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Meet the ex-Biden appointee who could be major force against Trump’s AI agenda: ‘Doomsayer’
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FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump’s push to establish «America’s global AI dominance» could run into friction from an unlikely source: the «effective altruism» movement, a small but influential group that has a darker outlook on artificial intelligence.
Trump signed an executive order earlier this year titled, «Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence.» This week he met with top technology industry leaders, including Mark Zuckerburg, Bill Gates and others, for meetings at the White House in which AI loomed large in the discussions. However, not all the industry’s leaders share the president’s vision for American AI dominance.
Jason Matheny, a former senior Biden official who currently serves as the CEO of the RAND Corporation, is a leader in the effective altruism movement, which, among other priorities, seeks to regulate the development of artificial intelligence with the goal of reducing its risks.
Effective altruism is a philanthropic social movement where proponents claim to be aiming to maximize the good they can do in the world and give to what they calculate are the most effective charities and interventions. Part of this movement includes powerful donors from across many sectors, including technology, where funds are poured into fighting against what the group sees as existential threats, including artificial intelligence.
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US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the «Winning the AI Race» AI Summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2025. (Getty)
Some in the movement have also pledged to give away a portion of their income, while others have argued about the morality of earning as much money as possible in order to give it away.
A former Defense Department official familiar with the industry’s leaders told Fox News Digital that since a 2017 speech at an effective altruism forum in which he laid out his vision, Matheny has «been very deliberate about inserting personnel who share his AI-doomerism worldview» into government and government contractor roles.
«Since then, he has made good on every single one of his calls to action to explicitly infiltrate think tanks, in-government decision makers, and trusted government contractors with this effective altruism, AI kind of doomsayer philosophy,» the official continued.
A RAND Corporation spokesperson pushed back against this label and said that Matheny «believes a wide range of views and backgrounds are essential to analyzing and informing sound public policy. His interest is in encouraging talented young people to embrace public service.»
The spokesperson added that AI being an «existential threat» is «not the lens» through which the company approaches AI, but said, «Our researchers are taking a broad look at the many ways AI is and will impact society – including both opportunities and threats.»
In his 2017 speech, Matheny discussed his vision of influencing the government from the inside and outside to advance effective altruistic goals.
«The work that I’ve done at IARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity) has convinced me that there’s a lot of low-hanging fruit within government positions that we should be picking as effective altruists. There are many different roles that effective altruists can have within government organizations,» Matheny told an effective altruism forum in 2017, before going on to explain how even «fairly junior positions» can «wield incredible influence.»
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Jason Matheny is an ex-appointee from former President Joe Biden’s administration, where he served in multiple roles between 2021 and 2022. (Tannen Maury/AFP via Getty Images)
Matheny went on to explain the need for «influence» on the «outside» in the form of contractors working for government agencies specialized in fields like biology and chemistry along with experts at various think tanks.
«That’s another way you can have an influence on the government,» Matheny said.
Matheny advanced the philosophy’s ideals in the Biden White House in his roles as deputy assistant to the president for technology and national security, deputy director for national security in the Office of Science and Technology Policy and coordinator for technology and national security at the National Security Council.
According to reporting by Politico, RAND officials were involved in writing former President Joe Biden’s 2023 executive order «Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.» The order mirrored many effective altruist goals regarding AI, such as the idea that «harnessing AI for good and realizing its myriad benefits requires mitigating its substantial risks.»
However, a RAND spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Matheny had «no role» crafting the Biden EO, but said its «researchers did provide technical expertise and analysis to inform the EO in response to requests from policymakers.»
The order read that «responsible AI use has the potential to help solve urgent challenges while making our world more prosperous, productive, innovative, and secure. At the same time, irresponsible use could exacerbate societal harms such as fraud, discrimination, bias, and disinformation; displace and disempower workers; stifle competition; and pose risks to national security.»
