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$17 billion. DoorDash is acquiring Instacart in a deal that could reshape the grocery delivery industry. What does this mean for competition, local grocers, and consumers? Here’s what you need to know.
California spent years writing the strictest autonomous-truck rules in the country: 1 million validated miles before a single driverless deployment. Now the Teamsters want a court to unwind them.
Chamber of Progress CEO @adamkovac in @Sacbiz 👇
In 2024, 3,876 people died on California roads.
Autonomous vehicles have driven 220M+ driverless miles with zero at-fault fatalities.
Guess which one is getting dragged to court?👇
Josh Shapiro reopened I-95 12 days after it collapsed. Roy Cooper got $4B in medical debt erased for 2 million North Carolinians.
Both are leading big in states Trump won. @GaryWinslett says that’s the Democratic model: deliver results people feel, and be credible on crime.
Government should use AI to make services better: shorter wait times, fewer forms, faster benefits, and more time to public servants to help people. Our latest AI-Ready Government Playbook shows how we get there.
progresschamber.org/project/…
D.C.’s “surveillance pricing” bill, what it actually does:
Bans using a shopper’s data to set a price, up OR down.
So the $2 cereal coupon, the loyalty reward and the “we miss you” deal are at risk. It could even snag rideshare fares.
Ban the markup. Keep the discount.
Our testimony on B26-0667: progresschamber.org/watch-li…
Every year, $140 billion in federal benefits goes unclaimed and Americans spend 10.5 *billion* hours on federal paperwork. We need to do better. The U.S. needs permanent AI teams that can clear backlogs and improve customer service.
Government should use AI to make services better: shorter wait times, fewer forms, faster benefits, and more time to public servants to help people. Our latest AI-Ready Government Playbook shows how we get there.
Government needs to avoid these traps:
❌ Endless reviews of low-risk tools
❌ Cutting staff based on hypothetical savings
❌ Automating a broken process
❌ Counting AI licenses instead of better results
❌ Procurement rules unrelated to performance
The test for government AI should be improving service delivery.
Did people wait less?
Submit less paperwork?
Get more problems resolved?
Did public workers gain capacity?
Read the full playbook here:
progresschamber.org/project/…
Friday is the amicus deadline in the OpenAI copyright case, and the core question is simple:
Does training an AI model replace the books and articles it learned from, or make something new?
Fair use has always protected the second. Courts shouldn’t rewrite it for AI.
Washington froze $10B in child care funds. Three Democratic governors went the other way:
New Mexico: universal child care, ~$12K saved per kid
New York: free 2-K for toddlers
Virginia: the South’s first paid leave law
Part 4 of our State of Affordability series 👇
@TahraHoops on what states did on the cost of raising kids, one week out from the midterms: progresschamber.org/insights…
