The House Administration Committee has approved the use of ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence (AI) powered computer programmed chatbot application, for some of its staffers, the panel revealed in a new report. The committee approved the use of ChatGPT Plus [01.02.23], a paid subscription plan for the chatbot, for "a cross-section of CHA committee staff" and held an initial training on the tool, according to the report on AI strategy and implementation in the House.

archive RollCall "Fireside" Chat software products (06.08.22)

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who leads the chamber's bipartisan working group on AI, held several AI insight forums to inform potential legislation late last year, and the House announced a bipartisan task force on AI in February. However, Congress still has yet to pass legislation.

whitehouse.gov | Remarks by President Biden at the IBEW Construction and Maintenance Conference (19.04.24)
...You know, since the 1930s—and I have to admit to you, in my early days in the Senate, I didn't realize this law said it would—the law that established the rights of a union to organize back in the `30s—well, that law said—a little piece in it no one paid much attention to.

The law said that when the federal government spends taxpayers' dollars, it has to—it has to buy American products with it and it has to use American labor. But that was honored in a—in the exception. The vast majority of the presidents didn't do it, and the last guy didn't even know it.  (Laughter.)  A lot of things he doesn't know.  (Applause.)
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Through my American Rescue Plan, I also enacted the Butch Lewis Act, the most pro-labor union worker law for retirees in 50 years. (Applause.) All we're doing is protecting pensions for thousands of IBEW workers and others. The idea made—they made it hard for you to get it done is just—it blows my mind. But we made it happen, while my predecessor never lifted a finger to do hel-—any help.  A matter of fact, he lifted a finger—he put a thumb on it.
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Today, I can announce that the IBEW plant in southern Ohio has already produced the first 200 pounds of that powerful enriched uranium—the first ever—first ever made in America. And it's on track to produce nearly a ton by the end of the year, enough to power 100,000 homes in this country.
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We're giving tax breaks that are five-times greater to projects that are prevailing—providing a prevailing wage. If you don't provide a prevailing wage, you don't get the tax break. And we use registered apprenticeships to train their workers....

U.S. production of uranium concentrate (U3O8) in the fourth quarter of 2023 totaled 12,653 pounds U3O8. This quarter's total uranium production occurred at four facilities, three in Wyoming (Nichols Ranch ISR Project, Lost Creek Project, and Smith Ranch-Highland Operation) and one in Nebraska (Crowe Butte Operation).

Trump's good day in the Supreme Court came even as the justices appeared likely to reject his most extreme position: blanket ["absolute"] presidential immunity from prosecution for anything potentially falling inside the "outer perimeter" of his duties.

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said in a March 11 interview on CNBC, "I would not allow countries to go off the dollar because when we lose that standard, that will be like losing a revolutionary war. That will be a hit to our country."

concluded that too many Americans didn't know what "Bidenomics" meant and because inflation has proven stubbornly high, the slogan became synonymous with an economy that, despite several strong metrics, many Americans fear is headed in the wrong direction.

will continue to use TikTok to reach out to voters—despite the president enacting a law Wednesday that could see the social media app banned in a matter of months. That timeline could also be pushed back by legal challenges, which TikTok has already threatened in response to the new law. Hours after Biden signed the bill, his 2024 campaign posted a new video on its TikTok page that featured Biden ridiculing former President Donald Trump for thinking "windmills cause cancer." The "bidenhq" account has more than 300,000 followers and has posted more than 100 videos since it launched in February.

and at least 80 protesters were arrested at Washington University in St. Louis during a pro-Palestinian demonstration Saturday. It is unclear if Stein will face any charges.