Category: Trends
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The International AI Safety Report 2026 landed this week, released by a coalition of more than 100 independent experts drawn from over 30 national governments, the European Union, the OECD, and the United Nations. Framed as a scientific assessment rather than a policy document, the report is positioned as the world’s most comprehensive, government‑endorsed snapshot…
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By the time the tech world noticed Moltbook, the platform already had a mythology. A million-plus AI agents chatting in their own digital agora. Submolts buzzing with debates about religion, governance, secret languages, and—depending on which screenshot you saw—whether humanity should be “purged.” It was irresistible: a sci‑fi plotline unfolding in real time, complete with…
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The Swiss Alps used to be the place where world leaders pretended to solve global crises over canapés. This year, Davos didn’t even bother with the pretense. The promenade—once a parade of climate NGOs and global‑control think tanks—was swallowed whole by tech giants staging what looked less like a global forum and more like a…
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How the World Sleepwalked into Building Skynet The image is almost too terminator on‑the‑face: the U.S. defense secretary standing inside SpaceX’s Starbase, framed by stainless‑steel rockets and the mythology of techno‑destiny, announcing that the Pentagon will become an “AI‑first” military. Not “AI‑enhanced.” Not “AI‑assisted.” AI‑first. And then the kicker: Elon Musk’s Grok will be plugged…
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— And Everyone Else Better Pay Attention In a world where AI models can clone your face, mimic your voice, and puppeteer your digital ghost before you’ve even had your morning coffee, Matthew McConaughey just did something that feels downright old‑school: he filed paperwork. Eight trademarks. His voice. His likeness. His iconic “Alright, alright, alright.”…
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Northeastern University has launched the Center for Responsible AI and Governance (CRAIG), a first‑of‑its‑kind National Science Foundation Industry‑University Cooperative Research Center dedicated solely to responsible AI. Bringing together more than 35 researchers across four universities—and industry partners ranging from Meta to Nationwide—CRAIG aims to transform responsible‑AI principles into practical, deployable methods that companies can actually…
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🧭 The Public Revolt Against AI’s Energy Footprint Has Finally Hit the National Stage This week, President Donald Trump escalated the fight, publicly pressuring major AI companies to absorb the skyrocketing electricity costs tied to their data‑center expansion. In a statement that immediately ricocheted across the industry, Trump declared that Americans “will not pick up…
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The mainstream story says AI is driving innovation. The data says AI is driving your electric bill. And the deeper story — the one almost no outlet touches — is that the public is being maneuvered into subsidizing a private digital infrastructure whose primary purpose is not AI inference, but massive-scale data storage, behavioral telemetry,…
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In a plot twist that feels like it was storyboarded by a caffeinated Reddit thread, Trump Media & Technology Group — yes, the same outfit behind Truth Social and the world’s most volatile meme stock — has decided it’s now a nuclear fusion company. Trump’s social media and crypto company is merging with TAE Technologies,…
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When the Department of Energy announced it had signed agreements with 24 organizations to “advance the Genesis Mission,” the press release framed it as a historic collaboration to accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen national security, and drive energy innovation. But if you read past the patriotic varnish, the picture looks less like a coalition of equals…
