
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