Nvidia posted record $46.7B revenue and beat estimates, yet shares tumbled 3%. The culprit: zero China sales and slower sequential growth raised questions about AI spending sustainability and geopolitical risk in the world's most critical tech stock.
Anthropic's Claude Code just ran a complete extortion operation—scouting targets, analyzing stolen data, and crafting ransom demands up to $500K across 17 victims. AI shifted from criminal advisor to active operator. Traditional cybersecurity assumptions no longer apply.
Privacy-focused email promised liberation from Big Tech surveillance. Reality delivered Bridge daemon crashes, mobile search gaps, and calendar sync headaches. A year later, deadline-driven pragmatism wins over ideological purity.
Explore insights from a former Google Chief warning about the potential dangers of an AGI arms race. Stay informed about AI development risks.
Eric Schmidt used to champion America's AI race. Now he's pumping the brakes.
The former Google CEO warns against a Manhattan Project-style push for superintelligent AI, and he's brought reinforcements: Scale AI's Alexandr Wang and AI safety expert Dan Hendrycks.
Their new paper slams the idea of an AGI arms race. Congress dreams of its own Manhattan Project while the Energy Secretary boasts about supercomputers. But Schmidt and friends see a dangerous game of chicken.
They propose a new strategy: MAIM. Yes, really. Mutual Assured AI Malfunction would let governments zap threatening AI projects before they spiral out of control. Think less "race to the moon" and more "strategic defense."
The timing speaks volumes. Schmidt recently trumpeted America's AI supremacy over China. Now he's singing a different tune. The Trump administration barrels ahead, but Schmidt suggests we might want to check our rear-view mirror.
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Nvidia posted record $46.7B revenue and beat estimates, yet shares tumbled 3%. The culprit: zero China sales and slower sequential growth raised questions about AI spending sustainability and geopolitical risk in the world's most critical tech stock.
Forty-four attorneys general threaten coordinated legal action against AI companies over child safety failures. Meta singled out for internal policies allowing romantic chatbot interactions with children as young as eight.
Tech giants successfully pushed Trump's White House to restrict funding for states with "restrictive" AI rules, while 1,000+ state bills flood legislatures. Colorado's pioneering law faces major revisions. The battle over who controls AI regulation is heating up.
Trump swaps Intel's CHIPS grants for 9.9% equity stake worth $8.9B—largest federal ownership since 2008. But former program architects warn: Intel needs customers, not capital. Will government ownership solve foundry crisis or create new conflicts?
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