President Trump has made AI dominance a key part of his agenda. (Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP)
Its solution was to increase regulations on the development of AI and add new government reporting requirements for companies developing the technology. For many in the industry, this was seen as an example of government overreach that stifled innovation and hurt the U.S.’s ability to compete with countries like China.
The order has since been revoked by Trump’s AI order, which was signed in the first few days of his second administration. However, as head of RAND, a public policy and research advising group, Matheny and RAND have continued to push their vision for AI regulation and warn about the potential pitfalls.
RAND has posted on social media in recent months warning that AI will «fundamentally reshape the economics of cybersecurity» and that the «growing use of AI chatbots for mental health support means society is ‘deploying pseudo-therapists at an unprecedented scale.’»
Semafor reported earlier this year that the Trump administration was butting heads with Anthropic, a top artificial intelligence company with ties to the EA movement and the Biden administration, on AI policy.
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«It’s hard to tell a clean story of every single actor involved, but at the heart, the Doomerism community that Jason’s really at the heart of, what they are really concerned with is they truly believe about a runaway super-intelligent model that takes over the world like a Terminator scenario,» the former DOD official told Fox News Digital, adding that the fear of Effective Altruists that AI is an «existential threat» has led to their push that is «restrictive» to the «growth of the technology.»
«With respect to the Trump administration’s AI policies, much RAND analysis is focused on key parts of the President’s AI Action Plan, including analysis we’ve done on AI evaluations, secure data centers, energy options for AI, cybersecurity and biosecurity,» the RAND spokesperson said.
«Mr. Matheny appreciates that the Trump Administration may have different views than the prior administration on AI policy,» the spokesperson continued. «He remains committed, along with RAND, to contributing expertise and analysis to helping the Trump Administration shape policies to advance the United States’ interests.»
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Cronología de las treguas en Gaza: dos altos el fuego quebrados y “pausas tácticas” que no frenaron la guerra
El primer ministro israelí, Benjamín Netanyahu, aceptó este lunes en una comparecencia en la Casa Blanca la última propuesta estadounidense de alto el fuego en Gaza, sobre la que aún se tiene que pronunciar el grupo islamista Hamás y que supone un nuevo intento de conseguir la paz, a una semana de cumplirse el segundo aniversario de los ataques del 7 de octubre.
La esperanza de alcanzar un alto el fuego ha pasado desde 2023 por distintas fases. Entre los principales escollos han figurado tradicionalmente la petición del grupo terrorista Hamas de una tregua que suponga el fin definitivo de la guerra, el desarme del grupo islamista, así como la insistencia israelí en mantener su presencia en la Franja de Gaza.
Durante casi dos años de ofensiva, se han producido hasta el momento dos treguas, la primera de ellas, de seis días, en noviembre de 2023, que supuso la liberación de 105 rehenes de Hamas en Gaza y 205 presos palestinos en Israel, y la segunda, de casi dos meses, en enero de 2025.
Este último alto el fuego supuso la liberación de 33 rehenes mientras Israel emprendía la retirada progresiva de sus tropas, así como la puesta en libertad de presos palestinos, unos 1.900 en total.
Duró hasta que el 18 de marzo Israel lo rompió de forma unilateral y volvió a su ofensiva en Gaza, donde se han producido hasta el momento 66.000 muertes por el fuego israelí e Israel ha ocupado un 80 % de su territorio.
A continuación, las fechas destacadas en las negociaciones en la que media Egipto, Qatar y EEUU:
23 noviembre: Egipto confirma un acuerdo de tregua temporal de cuatro días que incluye la liberación de rehenes a cambio de presos. Al día siguiente, Hamas libera a 24 rehenes e Israel excarcela a 39 palestinos.
27 noviembre: La tregua se extiende dos días más. En total, 105 rehenes fueron liberados —24 de ellos extranjeros— a cambio de la excarcelación de 240 presos palestinos.
9 abril: Tras una ronda de conversaciones en El Cairo, Hamas recibe una propuesta de tregua que permitiría la liberación de 40 rehenes en Gaza a cambio de un alto el fuego temporal y la puesta en libertad de cientos de presos palestinos.
