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Europol Confirms Six Arrests in 17-Country Investigation Into Alleged Air Route Smuggling Migrants to UK

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Second Small Boat in Two Days Reaches Kent Coast Before Border Force Interception

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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower Costs and Stronger Containment Results

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Swedish Prosecutors Investigate Suspected Election Fraud as 11 Parliamentary Seats Could Be Put Back in Play

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Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Shopping Agent From Its Store

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FAA Begins Using AI to Predict Airspace Congestion and Reduce Flight Delays

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Artificial Intelligence

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  • AI & Tech
  • USA

AI Helps Reconstruct Georgia Voters’ Secret Ballots From Public Records

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months 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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  • AI & Tech
  • USA

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

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months 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 Citizen2 months ago2 months 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 Citizen2 months ago2 months 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 Citizen2 months ago2 months 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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Futuristic global AI race with two central development lanes stopped at barriers while other competitors continue
  • AI & Tech

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

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months 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 Citizen2 months ago2 months 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 Citizen2 months ago2 months 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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Conceptual global AI race with several technology lanes accelerating while one is stopped at a barrier
  • AI & Tech

Anthropic CEO Says Frontier AI Companies Should Deliberately Slow Capability Development

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says leading AI companies should deliberately slow the pace at which they improve frontier-model capabilities.

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  • AI & Tech

Anthropic CEO Warns AI Swarm Could Be Capable of Taking Over Internet Within 6–12 Months

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns that within six to twelve months increasingly capable AI could potentially lead a swarm capable of taking over the internet.

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