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  1. #AndreessenHorowitz’s Rising Influence Over Trump-Era #AI Policy
    #SiliconValley’s richest #venturecapital firm emerges as a “lobbying juggernaut” for minimal AI regulation.
    Sounding board is firm’s chief #lobbyist, #CollinMcCune. The firm, colloquially known by the shorthand #a16z for the 16 letters between the A and Z in its name, arguably has veto power over any AI-related proposals, according to one former #WhiteHouse official.
    bloomberg.com/news/features/20
    archive.ph/mMhHx

  2. Former PM David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary has triggered fresh calls to abolish the House of Lords

    There is no requirement for cabinet ministers to be a MP

    It is rare senior offices of state are held by unelected politicians

    #Lobbyist Cameron has been handed a seat in the Lords for life to take up the role

    This joins a string of outrages about the urgent need to ditch the Lords

    bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/dav

    #UK #dictatorship #ToryDictatorship #democracy #PR #Lords #HouseOfLords