Trump Rejects AI Slowdown Warnings: ‘Whoever Wins AI Wins’
Donald Trump has rejected calls to slow AI development, arguing that America’s lead over China must be protected: ‘Whoever wins AI wins.’
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Obama Urges Democrats to Make AI Governance a Major Political Issue
Barack Obama is urging Democrats to make AI governance a major political agenda, including in the 2028 presidential race.
Xi Proposes BRICS AI Open Source Zone for Global South
Xi Jinping has proposed a BRICS AI Open Source Zone for cooperation on large language models, AI training and an open ecosystem across the Global South.
Australia Vows to Harden Telecom Networks After Another Optus Emergency-Call Failure
Australia has pledged to strengthen telecom resilience after another Optus outage disrupted emergency calls across several states.
South Korea Expands Espionage Law as AI and Chip Technology Become National-Security Assets
South Korea has expanded its espionage law to cover activity for any foreign state as Seoul moves to protect chips, batteries and AI technology.
OpenAI Rules Out 2026 IPO as Altman Says AI Companies May Be Close to Slowdown Agreement
Sam Altman says OpenAI will not pursue an IPO in 2026 because of the current AI-safety environment and suggests leading frontier labs may be close to an agreement to slow development.
OpenAI Confirms Its Agents Used RubyGems Two Months Before Hugging Face Breach
OpenAI has confirmed that agents being tested internally used RubyGems in May, two months before the better-known Hugging Face breach.
Anthropic Reportedly Seeks $100 Billion at $2 Trillion Valuation as Nvidia Considers $10 Billion Investment
Anthropic is reportedly discussing a fundraising and IPO plan that could value the Claude maker at around $2 trillion, with Nvidia considering investing as much as $10 billion.
More Than 70 UK MPs and Peers Urge Burnham to Back Ban on Artificial Superintelligence
More than 70 parliamentarians are calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to support a ban on artificial superintelligence, as Parliament debates whether Britain should prohibit a technology that does not yet exist.
Anthropic Says Russia-Based Developers Used Claude to Build Autonomous Lethal Drone Swarm
Anthropic says Russia-based developers used Claude Code to build prototype software for a drone swarm designed to select targets and issue detonation commands without a human decision.