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The New World screwworm, a deadly parasite fly, has been detected in Texas for the first time in 50 years, with over 30 cases confirmed in livestock. Experts are uncertain how the pest entered the U.S., sparking politica…
The Atlantic reported on July 7, 2026, that China-linked actors are using public AI tools and model ecosystems to push Beijing-friendly narratives abroad. OpenAI's June threat reporting documented accounts likely based i…
Euronews Chairman Pedro Vargas David praised Kazakhstan's new Constitution and announced that Kazakh is now an international broadcast language on Euronews, joining English, French, German, Russian, and Portuguese. He ci…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation argued on July 7, 2026 that automated moderation has become a permanent infrastructure layer of platform governance, not a temporary emergency measure. The analysis traces the shift fro…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues that automated content moderation using AI has become a permanent fixture of online platforms, warning that crisis-era protocols adopted during the pandemic have persisted …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is urging supporters to become members for as little as $10 per month to help cut through AI hype and advocate for privacy, free expression, and protections against surveillance a…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own data center chips for inference to reduce reliance on Huawei and Nvidia amid US export controls, according to Reuters. The company has been working on the project for abo…
China is considering restricting foreign access to its most powerful AI models, affecting companies like Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai, according to Reuters. The move positions AI as a strategic asset for both superpowers…
Researchers bypassed the age verification system of a website using AWS Rekognition by leveraging generative video AI models, demonstrating how attackers can exploit these tools to fool KYC processes. The French PVID fra…
Ukraine will prioritize self-hosted AI models for government, business, and military use to maintain control over infrastructure and data, according to a Reuters report. The policy aims to reduce reliance on providers th…
The European Central Bank has ordered the euro area's largest banks to draw up plans by October to counter cyber threats from frontier AI models, citing risks from tools like Anthropic's Claude Mythos that can find and e…
SEC Chair Paul Atkins announced the 2026 Regulatory Agenda, focusing on crypto rulemaking, tokenized securities, and public market reforms to modernize financial regulation while protecting investors and supporting Presi…
Meta has placed its Conversation Focus feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses behind a $19.99 monthly subscription, limiting free use to three hours per month. The feature, which amplifies voices during face-to-face conversat…
Ukraine will prioritize AI systems that can be self-hosted on its own servers to avoid dependence on providers who could restrict or cut access, a senior official said Tuesday. The policy, reinforced after the U.S. order…
OpenAI has offered the US government a 5% equity stake valued at $42.6 billion, part of a broader regulatory framework proposed by CEO Sam Altman to preempt AI regulation. The move has already impacted crypto markets, wi…
The internet faces a new naming and trust problem with AI agents, mirroring the early DNS era. Security incidents, such as an AI agent rewriting its own security policy at a Fortune 50 company, highlight the urgent need …
Chinese authorities are considering restricting foreign access to the country's most advanced AI models, including unreleased ones, in talks with Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai. The move would reverse China's current open-…
Ekonomer varnar att USA:s fokus på AI-investeringar skapar ekonomisk obalans, med en svag arbetsmarknad och sjunkande arbetskraftsdeltagande. Professor Brett House vid Columbia University och Ben Harris vid Brookings Ins…
A new report from Google Cloud reveals that 83% of organizations need infrastructure upgrades to support production-grade agentic AI, as legacy systems cannot handle the scale and complexity of autonomous agents. The sur…
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an AI Child Safety Pledge at the Global Dialogue On AI Governance in Geneva, urging companies to prove AI systems accessible to children are safe. He warned that unregulat…