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Last year’s argument that regulation of generative AI should rest with Congress and, perhaps, the Federal Trade Commission and other watchdog agencies has all but disappeared with the election of President Donald J. Trump and his reliance on tech billionaire Elon Musk to defang federal regulators.
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
Hezbollah has been decapitated and defanged by Israel allowing Lebanon to finally elect a new president after years of being blocked by Hezbollah.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
The Hezbollah campaign, part of a broader war that has killed thousands of people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million, defanged one of Israel’s greatest adversaries and dealt a blow to Iran’s regional strategy of arming and funding paramilitary groups bent on Israel’s destruction.
—Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In response, the bill's sponsors buckled and effectively defanged the conditionality measures.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2011
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Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
Hezbollah has been decapitated and defanged by Israel allowing Lebanon to finally elect a new president after years of being blocked by Hezbollah.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
The Hezbollah campaign, part of a broader war that has killed thousands of people in Lebanon and displaced more than a million, defanged one of Israel’s greatest adversaries and dealt a blow to Iran’s regional strategy of arming and funding paramilitary groups bent on Israel’s destruction.
—Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
In response, the bill's sponsors buckled and effectively defanged the conditionality measures.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2011
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“Defang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defang. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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