Month: August 2025

In a stunning development with far-reaching political implications, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has officially launched an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the federal prosecutions of former President Donald J. Trump. The inquiry, announced over the weekend, centers on allegations that Smith may have violated the Hatch Act, a federal law that prohibits government officials from engaging in partisan political activity while performing their official duties.

Zuckerberg, it seems, is pulling every lever possible to accelerate the buildout of his new AI division — Meta’s Superintelligence Labs — in a frantic attempt to catch up with rivals like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic. But the refusal by TML’s team — not one of whom accepted any offer — paints a telling portrait of the current AI climate: money isn’t everything, even when the checks have nine zeros.