AI
Trump vows to create ‘AI Force’ and appoint czar amid calls to regulate technology’s development
Technology
September 20, 2026
Trump vows to create ‘AI Force’ and appoint czar amid calls to regulate technology’s development
President Donald Trump said Saturday he plans to create an “AI Force” and name an AI czar as the government…
Egypt drives $12B tech push with AI, data centers, and infrastructure overhaul
Technology
September 19, 2026
Egypt drives $12B tech push with AI, data centers, and infrastructure overhaul
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met on Saturday with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat…
Why is China less worried about an AI dystopia than the US?
Technology
September 17, 2026
Why is China less worried about an AI dystopia than the US?
Hong Kong/Beijing — Unlike in the United States, no one in China seems to be openly fretting over the prospect of…
One word that explains Trump’s AI denialism
Technology
September 16, 2026
One word that explains Trump’s AI denialism
Washington’s biggest question this week: Why is President Donald Trump so furiously against an AI slowdown in the wake of…
Trump won’t put the brakes on AI because he wants to beat China. How big a threat is Beijing?
Technology
September 15, 2026
Trump won’t put the brakes on AI because he wants to beat China. How big a threat is Beijing?
Hong Kong — Last weekend, as the world worried about the possibility of unconstrained artificial intelligence wiping out humanity, the leaders…
Anthropic CEO calls for ‘pacing the frontier’ of AI race amid safety concerns
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September 13, 2026
Anthropic CEO calls for ‘pacing the frontier’ of AI race amid safety concerns
The race to develop artificial intelligence is in dire need of a slowdown, Anthropic’s chief executive said in an essay…
‘Gambling with our lives’: Another AI employee quits over safety concerns
Technology
September 10, 2026
‘Gambling with our lives’: Another AI employee quits over safety concerns
“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” That blunt…
US claims Chinese AI firms are carrying out ‘industrial-scale’ theft of trade secrets
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September 9, 2026
US claims Chinese AI firms are carrying out ‘industrial-scale’ theft of trade secrets
Chinese artificial intelligence firms are committing “industrial-scale” theft of their American counterparts’ trade secrets to save money and bring the…
Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade
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September 8, 2026
Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade
New York — New York City is banning the use of generative artificial intelligence for public school students from 2K through…
This city is one of the world’s most important AI hubs. It’s not where you’d expect
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September 7, 2026
This city is one of the world’s most important AI hubs. It’s not where you’d expect
Toronto, Canada — Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist, took a leap in the 1980s — leaving a well-funded post…