AI is giving Americans new options to manage their money. AI tools that chase higher interest rates may benefit savers—and this will have sweeping implications for our financial system. Read my @WSJ op-ed with former Congressman @JohnDelaney on how AI could affect your bank or credit union: wsj.com/opinion/ai-will-be-a…

👀AI is driving a FOIA boom axios.com/media-trends-membe…

Confirmed: @Muse can sue people in small claims court

Eric Schmitt: "Did you or did you not fall in love with a Native American woman who could talk to willow trees and paint with all the colors of the wind?" Jack Smith: "That was John Smith."

It's okay for Congress to get courts to help assert funding powers. It's ideal for Congress to figure out how to fight its own battles.

Big news! SpaceX is introducing a new @Starlink for Communities program that lets you earn money by providing Starlink internet to your neighbors or people nearby, who can pay for access by the hour, day, week, or month. Neighbors pay for the access they need, while the person hosting the Starlink will earn money from every connection. One Starlink Kit can provide high-speed internet to multiple nearby users. Starlink handles payments, user access, and connectivity. Property owners, businesses, local entrepreneurs, etc, simply set up a Starlink Kit where there’s demand and can expand coverage with additional routers or kits. How to get started: • Step 1: Order the Starlink Kit. Your Starlink Kit arrives ready for shared use. Choose a location with multiple homes or users nearby. • Step 2: Place the kit where demand is highest. Starlink gives you clear instructions. • Step 3: Earn income each month Community members connect using flexible hour, day, week, or month passes. You earn from every connection. Anyone who sees an opportunity to bring connectivity to the people around them can participate. Apply here: starlink.com/community-host

CMI #3: An oldie but goodie, with many possible incarnations. Reestablish the OTA. Congress has to legislate on complex tech (AI, cyber, etc.) without enough in-house expertise. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) used to (attempt to) fill that gap until it was defunded in 1995. Now: recreate OTA? Spin GAO's Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics (STAA) out and build it up? Beef up committee tech expertise? Rely on fellowship programs indefinitely? And what should its mission include? ▪️ Nonpartisan, public-facing tech policy advising? ▪️ Internal tech innovation and change management for Congress? ▪️ Supervision and oversight of executive branch tech adoption? All of the above? Learn more from: @BrookingsInst: brookings.edu/articles/it-is… @AEI: aei.org/commentary/congress-… @NatPurser: asteriskmag.substack.com/p/a… @BrennanCenter @KornbergMaya: brennancenter.org/our-work/p… What do you think? (image from CongressH3.io -> System Diagram -> Structure -> "Congress lacks permanent in-house tech policy expertise")

Chief Design Officer @jgebbia officially unveils America.gov, the new online home for the United States of America

NEW: The Trump administration is preparing to automatically enroll every American child in a Trump Account before the midterm elections 👀 with @jstein_sun: washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…

In May, I reported that the Trump administration was withholding information from investigators about the data that DOGE had access to, and today, GAO confirms that agencies refused to hand over records. My story: washingtonpost.com/politics/… GAO report: gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108192…

🚨 NOW: The Trump administration is launching a Super Intelligence site that will let Americans change their last name after marriage in ONE SINGLE FORM — which usually requires HOURS or DAYS to fix every government document "You'll be able to change your name right on the platform." "This would've taken weeks, multiple filings, different agency websites, if you even knew where to start." This is perfect! Saving Americans' time is INVALUABLE

I CALLED IT. It's happening y'all. The singapore gov has launched a pilot programme for a gov-run dating service. Looks like the pilot is currently restricted to just government workers for now.

The chief economist at Apollo is warning that mass adoption of AI agents could trigger a bank run as they optimize user investments. Gary Gensler spent his last few years as SEC chair warning that the exact same problem will hit the markets: the pursuit of algorithmic perfection at scale destroys system stability. Personal-finance agents making simultaneous optimal decisions could potentially cause a massive flash crash. Agent acausal coordination, with no messages passed between them, will show up in a lot of places. Markets will get the big headlines, but huge numbers of clever advisors making very similar choices will impact all of human society. Capability gains make this worse, not better. The smarter the agents, the narrower the optimal path; and knowing that other agents see that exact same path lets them move together without talking to each other. Agents do not need to collude to act in unison. Thus, they break no human laws by doing so. Human laws were not written for this. They were not written for a lot of what is coming, and it is about to start happening very fast.

Kennedy: "I don't think any public official, including President Trump or Kristi Noem or John Kennedy, should spend public money on private ads for themselves ... I may end up with a sombrero on my head, but I also think we ought to have a rule that no politician can have a building named after him when he's alive"