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Democratic Governor of Maryland, serving since 2023, overseeing state policy including energy, infrastructure, and economic initiatives.
Bill Gates told NBC that AI safeguards must be legally required, as Goldman Sachs forecasts more than $1 trillion of AI investment in 2026. Who pays the overhead he describes turns on whether rules cover only frontier labs, as Anthropic's chief wants, or reach smaller firms through states first.
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Maryland has committed $52.5 million of a four-year ceiling of up to $100 million for a Discovery District quantum hub. In exchange, DARPA stops evaluating Microsoft's hardware remotely from Redmond and Europe.
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The bill would freeze the most advanced AI development until a new Cabinet-level Department of AI writes safety rules, then require federal approval before deployment. Researchers at OpenAI and Google DeepMind endorsed it.
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The $100 million Propulsion Innovation Center in Elkton is one part of a build-out that takes solid rocket motor production from about 13,000 in 2024 to more than 25,000 by 2029, roughly 14% growth a year.
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The state's 300MW solar PPA in Garrett County implies $59.60 to $103 of avoided cost per megawatt-hour, which is really a two-decade fossil-price forecast. The assumption behind it is not published.
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