1 junio: Joe Biden presenta un plan de tres partes que comenzaría con un alto el fuego de seis semanas en el que Israel se retiraría de Gaza, un “aumento” de ayuda humanitaria y un intercambio de rehenes por prisioneros palestinos.
11 junio: Hamas acepta la resolución de alto el fuego adoptada el día anterior por la ONU y dice estar dispuesto a negociar.
19 agosto: EEUU asegura que Netanyahu ha aceptado su última propuesta e insta a Hamas a hacer lo mismo.
9 noviembre: Qatar anuncia que suspende su mediación por los escasos avances.
6 diciembre: Hamas se muestra con “esperanza de alcanzar un acuerdo” que ponga fin a la guerra.
15 enero: Acuerdo de alto el fuego por el que Hamas liberará a 33 rehenes vivos o muertos —en tres fases de 42 días cada una— e Israel emprenderá la retirada progresiva de sus tropas y la puesta en libertad de presos palestinos (en total unos 1.900).
17 enero: El Gobierno israelí vota el alto el fuego para que entre en vigor el domingo a las 12:15 horas.
2 marzo: Israel bloquea la entrada de ayuda humanitaria al enclave, después de que Hamas rechazara la extensión de la primera fase del alto el fuego en lugar de pasar a la segunda, tal y como recogía el acuerdo.
18 marzo: Israel termina con el alto el fuego y vuelve a su ofensiva en Gaza. Mata en un día a más de 400 civiles, en una oleada de ataques aéreos.
1 julio: Trump anuncia que Israel habría aceptado una propuesta de alto el fuego de 60 días a cambio de que Hamas libere a 10 rehenes con vida y entregue los cuerpos de otros 15.
27 julio: En medio de muertes que se multiplican por desnutrición, Israel anuncia una “pausa táctica” diaria de diez horas en su actividad militar en tres zonas del enclave para permitir la distribución de ayuda humanitaria.
29 julio: Pese a la “pausa táctica”, 20 gazatíes mueren por disparos israelíes en dos puntos de distribución de comida, unas muertes que se repiten casi cada día.
8 agosto: El Gabinete de Seguridad del Gobierno de Israel da luz verde a un plan militar para ocupar la ciudad de Gaza, capital del enclave palestino.
18 agosto: Hamas acepta una propuesta de alto el fuego temporal de 60 días de Egipto y Qatar, que incluye congelar sus actividades militares en la Franja de Gaza. Israel no responde oficialmente a esa propuesta.
(Con información de EFE)
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Blogger arrested for sharing anti-Hamas meme online, claims cops didn’t know about October 7th horrors
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A blogger has blasted British police after they arrested him for sharing a meme on social media that read «F— Hamas.»
Pete North, 47, filmed officers arriving at his Yorkshire home in the U.K. on Sept. 25 and telling him he was being detained because he had «posted something on the internet» that a member of their hate crime team «didn’t appreciate.»
The shocking footage shows an officer explaining that North was being arrested «on suspicion of publishing or distributing written material intended to stir up racial hatred.»
The post in question had been shared by North on X in August and featured a Palestinian flag with the words: «F— Palestine. F— Hamas. F— Islam. Want to protest? F— off to Muslim country and protest.»
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A blogger has blasted British police after they arrested him for sharing an anti-Hamas meme on social media.
North confirmed to The Telegraph that although the meme contained offensive references to Palestine and Islam, officers in the interview at the station appeared preoccupied with the part directed at Hamas.
«The officer in the interview said, ‘Well, firstly, let’s start with the meme. You posted a meme that said f— Hamas,’» North recalled to the British outlet.
«I said, ‘yeah, I did post a meme that said f— Hamas, because Hamas are a proscribed terrorist organisation internationally, including in Britain’.»
He added: «I then asked him, ‘Just so we’re on the same page, you do know who Hamas are?’ And he just… shook his head. He looked totally blank. If you’re going to arrest people for memes, you probably need to pay more attention to current affairs.»
