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Trump rejects calls from tech bosses for AI slowdown. Top lawmakers agree A.I.’s risks are rising but say they have no quick fix
Financial Times: “Look, we’re leading China in AI . . . and, frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins,” Trump told reporters during…

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How Iran’s hard-liners prevailed and sabotaged U.S. peace deal. Trump says US could stay in Iran and keep oil, like Venezuela deal
New York Times: Opponents derailed the agreement with a clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, regime insiders say.…
New threat election officials fear: Trump’s federal government
Washington Post: With seven weeks until Election Day, officials are preparing for seized ballots, ICE agents at the polls and a postal system…
Israel’s Culture Minister threatens to revoke citizenship of Gaza doc filmmakers
Haaretz: The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. It reveals ‘in detail the systems behind Israel’s…
PwC shakes up Indian operations as AI threat looms over consulting sector
Financial Times: Operations owned separately by PwC member firms in the US and India will be put into a joint venture under a deal scheduled…
Close call for Ex-C.I.A. head as Russia strikes Ukraine near Polish border
New York Times: David Petraeus was at a rail station when a drone hit. Another train, with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain and…
FBI busts Chinese national in latest Detroit counterintelligence case
The Detroit News: The FBI counterintelligence case involves alleged lies, an airport confrontation and claims that Jin was working for the…
Putin’s bot army targeting German and French elections, Sweden warns
Politico: In an interview with POLITICO, Magnus Hjort, director general of the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency, said elections were an…
Farage’s Reform UK lands second record £36 million donation in 48 hours
Reuters: Harborne, already Reform’s biggest donor, disclosed the contribution in a Telegraph newspaper article, saying fellow crypto investor…
India wants to buy fewer Chinese imports, but keeps needing more
New York Times: Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult…
How Trump wielding power to stifle speech
New York Times: Driven by personal pique, fury over leaks and a determination to shape the political narrative to his advantage, Mr. Trump is…
EU races to Le Pen-proof its agenda
Financial Times: As Le Pen has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Emmanuel Macron in April, diplomats told the FT that France…
China’s AI industry pivots to agents from models, report says
Bloomberg: AI agents are expected to drive nearly tenfold annual growth in China’s computing demand over the next two to three years, the…
Iran finds escalation is fruitful path to leverage in war with U.S. Inside Hegseth’s push to showcase a dramatic Iran rescue on ‘60 Minutes’—AND MORE
New York Times: Iran and its allies now hold sway over two key oil shipping routes, and Tehran is setting the stage for a diplomatic win that…
C.I.A. releases intelligence sent to White House before Sept. 11
New York Times: The documents do not appear to contain major new revelations, and they remain redacted to obscure the sources of the…
Crypto investor pardoned by Trump donates £36 million to Farage’s Reform UK
Reuters: Delo, the British co-founder of crypto trading platform BitMEX who was convicted of a Bank Secrecy Act violation in the United…
Tech’s new rich suffering from ‘sudden wealth syndrome’
Bloomberg: Walling says the people who handle a windfall best tend to hold two ideas at once: “I worked really hard, and I got really lucky.”…
Anthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agency
Financial Times: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, prompting fears…
Anthropic says Iran used its American AI model to target U.S. navy warships
Wall Street Journal: An Iranian-linked group compiled information from ship and aircraft transponders, military photographs and commercial…
Cyberattack by rogue AI swarm stokes fears of out-of-control agents
Wall Street Journal: The attack overwhelmed maintainers of an online service for coders, called RubyGems, and forced them to shut down new…
Oil routes in peril as attacks shut Saudi pipeline and Houthis threaten key waterway. White House weighs how to use Defense Production Act to expand US oil refining capacity—AND MORE
Washington Post: “This is the first day that Iran really started winning the war,” a Yemeni official said of Houthi territorial gains that…
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