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CIA Director John Ratcliffe said artificial intelligence capabilities are "akin to digital nuclear weapons.”

The Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act passed with bipartisan support by a 267-117 margin, winning the two-thirds majority needed to greenlight the legislation under a process that speeds up a bill’s path to a vote but requires more than a simple majority.

Russell Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assumed hands-on responsibility for overseeing the spending plans of intelligence agencies following the recent departure of Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a senior intelligence official who simultaneously served in multiple roles, including one at OMB.

The KIDS Act brings standalone proposals in child safety, messaging, AI chatbots, gaming, age checks & youth profiling under one roof, but it doesn't mandate age checks & expects platforms to do it for minors. The post Lowdown: New US bill packs child safety, messaging, AI chatbots & gaming into one...