(FT) Criticism from asset managers is increasingly leading big employers to walk back diversity and environmental measures. Read more here.

(Washington Post) With the GOP pledging free rein for the new technology and action in Congress stalled, Sacramento is pushing plans to put guardrails on AI. Read more here.

(Bloomberg) Texas’ largest public pension fund has decided to shift almost $10 billion out of private equity investments, a blow to an asset class that has faced heightened scrutiny amid dwindling returns and a slowdown in exits for portfolio companies. Read more here.

(Washington Post) Employees said OpenAI rushed the release of its latest AI model, called GPT-4 Omni. Read more here.

(Fortune) The longtime Googler gave an update on AI initiatives at the Alphabet owned company, including project Astra, and addressed the recent report that Google’s data center emissions have increased. Read more here.

(WSJ) Total amount of awards received by country’s top national security startups less than half of what venture capitalists have invested. Read more here.

(Verge) Amazon and Microsoft have shown how Big Tech is going to consolidate the AI industry one way or another. Read more here.

(CyberScoop) Sanctions, newspaper investigations and reports exposing the Intellexa alliance’s infrastructure all might have led to its diminished state. Read more here.

(WSJ) The deal is part of the efforts by the world’s largest asset manager to bolster data capabilities as it expands into private-market investments. Read more here.

(Washington Post) In his new book, Steven Brill points to a flood of bad information as the culprit behind the rise of polarization. Read more here.