Driving the Day

Today is April 11, 2025, and here are the key policymaker and stakeholder actions on AI you need to know: In Washington, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is introducing legislation today that would “assess a carbon emissions fee on power consumption by data centers and crypto miners.” Across the pond, Ireland’s privacy watchdog opened an investigation into X “over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI system Grok.” Lastly, OpenAI is facing scrutiny for decreasing the total time it spends safety-testing its AI models from months to days.  

In this issue:

• Washington in Focus: A bipartisan bill aimed at enhancing NOAA’s AI use was reintroduced in the U.S. House and Senate.

• Around the Nation: Government Technology published an article discussing the potential for a “‘strange bedfellows’ alliance between fossil fuel and green energy” to meet AI’s power needs.

• Across the Pond: Some EU members of parliament are demanding a strict AI Act open-source definition.

• Global Highlights: The New York Times explains how TikTok's Parent, ByteDance, Became an AI Powerhouse.

• Outside Views: Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang warned the U.S. needs to keep pace with China on AI.

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