Mike Benz Warns AI Regulation Could Give Government ‘Ultimate Seat of Lobbying Power’

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 17, 2026 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South, TN LEAD, TSNNLEAD

Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, warned that calls from artificial intelligence (AI) companies for government regulation could create a powerful new system of regulatory capture while acknowledging that increasingly capable AI...

New App ‘Uplift: Bible Chat’ Brings Biblical Worldview to AI

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 17, 2026 | Culture, Faith, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South, TSNNLEAD

Andrea Wilson, head of Loam Technologies, discussed the upcoming official launch of Uplift: Bible Chat, a Bible-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to provide users with AI assistance grounded in a biblical worldview, during an exclusive interview...

‘I’m Not Going to Be Voting for Van Hilleary’: Radio Host Dan Mandis Blasts AI-Generated Attack Ad

by Kaitlin Housler | Jul 28, 2026 | Elections, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

Radio host Dan Mandis said Monday he will not vote for congressional candidate Van Hilleary in the Republican primary for Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District after the campaign released an attack advertisement featuring AI-generated imagery depicting State...

Loam Technologies Unveils AI Platform Built on Biblical Principles

by Kaitlin Housler | Jul 16, 2026 | News, Tech Media, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Andrea Wilson of Loam Technologies said the company is set to launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform called Uplift on September 22, offering users an AI assistant designed to operate under biblical principles rather than conventional technology industry...

AI Company Anthropic Selects Memphis for Major Expansion at Colossus Supercomputer Site

by Kaitlin Housler | May 7, 2026 | Economy, News, Tennessee, The South

Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude, announced Wednesday it has signed an agreement to use the full compute capacity of the Colossus 1 supercomputer facility in Memphis. The agreement gives Anthropic access to more than 300 megawatts of...

‘Too Dangerous to Release’: EJ Haust Raises Red Flags on Mythos AI Capabilities

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 10, 2026 | News, Science & Technology, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

EJ Haust, a digital marketing expert and official guest host of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, is raising concerns about the implications of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), specifically the emerging capabilities of Anthropic’s Mythos system. This week, Federal...

XOi Technologies Expands in Nashville with New Headquarters in the Gulch

by Kaitlin Housler | Apr 9, 2026 | Economy, News, Tennessee, The South

The Nashville-based tech firm XOi Technologies has officially opened a new 6,000-square-foot headquarters in the 333 office building in the Gulch neighborhood, marking a significant milestone for the company that began just over a decade ago as a small startup...

Reporter Skeptical of Oversight, Intentions of New AI Program Used in Metro Nashville Public Schools

by Kaitlin Housler | Jan 29, 2026 | Education, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said Metro Nashville Public Schools’ (MNPS) newly announced partnership with Colin Kaepernick’s artificial intelligence (AI) company raises serious questions about the district’s priorities and the quality of education...

Redis and Amazon to Address A.I. Hallucinations, Improve Accuracy

by Christina Botteri | Dec 2, 2024 | Economy, National, News, Tech Media

Redis announced on Monday that it is expanding its integration with Amazon Bedrock to further enhance the performance and reliability of generative AI applications. The goal, to company said, is to reduce errors such as hallucinations and improve the overall...