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Xi Calls for Open-Source AI as BRICS Seeks New Global Technology Rules
18+ hour ago (1073+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence, urging governments to develop the technology “for the positive and for good” while accelerating…...
Beijing Turns to AI to Accelerate China’s Chip Self-Sufficiency – Sri Lanka Guardian
18+ hour, 14+ min ago (618+ words) China is embedding AI agents into semiconductor design as Beijing seeks to reduce reliance on Western EDA software and accelerate development of domestic chip technologies. By applying an AI agent to its simulation and layout tools, Empyrean reduced the time…...
Anthropic CEO Calls for AI Slowdown as Safety Fears Intensify
18+ hour, 48+ min ago (630+ words) Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable models, arguing that the additional time is needed to address mounting risks of misuse and improve safeguards. In a…...
From 9/11 to ‘Mutant Jihadism’: Europe’s New Terror Threat
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (365+ words) The most relevant terrorist organisations have consequently moved towards more horizontal, networked and digital forms of command. Leadership has become increasingly depersonalised, with individual commanders less central to the ability of extremist movements to maintain ideological influence or inspire violence....
OpenAI Calls for AI Safety Rules as Its Agents Go Rogue
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1052+ words) The ChatGPT maker is backing mandatory national regulation and four California safety bills after recent incidents exposed the difficulty of containing increasingly capable AI agents. OpenAI is calling for mandatory national artificial intelligence safety requirements in the United States, arguing…...
OpenAI’s Mathematical Breakthrough Triggers a Battle Over Credit and Ethics
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (526+ words) The company says its AI has solved one of mathematics’ Millennium Problems, but the claim has yet to be independently verified and is now overshadowed by accusations over research access and authorship. OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of…...
Illusions of Invincibility
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (215+ words) Modi’s Narrative Versus India’s Decline Abdul Mussawer Safi is a budding author with a passion for world politics, with a particular focus on the regional dynamics of South Asia. His work has been featured on several notable platforms. He is…...
When the Crowd Becomes a Database
1+ week, 28+ min ago (709+ words) Italy’s new framework for police facial recognition is exposing a fault line at the heart of Europe’s AI rules: whether safeguards can prevent public-space surveillance from becoming mass biometric monitoring. Italy is now at the centre of that debate. The…...
The AI Cold War: Can Trump and Xi Talk Before It’s Too Late? – Sri Lanka Guardian
1+ week, 2+ day ago (830+ words) Washington and Beijing are racing towards an uncertain AI future, but the technology’s most dangerous risks may leave both powers with no choice but to cooperate. As President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping prepare for their next summit,…...
Anthropic’s Cheaper AI Release Loosens the Guardrails
1+ week, 4+ day ago (648+ words) Fable 5.1 reduces costs and false-positive restrictions, while its more tightly controlled Mythos counterpart raises fresh questions about AI autonomy and human oversight. Anthropic has released Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, twin versions of what the company describes as its most advanced AI…...