China’s sweeping AI adoption is extending its global influence
China has emerged as the world’s largest real-life testbed for AI, rapidly integrating generative and “agentic” tools into consumer life...
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After Grok warned assassins were coming, I armed myself and braced for a fight
A BBC investigation details how two users’ interactions with advanced chatbots escalated into dangerous delusions, underscoring growing concerns about AI...
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Sam Altman calls out ‘AI washing,’ says some firms are wrongly blaming layoffs on AI while real job shifts are still coming
OpenAI chief Sam Altman said some companies are engaging in “AI washing,” blaming layoffs on artificial intelligence that would have...
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Beijing blocks Meta’s $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus
China’s top economic planner has moved to block Meta’s roughly $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, ordering the parties...
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U.S. to tighten enforcement against Chinese firms accused of extracting capabilities from American AI models
The Trump administration signaled a tougher posture toward Chinese technology firms it says are siphoning capabilities from U.S. artificial intelligence...
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Senate hears ex-CIA officer say Google engineer funneled cutting-edge AI trade secrets to China, fueling national-security alarm
A former CIA officer told a Senate panel that a Google software engineer stole advanced AI trade secrets to benefit...
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White House says China-linked groups are running industrial-scale campaigns to copy U.S. AI models
The White House accused China-based entities of orchestrating “industrial-scale” efforts to copy proprietary U.S. artificial-intelligence systems through model distillation, according...
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Sony’s ‘Ace’ Robot Starts Beating Table Tennis Pros, Hailed as a Milestone for AI and Robotics
Sony says its table-tennis robot, Ace, has reached expert human performance and occasionally defeats professional players—an advance the company calls...
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Amazon deepens Anthropic alliance with multibillion-dollar investment and Trainium commitments
Amazon said it will invest $5 billion in Anthropic, with as much as $20 billion more tied to milestones, as...
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Silicon Valley’s AI Agents Stumble: Token Waste and Complex, Costly Systems
Silicon Valley is bullish on AI agents, but the economics and engineering remain fraught. At back-to-back industry events, executives and...
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