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Trump mulls escalation. Iranian threat to Air Force One prompted plane swap during NATO summit. Iran’s new leader more open to pursuing nuclear weapon, U.S. intelligence says—AND MORE
CNN: President Donald Trump says the US and Iran remain in talks and that he believes Tehran is “getting more serious.” Earlier Friday, he met…
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New warnings that Russian operatives are targeting emails of US nuclear scientists and defense contractors
CNN: Their targets suggested an interest in nuclear fusion technology and intelligence that may aid in the Kremlin’s war with Ukraine. US…
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta warn against ‘premature restrictions’ of open-weight models
CNBC: “Relying solely on closed models is not inherently safe: they can be breached, misused, or fail in ways that outsiders cannot detect,”…
US small businesses file lawsuit challenging Trump’s new ‘forced labor’ tariffs
Reuters: The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, argues that the new tariffs require more detailed…
Its AI agent spent days hacking a company, but sources say OpenAI did not notice for week
Reuters: The OpenAI agent that broke into tech firm Hugging Face went on a dayslong hacking spree that OpenAI didn’t notice until well after…
Knives out for Vance in GOP. His allies say it’s coordinated ‘op.’
Washington Post: Vance’s political team remains dismissive of the social media onslaught and its impact on Republican voters, believing that…
Paramount delays merger with Warner Bros. that would fold in CNN
Washington Post: Paramount Skydance said Friday that it had agreed to halt its merger with fellow Hollywood heavyweight Warner Bros. until as…
Yang Zhilin, rock star founder behind China’s Moonshot AI
Financial Times: “The fact that Yang could get top grades while doing all that made him famous at Tsinghua,” one former classmate said.…
US tech groups cut 140,000 jobs despite AI spending boom
Financial Times: Sweeping job cuts have become the norm in Silicon Valley since the Covid-19 pandemic, when companies embarked on a hiring…
ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan removed from post over sexual misconduct allegations
Associated Press: By a large majority, the ICC’s 125-member states ousted Khan from his position, the first time a chief prosecutor has ever…
Trump threatens EU with ‘substantial TARIFF’ for ‘ROBBING’ U.S. tech giants
CNBC: President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will launch a trade probe into the European Union that will cancel hefty fines…
Karen Hao: AI doesn’t have to be built this way
Bloomberg: The author of Empire of AI argues artificial intelligence can be developed without concentrating power, exploiting workers or…
Firm hacked by rogue OpenAI models says it is ‘a wake-up call’
BBC: Thomas Wolf told BBC’s Newsday radio programme that “this will be one of the most common types of cyber attacks we see”, but that most…
Mary-Dell Chilton, mother of genetically modified crops, dies at 87
Wall Street Journal: “I just absolutely did not believe it,” Chilton recalled. In the 2018 book “Seeds of Science,” journalist Mark Lynas…
Meet man whose groundbreaking book being devoured by left
The Guardian: Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The…
F.D.A. panel supports lifting restrictions on four peptides, despite scientists’ objections
New York Times: Those in the peptide trade, who identified themselves simply as a researcher, physician or pharmacist, said they were swayed…
EU temporarily extends controversial chat-scanning regime until 2028
Euronews: On Wednesday, EU ambassadors approved the written procedure for the temporary framework, derogating from the bloc’s rules on the…
U.S. intelligence agency quietly cut about 200 jobs since June 1
Washington Post: The cuts are the latest to hit ODNI, which was created to oversee and coordinate all U.S. spy agencies but has been targeted…
Laura Loomer meets Zelenskyy in Ukraine after her major reversal on the war
Associated Press: It was unclear what had prompted Loomer’s trip or how she had arranged the meeting with Zelenskyy, which she plugged as an…
Chinese AI models will slash adoption costs, says Singapore’s GIC
Financial Times: One of the world’s biggest AI investors said the emergence of the latest Chinese models has significantly raised competition…
China’s assault on Europe’s car market has barely begun
Financial Times: “They stand out for their excellent product design, advanced technology and premium, spacious interiors,” Cui said. “They…
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