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Congressional sources say a new draft of the Crypto Clarity Act could land as early as next week, marking what insiders are calling a final push for late-July action. The bill has stalled for months, and it still lacks meaningful bipartisan support — so whether this draft moves or quietly fades remains an open question.
Shifting to the courtroom, the New York Times is accusing OpenAI of concealing evidence in an ongoing copyright lawsuit. Publishers allege the company hid tools and datasets that could have revealed how much copyrighted journalism surfaces in ChatGPT outputs. The Times is now seeking sanctions, which signals this case is escalating fast and could reshape how AI companies handle training data going forward.
And on the founder side of things, Precursor Ventures' Charles Hudson sat down this week to reflect on lessons drawn from investing in more than five hundred startups. Hudson outlined the headwinds facing early-stage founders right now and the most common missteps that cost entrepreneurs funding before they ever get a real shot at the table.
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