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Congress Moves on AI Safety as Trump Warns America Cannot Lose to China

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  • AI & Tech

Anthropic Expects Second Straight Profitable Quarter as CEO Calls for AI Slowdown

Dissenting Citizen6 hours ago6 hours ago02 mins

Anthropic reportedly expects a second consecutive profitable quarter as CEO Dario Amodei calls for frontier AI development to slow.

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  • AI & Tech
  • USA

Congress Moves on AI Safety as Trump Warns America Cannot Lose to China

Dissenting Citizen9 hours ago9 hours ago02 mins

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls AI safety a top priority as Congress mobilises over slowdown proposals and Trump warns America cannot surrender its lead to China.

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  • AI & Tech
  • USA

AI Helps Reconstruct Georgia Voters’ Secret Ballots From Public Records

Dissenting Citizen11 hours ago11 hours ago02 mins

Researchers say AI can help exploit a Georgia voting-system weakness to potentially connect secret ballots with individual voters using public records.

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Donald Trump framed by American and Chinese flags with digital artificial intelligence imagery
  • AI & Tech
  • USA

Trump Rejects AI Slowdown Warnings: ‘Whoever Wins AI Wins’

Dissenting Citizen14 hours ago14 hours ago02 mins

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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  • AI & Tech
  • USA

Obama Urges Democrats to Make AI Governance a Major Political Issue

Dissenting Citizen15 hours ago15 hours ago02 mins

Barack Obama is urging Democrats to make AI governance a major political agenda, including in the 2028 presidential race.

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  • AI & Tech
  • World

Xi Proposes BRICS AI Open Source Zone for Global South

Dissenting Citizen17 hours ago17 hours ago02 mins

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.

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  • AI & Tech
  • World

South Korea Expands Espionage Law as AI and Chip Technology Become National-Security Assets

Dissenting Citizen1 day ago1 day ago04 mins

South Korea has expanded its espionage law to cover activity for any foreign state as Seoul moves to protect chips, batteries and AI technology.

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  • AI & Tech

OpenAI Rules Out 2026 IPO as Altman Says AI Companies May Be Close to Slowdown Agreement

Dissenting Citizen1 day ago1 day ago03 mins

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.

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  • AI & Tech

Anthropic Reportedly Seeks $100 Billion at $2 Trillion Valuation as Nvidia Considers $10 Billion Investment

Dissenting Citizen1 day ago1 day ago03 mins

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.

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  • AI & Tech

Anthropic Says Russia-Based Developers Used Claude to Build Autonomous Lethal Drone Swarm

Dissenting Citizen1 day ago1 day ago03 mins

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.

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