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- The DecoderpolicyTrump announces "AI Force" and plans for an "AI czar" as he pushes unchecked AI growth
Trump announces an "AI Force" modeled after the Space Force and plans to appoint an "AI czar" with a "high IQ." He claims AI could reach 25 percent of US economic output, rejects new regulation, and frames criticism of d…
- Guardian AIpolicyWhy China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI development
Beijing believes slowdown calls aim to lock in US advantage, and is pursuing a different balance between safety and pace China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario About two years ago, education…
- LessWrongpolicyDon't call it a "pause", as that messages that a pause is much weirder than it is
Eric Schmidt on CNN: "we're not going to pause AI progress because the entire incentive system in America is not to pause." And he added, it's hard to enforce a ban across all labs. The part about inter-lab enforcement i…
- Guardian AIpolicyAustralia has done precious little to prepare for the dangers of AI. Where is brilliant leadership when you need it? | Zoe Daniel
Australia faces stark choices about the most significant technological development since the splitting of the atom in the 1930s Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast There’s nothing like a threat o…
- TechCrunch AIpolicyTrump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force
Trump claimed, without evidence, that the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyTrump to create ‘AI Force’ to monitor technology as fears over out-of-control agents grow
President had brushed away suggestions to slow down AI technology, even as his own party counseled caution Donald Trump on Saturday said he would appoint an artificial intelligence czar and create an “AI Force” to help m…
- LessWrongpolicyThe AI race is already multipolar
TL;DR: Collaborating to reduce catastrophic risks seems very possible even for policymakers with very different goals. T he race for general superintelligence is often described as a bipolar race between two rival hegemo…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyChina bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario
Silicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanity Why China is pushing back on US warnings over rapid AI developm…
- Engadget AIpolicyNow Trump says he's creating an AI Force
The president said he will soon announce an "AI czar" to run this newly made-up agency.
- Guardian AIpolicyAI and fake citation used in Tasmanian murderer’s parole decision
Parole condition of convicted killer Susan Neill-Fraser deemed invalid after board cited non-existent case law Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A review of potential artificial intelligence us…
- Engadget AIpolicyCalifornia governor wants to implement a kill switch for frontier AI models
Newsom’s executive order calls for an expert panel to develop new AI safety measures.
- TechCrunch AIpolicyIndia forces caller-ID apps to feed spam reports to telcos
Truecaller says the one-way sharing requirement would hand a commercially valuable proprietary asset to telecom operators.
- BBC TechnologypolicyWould Australians support a smart glasses ban?
As Australia considers barring the use of smart glasses in government offices, the BBC asks people in Sydney what they think.
- The Verge AIpolicyThe AI regulation smackdown isn’t over
At the start of this week, the who's-who of AI seemed - at least tentatively - on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, includi…
- The Verge AIpolicyOpenAI and Microsoft knew they were starting a ‘doom loop’ for the web
Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, charact…
- The Verge AIpolicyDoes AI need an antitrust exemption so it doesn’t kill everyone????
Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the future of business, and I’m talking with Jonathan Kanter, the former antitrust chief for the US Department of Justice in the Biden administration. These d…
- WIRED AIpolicyHere’s How an AI Slowdown Could Actually Be Enforced
Even if big AI companies agree to a pause, ensuring that nobody tries to sneak ahead could prove tricky.
- Ars Technica AIpolicyFAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyWhy Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate
Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear Europe’s dilemma over AI was rendered in stark terms this week. The head of the continent’…
- The Verge AIpolicyVirginia governor creates an AI task force and moves to restrain data centers
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger ordered the state government to take steps that could empower local communities to have a larger say in data center development and slow down approvals in a state that is already home to…
- Ars Technica AIpolicyUS government website used Chinese model the FBI called “malicious”
The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
- The Verge AIpolicyGavin Newsom is pushing for an AI kill switch
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is positioning the state to take the lead on AI oversight, including the potential to mandate a "kill switch" for frontier models, with a new executive order issued Friday. Newsom's order…
- Guardian TechnologypolicySensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers Vast troves of highly sensitive police data are lying on Microsoft cloud platforms which…
- TechRadar AIpolicyBill to make AI data centers pay for power grid upgrades reaches critical milestone
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- Guardian TechnologypolicyAustralia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm – should other countries follow suit?
