Anthropic’s co-founder Dario Amodei has voiced his fears over the development of artificial intelligence in a 19,000-word essay. He argues the world needs to “wake up” to the risks.

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Whistleblowers have shared an internal ICE memo showing that immigration agents have been sanctioned to enter homes and make arrests using administrative warrants instead of using warrants signed by a judge, an attempt to circumvent the Fourth Amendment says Cornell Law School professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer. 

Law and Policy

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Rebecca Slayton, director of the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, says the initiative is more political theater than actual peacebuilding.

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Ryan Chahrour is a professor of economics and international studies at Cornell University. He says threats to the Federal Reserve's independence are already making it harder for the Fed to do its job today.

Law, Government & Public Policy

Economics and Business

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A U.S. House panel is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would give Congress power over artificial intelligence chip exports. The legislation would give the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Banking Committee 30 days to review and potentially block licenses issued to export advanced AI chips to China and other adversaries.

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Kristin Roebuck, a Cornell University historian specializing in modern Japan, says the timing may be ideal for Takaichi to call a snap election.

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The Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony last summer about the central bank’s building-renovation project, but this investigation is a criminal misuse of office by the president says Cornell Law School professor Robert Hockett.  

Law and Policy

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The chatbot Grok has started limiting requests for A.I. images to X subscribers who pay for certain premium features. The move comes after major criticism and backlash over users creating sexualized deepfakes without consent.

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Cornell experts discuss the Trump administration's plans to withdraw from dozens of international groups, many focused on climate issues.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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David Silbey is a professor of history at Cornell University, where he specializes in military history and defense policy. Despite tough talk from European leaders, Silbey says a NATO military response to the US annexation of Greenland would not happen.

International

Foreign Policy

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