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regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
Christine Lagarde says Europe needs its own AI before trade partners use it as a weapon
The ECB president says Europe must build 'good enough' AI models and run them from European data centres, or risk having digital services used as leverage in trade disputes.
AI's Top Chiefs All Want a Slowdown. Should We Believe Them?
The heads of Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and xAI have publicly agreed that the latest AI models are moving too fast for anyone to control. The reason behind that rare unity is more complicated than it looks.
China Called US AI Warnings Fearmongering. Then Its Own Spy Chief Said AI Could Topple the Party.
Dario Amodei published an essay urging Washington to actively slow China's AI progress. Beijing fired back. Then China's top intelligence official warned that the same technology could destabilise Communist Party rule.
Musk Drops Apple Fight Over ChatGPT Deal, Leaving OpenAI Alone in Court
Elon Musk sued both Apple and OpenAI over their AI partnership. Apple has found a way out. OpenAI has not.
Trump Called Jensen Huang Onstage and Told a Crowd That AI Risk Is a 'Hoax'
Nvidia's Jensen Huang took a live speakerphone call from President Trump at the All-In Summit, where Trump dismissed AI safety fears and Huang stayed quiet.
Every Major AI Leader Has Now Weighed In on Dario Amodei's 'Slow Down AI' Essay
From Sam Altman agreeing to Donald Trump calling it a conspiracy, Amodei's call for paced AI development has cracked the tech and political world wide open.
Trump calls scrutiny of AI a 'SICK conspiracy' and says a smart president is the only guardrail needed
Posting on Truth Social, the president dismissed calls for checks on artificial intelligence companies and warned unnamed critics of consequences, without citing a single concrete example.
Texas Governor Tells Data Centres to Report Their Water Use or Pay the Price
Greg Abbott has ordered state regulators to crack down on data centres that ignore Texas law requiring them to report how much water they use.
AI's biggest bosses agreed to slow down. Almost nobody believes them.
Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk made a loose commitment to pump the brakes on AI development. Critics call it a cartel move. Supporters call it cautious progress. The reality sits somewhere between those poles.
AI Safety Is About Goals, Not Just Slowing Down
The resignation of an Anthropic safety researcher and weeks of fallout from the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident have pushed the debate about how safe AI actually is into open view. Here is what it means for everyone watching.
UK Minister Says He Is Not Relaxed About AI Either
Jonathan Reynolds tells the BBC people should stay clear-eyed rather than alarmed. Workers at the TUC this week want to know what that actually means for their jobs.
Ten Years of Extinction Warnings, and the AI Race Never Slowed
From Stephen Hawking in 2014 to a researcher quitting Anthropic last week, doomsday predictions have become a recurring feature of the AI industry. They haven't stopped it.
UK minister tells TUC the government will take AI death warnings seriously
First Secretary Louise Haigh will tell trade union leaders that ministers plan to chase AI's economic benefits while treating safety warnings from researchers as genuine obligations, not background noise.
They blocked a datacenter. Now they're running for office.
A grassroots movement against AI infrastructure is turning community anger into local political power, starting with the first US city to ban datacenter construction.
Trump Says AI Safety Is a Sick Conspiracy. Obama Says Slow Down.
Two former presidents landed on opposite sides of the AI debate this week, with Trump dismissing safety calls and Obama asking regulators to catch up before something goes wrong.