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arstechnica. com > tech-policy > 2026 > 05 > trump-loses-more-control-over-ai-regulation-as-illinois-passes-landmark-law

Trump loses more control over AI regulation as Illinois passes landmark law

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (744+ words) Here's why Anthropic and Open AI are on board with Illinois safety testing. A few days after President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a plan that would have given the federal government power to vet frontier AI models over fears that…...

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arstechnica. com > cars > 2025 > 10 > illinois-utility-tries-using-electric-school-buses-for-bidirectional-charging

Illinois utility tries using electric school buses for bidirectional charging

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (972+ words) School buses are usually parked when the grid is under its biggest strain. The largest electric utility in Illinois is rolling out a program for a vehicle-to-grid (V2 G) electric school bus'charging pilot with three Chicagoland school districts, testing the functionality of…...