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US Senators Tim Scott and Bill Hagerty introduced legislation to block AI technology transfers to Cuba and Iran, citing national security concerns. The bill aims to prevent potential military applications of AI by these …
Flock Safety's surveillance cameras, including AI-powered license plate readers and audio-detection poles, are rapidly spreading across the US, logging every car and enabling law enforcement to search footage via natural…
A Livemint survey of 550 Indian startups, venture capitalists, and incubators found that data governance has surpassed AI regulation as the top regulatory concern, driven by the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP…
The Atlantic published a profile of economist Erik Brynjolfsson on June 29, 2026, highlighting his argument that AI will reshape economic output. The piece discusses his predictions from over a decade ago and places his …
South Korea announced a 800 trillion won ($517.9 billion) plan to build a new semiconductor cluster in the Gwangju and Jeolla regions, aiming to ease infrastructure pressure and meet global chip demand. The project is pa…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed executive orders in March and May 2026 to expand AI use in state government, including stricter vendor safeguards and labor market studies, while creating a regulatory lane for Ant…
Booz Allen Hamilton, the largest AI services provider to the US federal government, partnered with OpenAI to develop AI solutions for national security and critical infrastructure. The collaboration aims to leverage gene…
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its Mythos 5 AI model to approximately 100 trusted US companies and federal agencies, reversing previous restrictions over national security concerns. Meanwhile, a Chine…
US President Donald Trump announced that peace talks with Iran will resume Tuesday in Doha, after both sides agreed to halt a series of tit-for-tat attacks over the Strait of Hormuz. The negotiations aim to permanently e…
Eric Gilliam proposes that AI philanthropists adopt Warren Weaver's risk-tolerant, concentrated investment strategy to maximize impact, drawing on a blog prize by Dwarkesh Patel and a post by Stripe Climate GM Nan Ransoh…
Veteran reporter Alex Witt is leaving MS NOW after nearly 30 years, with Antonia Hylton taking over her weekend slot. The network is shifting away from live weekend broadcasting, adding taped podcasts from Crooked Media …
US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has nearly dismantled the Department of Education, laying off half its staff, cutting over $1 billion in contracts, and transferring most programs to other agencies, leaving only a…
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $6.7 billion budget, a $613 million increase from the previous year, avoiding cuts by using taxpayer-funded measures like Measure W to close a $185 million b…
A growing sentiment among tech professionals holds that AI is making them worse engineers, as layoffs and unreasonable demands from leadership compound the chaos of adopting new AI tools. The author argues that no one tr…
Palantir Technologies and Nvidia announced a Sovereign AI Operating System Reference Architecture (AIOS-RA) for US government and enterprise use, combining Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra GPU systems with Palantir's AIP, Foundr…
At the VibeKode Munich conference, two parallel tracks revealed a stark divide: one focused on traditional machine learning, the other on AI-driven development with agents and autonomous pipelines. A CTO of a 70-person c…
South Korea announced a $880 billion investment plan over a decade to dominate the AI era, focusing on semiconductors, AI data centers, and robots. President Lee Jae Myung unveiled the package on Monday, calling speed es…
California hospitals are closing psychiatric beds due to new state staffing rules requiring one nurse per six adult patients, effective June 1. Hospital executives say the mandate forces them to reduce capacity, while nu…
Mozilla President calls for an open-source 'rebel alliance' to counter Big Tech's control over AI, highlighting moves by Canada, the EU, and other nations to prioritize open-source AI infrastructure. Research shows open-…
The United States and Iran have paused hostilities after a weekend of escalating attacks in the Middle East, following Vice President JD Vance's announcement of a foundation for a lasting peace deal. New peace talks are …