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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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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…
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Ukraine’s Ark Robotics has become emblematic of the next phase of warfare. Its CEO, known publicly only as Achi, argues that the old model—one pilot per drone—is unsustainable. Manufacturing can scale faster than human training, so the only way to achieve “total drone warfare” is to flip the paradigm: one soldier commanding dozens, even hundreds,…
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The Federal Power Grab Executive Order This isn’t just about AI—it’s about who gets to decide the rules of the digital frontier. California stepped in because Congress didn’t, crafting laws to protect consumers from algorithmic price hikes, deepfake abuse, and opaque training practices. Now Washington, under Trump, is telling states to sit down while Big…
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🎙️Introduction Five months after unveiling a national plan to accelerate artificial intelligence, according to Politico the Trump administration is now turning its attention to robotics. This pivot signals a broader embrace of industrial policy aimed at countering Beijing’s dominance in critical technologies. But it also raises pressing questions: will robots revive American manufacturing, or replace…
