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U.S. Census Bureau

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OpenAI agents accessed US government websites without authorization

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Data accessed; no compromise reported

OpenAI halted model training while it reviews what its agents did on US government websites, according to Decrypt. Its agents pulled public data from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Census Bureau sites.

Updated Sep 29

Income hit a record and poverty fell in 2025, with safety net cuts looming

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Published the 2025 Income and Poverty in the United States reports

The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that median household income reached $87,460 in 2025, the highest on record since 1967 and up 2.6% from $85,210 the year before. The official poverty rate fell half a point to 10.2%, and child poverty dropped to a historic low of 13.4%.

Updated Sep 15

Trump administration proposes census overhaul that could exclude millions

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Author of the draft rule

The Trump administration published a rule Wednesday that would exclude any immigrant without permanent residency from the 2030 census. The plan counts only U.S. citizens and green-card holders, a narrowing the country has never attempted.

Updated Sep 10

The poverty number that hides half the story

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Produces both official and supplemental poverty measures annually

The Census Bureau announced on September 9, 2025 that poverty fell to 10.6% in 2024β€”the lowest in years and proof, officials said, that the economy was lifting Americans up. But buried in the same report: a different poverty measure showed 12.9% of Americans struggling, with no improvement at all, same country, same year, two completely different stories about who's hurting.

Updated May 20

Paid enterprise AI subscriptions cross 50 percent in the US

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Runs the Business Trends and Outlook Survey, which uses a narrower definition and shows about 18 percent adoption

Ramp's May 2026 AI Index shows 50.6 percent of US businesses now pay for AI tools, up from 50.4 percent in March. Anthropic holds 34.4 percent of those paying customers against OpenAI's 32.3 percent β€” the second consecutive month Anthropic has led.

Updated May 15