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The Justice Department's Voting Rights Section has been hollowed out. Of roughly thirty attorneys working there when Donald Trump began his second term, all but two have now departed. What remains, according to Wired, is a unit effectively under the control of election deniers — a structural shift with real consequences for how voting rights are enforced across the country.
Shifting to enterprise software, SAP is drawing scrutiny over a new API policy that prohibits customers from using its interfaces to connect with AI systems outside SAP's own endorsed architecture. Critics say this effectively walls off third-party AI tools from accessing customer data, and one expert warns it could push developers toward undocumented APIs — a messy and fragile workaround that benefits no one but SAP.
And in the automotive world, General Motors is bringing Google's Gemini AI assistant to roughly four million vehicles across its Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC lineups. Model year two thousand twenty two and newer vehicles with Google built-in will receive the upgrade over the air — no dealership visit required. It's the latest sign that the car is becoming less a machine and more a connected platform.
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