As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller country Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast Statesmen, sh…
- WIRED AIpolicyAI PACs Have Dumped Nearly $1 Million Into an Obscure Senate Race
The reliably Republican South Dakota senate seat has an incumbent on the ballot. But PACs associated with AI labs and investors have already spent more money on the race than actual residents have.
- Guardian Technologypolicy‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks
Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments i…
- WIRED AIpolicyTrump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias
The Trump administration says it wants AI models free from ideological bias, as it pressures their developers to reflect the president’s worldview.
- TechRadar AIpolicyAI watermarking could make LLM guardrail adherence unpredictable — and that could be a big problem for the EU AI Act
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- The Register AI + MLpolicyFormer Labour deputy Tom Watson joins Palantir as £330M NHS deal nears break point
US spy-tech firm insists its new UK senior vice president is there to 'build things, not to open doors'
- Guardian TechnologypolicyIs Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? | Politics Weekly America
Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and formal guardrails to be introduced by the US government. But President Trump is not moved by the doomsday predictions, calling them a ‘hoax'. What is…
- WIRED AIpolicyThe Leftist Split Over AI Doom
The left wants AI regulation. They just can’t agree on what it should look like or how concerned they should be.
- Engadget AIpolicySony Music and UMG say Suno's new models still violates their copyright
In a new lawsuit, the labels argue Suno found a roundabout way to train its v6 models on unlicensed music.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyAndrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying
Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’ Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast When a man with a te…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan Another former government minister has been hired by a controversial US AI company, t…
- The Register AI + MLpolicyAI risks make some insurers wary of corporate liability
RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included
- Guardian TechnologypolicyIs Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? – podcast
Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and the creation of formal guardrails from the US government. But why is President Trump unmoved by the doomsday predictions, dismissing them as a ‘hoax’?…
- TechCrunch AIpolicyThe FAA’s plan to fix air traffic? $875M worth of AI
A new AI-based software program is being launched to help air traffic controllers better navigate their jobs as the crossing guards of America's skies.
- Ars Technica AIpolicyMicrosoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.
- WIRED AIpolicyThe AI ‘Slowdown’ Is an Antitrust Mess
By framing their efforts as a “slowdown” rather than an industry-wide push for better security standards, AI labs may have set themselves up for years of regulatory headaches.
- AI BusinesspolicyCalls for AI slowdown raise new challenges for open-weight models
Regulating frontier AI could sideline smaller open source developers and push enterprises to take on more of the safety and governance burden themselves.
- TechCrunch AIpolicyEven the king of England has his hesitations about AI
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and the U.K. government.
- TechRadar AIpolicyHalf of UK businesses say AI fears mean they want more control over their data as calls for digital sovereignty grow
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- SiliconANGLE AIpolicyAI governance moves closer to the workflow: theCUBE Insights at Amplify
AI governance now has to account for systems that perform work rather than merely assist employees. That shift is especially relevant for Workiva Inc., which operates in reporting, audit and compliance workflows where er…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyMeta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards
Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes Meta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK…
- BBC TechnologypolicyKing Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands
The comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.
- The Register AI + MLpolicyGrassroots coalition asks politicians to choose voters over Big AI's $140M machine
QuitGPT-led pledge targets Leading the Future's push for lighter regulation ahead of the midterms
- Guardian TechnologypolicyAlbanese government considers ‘world-leading’ ban on smart glasses in public offices and buildings
Minister for public service says the devices pose ‘legitimate privacy and security concerns’ in commonwealth-run workplaces Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyBig AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along | Ella Hafermalz
Universities need to protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employment AI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work. Soon they m…
- Engadget AIpolicyOversight Board says Meta's rules for AI deepfakes are 'consistently and fundamentally inadequate'
The Oversight Board is asking Meta to prioritize AI content when it's reported.