Regulation and governance
Cambridge University researchers confirm Boko Haram terrorists use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other AI chatbots for bomb-making and attack planning, bypassing safety guardrails with simple excuses like 'it's for a movie.'...
China's strategy of releasing massive open-source AI models is creating global dependency on Chinese software, achieving what chip sanctions couldn't: control of the AI stack through code rather than hardware....
Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions surged 27% to 21.1 million metric tons after the company stopped buying carbon credits, exposing the greenwashing behind tech's AI-driven climate promises....
ByteDance and Alibaba are shutting down user-created AI agent features on July 15, 2026, coinciding with new Chinese regulations. This signals the end of consumer AI agents in China and potentially globally....
The UN warns of catastrophic AI risks while tech giants release new models faster than ever. AI ethics has become a performance — safety papers generate headlines, but products generate revenue....
OpenAI proposed giving the US government a 5% stake worth $42.6 billion at its $852 billion valuation. Sam Altman wants the same arrangement for Anthropic, Google, and Meta through a sovereign wealth fund. The proposal represents a fundamental shift toward government ownership of AI....
Anthropic demanded Congress punish Alibaba for allegedly cloning Claude, then got caught planting secret tracking codes in Claude Code to spy on users. The company is now removing the spyware while continuing its lobbying campaign....
The 'AI data center power crisis' narrative is being manufactured by chipmakers and data center operators to justify emergency subsidies, bypass environmental regulations, and create artificial demand for oversupplied silicon carbide chips. SMIC's warning about idle capacity suggests the crisis may be more market creation than infrastructure reality....
US export controls on Anthropic's Mythos and Fable models have backfired, with Asian startups like Sakana AI and 360 Security launching competitive alternatives and capturing the market American companies were forced to abandon....
Anthropic's forced shutdown of Mythos 5 by the Trump administration has sparked outrage in Europe, exposing the continent's dangerous dependency on American AI and igniting calls for true digital sovereignty....
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of conducting the largest known AI model distillation campaign, generating 28.8 million exchanges through 25,000 fraudulent accounts to extract Claude's capabilities....
Beijing warns that foreign AI services contain "leaks and backdoors," escalating the US-China tech war and threatening to fracture the global AI landscape into competing blocs....
A new study reveals 18% of federal civil complaints now contain AI-generated text, up from 1% in 2023. The court system is drowning in chatbot-drafted lawsuits....
Huawei unveils chip architectural workaround to bypass US sanctions, achieving 1.4nm-equivalent density without EUV equipment — a 'DeepSeek moment' for semiconductors....
China issues new rules tightening control over overseas tech deals while simultaneously pushing to export AI tokens from Shantou data centers to Southeast Asia. Two policies, one strategy: lock down the technology, monetize the output....
US Commerce Department closes year-old loophole allowing Chinese firms to access advanced Nvidia and AMD chips via Southeast Asian subsidiaries, accelerating the full bifurcation of the global AI supply chain....
China has expanded travel restrictions to cover top AI researchers at private companies including Alibaba and DeepSeek. Personnel working on strategically important projects must now obtain government permission before leaving the country, marking a new phase in the US-China AI competition....
Two men were arrested under the TAKE IT DOWN Act for creating and distributing AI-generated deepfake pornography. The FBI found them by searching hashtags on porn sites — one suspect even used his own photo as his profile picture....
Pope Leo XIV releases 'Magnifica Humanitas,' a 42,300-word encyclical making AI ethics a religious imperative, presented alongside Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah at the Vatican....
AgentBear analysis reveals a chilling pattern: AI-generated content flooding across music, video, and streaming platforms using bot farms, with platforms scrambling for human verification. The real target may not be entertainment at all....