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Two North Yorkshire officers came to arrest Pete North at home and took him to Harrogate police station.
North told The Telegraph he pressed the officer on whether he was aware of Hamas’s atrocities, including the murder of civilians on October 7. «He was totally oblivious,» North claimed.
After being questioned for several hours, North was released without charge.
«I feel quite strongly that what political cartoons and memes I post on social media is none of the police’s business,» North said.
«Nobody should be facing police inquiries for posting memes on Twitter. The whole point of this exercise is not to win convictions. It’s to terrorize people like me into thinking twice about posting spicy memes,» he added.
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North Yorkshire Police confirmed the arrest, telling UK media: «A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of publishing or distributing written material intended to stir up racial hatred. He has been released under investigation while inquiries continue.»
Fox News Digital has reached out to North Yorkshire Police for comment.
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After an illegal alien, Ian Andre Roberts, the superintendent of the Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, was arrested by ICE, Republicans blew the whistle on the fact that he was a registered active Democrat voter in the state of Maryland.
According to the official website for the Maryland State Board of Elections, Roberts, who overstayed a student visa from 1999, has an active voter status and is registered as a Democrat in Maryland. The development was first reported on by columnist Dustin Grage.
Republican state Delegate Matt Morgan, who is chair of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, told Fox News Digital that Roberts’ registration means that he is eligible to vote in all federal, state and local elections despite not being a U.S. citizen, and also despite likely not having lived in Maryland for the past decade.
Morgan explained that there is nothing in Maryland law allowing for non-citizens to be registered to vote in federal or state elections even if Roberts were still a legal resident.
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Ian Roberts, head of Des Moines Public Schools, was arrested by immigration authorities on Friday after a brief chase, Roberts was living in the United States illegally, authorities said. (Getty Images; ICE)
Now, the House Freedom Caucus is demanding answers from the Maryland State Board of Elections about «gaping holes» in the state’s election integrity systems.
In a letter sent to the elections board on Monday, the Freedom Caucus also demanded answers on why the board has been «obstructing a valid request by the Department of Justice to ensure compliance with federal election laws, citing immigration enforcement as a primary concern.
Morgan pointed to a letter the elections board sent to the Justice Department in August in which State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis expressed concern that if the board gave over voter information to the federal government that data would be used for «used for enforcement of immigration laws against Maryland residents.»
Commenting on the letter, Morgan asked, «If illegal aliens are not allowed to vote, why would they be on the voter rolls in the first place? And how would that enhance immigration enforcement? I don’t know, but that’s the excuse that they wrote to the DOJ.»
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The Maryland State Capitol in Annapolis. (Getty)
«It’s ridiculous,» he went on, adding that «everyone reasonable wants a safe and secure election.»
Before his arrest by ICE, Roberts headed the Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in the state, despite not being legally authorized to work in the U.S. after his employment authorization card expired in 2020, according to authorities.
He was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant last week. ICE agents arrested Roberts after he attempted to flee and was found hiding in brush. The vehicle Roberts was driving was found with $3,000 in cash, a fixed-blade hunting knife, and a loaded Glock 19 firearm, ICE said.
Roberts also had illegal weapons possession charges from 2020 and was given a final order of removal in 2024.
The state of Iowa revoked Roberts’ education license on Sunday, triggering the Des Moines School Board to place him on unpaid leave.
«We were notified that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners revoked Doctor Roberts’ license to practice as a superintendent in the state of Iowa. Without such a license, Doctor Roberts is not in compliance with his contract,» said Jackie Norris, chair of the school board.
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Authorities said a handgun was found in a vehicle used by Ian Roberts to flee from pursuing ICE agents. (ICE)
Morgan said that though Roberts’ case is baffling, he fears he may just be the tip of the iceberg when it comes to illegal aliens registered to vote in Maryland.
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«We have no idea how widespread this is. We hear rumors, but we have no idea,» he said.
«This is uncharted territory,» he added.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
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