AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. | Brendan Smialowsky/AFP via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes inside Washington's increasingly existential clashes between tech and politics. If this was forwarded to you, can I interest you in a full-fledged subscription to The Verge for only $40 a year? You'll get so much more than doomer scenarios. We cover non-existential fun stuff like Legos, too. Do you work somewhere involving government, technology, and existential threats? Send all tips to tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com, or to my Signal account @tina.nguyen19. This was, to put it mildly, not a chill weekend. For a few hours on Saturday, I thought that the Anthro … Read the full story at The Verge.
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes inside Washington's increasingly existential clashes between tech and politics. If this was forwarded to you, can I interest you in a full-fledged subscription to The Verge for only $40 a year? You'll get so much more than doomer scenarios. We cover non-existential fun stuff like Legos, too.
Do you work somewhere involving government, technology, and existential threats? Send all tips to tina.nguyen+tips@theverge.com, or to my Signal account @tina.nguyen19.
This was, to put it mildly, not a chill weekend.
For a few hours on Saturday, I thought that the Anthro …
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