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China’s open-weight models will be spared US safety tests
Bloomberg: The White House has told top US artificial intelligence companies that open-weight models being developed by their…
August 4, 2026
White House’s AI guidelines exempt U.S. open models from govt review
Wall Street Journal: Under a framework that administration officials discussed with executives from leading AI companies Tuesday, only…
August 4, 2026
OpenAI calls Apple’s trade-secret suit ‘careless’ and ‘oddly personal’
Wall Street Journal: OpenAI swung back hard at Apple’s AAPL allegations it stole trade secrets, saying that the…
August 4, 2026
How ICE weaponizing social media against its critics
Wall Street Journal: To unmask anonymous online critics, DHS has sent hundreds of subpoenas to social-media companies, according…
August 4, 2026
‘Fraud squad’ at Caltech will catch you if you lie on your application
Wall Street Journal: The four-person team inspects every admitted student’s application, taking nothing for granted. They scour the…
August 4, 2026
Why answers to hateful content online are hiding in platforms’ own rules
Michael Geist: The reality is that no legislation can fully address online harms. But holding platforms to their…
August 4, 2026
Drafts of potential US-Iran agreement ‘being circulated,’ Qatar says. US used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war—AND MORE
CNN: Efforts to resolve the US-Iran conflict are “in very progressive stages,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said, adding that…
August 4, 2026
MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds
The Guardian: A former head of the DGSE said: “The British have the ability to play the long…
August 4, 2026
Presence is deterrence: Restore America’s maritime patrol in Taiwan Strait
Miles Yu: Seeking a strategic opening to Beijing, primarily motivated by a desire to extricate the U.S. from…
August 4, 2026
Future, made in China
Evan Osnos/New Yorker: What kind of world does China imagine? A preview of sorts is provided by its…
August 4, 2026
Putin doesn’t take Europe seriously. Who can blame him?
Garry Kasparov/Telegraph: Putin, like all successful dictators, relies on animal instinct, and every concession on the part of…
August 4, 2026
Taiwan’s highest court jailing Beijing’s election proxies. Canada still asking who cleared alleged spy inside NATO’s military command.
Sam Cooper/The Bureau: Within the span of a few days last week, on opposite sides of the world,…
August 4, 2026
China claiming right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth
Reza Hasmath: A new law declares that organizations and individuals outside the PRC who “undermine ethnic unity” or…
August 4, 2026
Carney has ‘no obvious challenger’ among Conservatives, new poll says
CTV: Speaking to CTV News, Nanos Research founder and chief data scientist Nik Nanos says there is both…
August 4, 2026
Alberta referendum could be target for foreign interference, CSIS says in new letter to NDP
CBC: In a letter to Nenshi dated July 27, CSIS director Dan Rogers said the agency will investigate…
August 4, 2026
Carney looks to influential outsiders to head Canada’s embassy in Beijing, sources say
The Globe and Mail: Martin Cauchon, a vice-chair of the Canada China Business Council lobby group and former…
August 4, 2026
Canada to nearly eliminate troop contribution to UN peacekeeping missions next year
The Hill Times: Royal Military College professor Walter Dorn, a leading expert on Canadian peacekeeping, called the decision…
August 4, 2026
Ottawa awards Telesat $2.3B Arctic military satellite contract
The Canadian Press: It’s the largest contract ever for the Ottawa-based company, which has been in operation for…
August 4, 2026
Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national interest project
The Canadian Press: Naming a project in the national interest under the Building Canada Act allows the government…
August 4, 2026
NDP quarterly fundraising dips but individual donors are giving more
The Canadian Press: The party collected about $1.2 million between April and June from nearly 15,000 donors, for…
August 4, 2026