Norway Weighs Facial Recognition Ban for “Pervert Glasses”
Norway plans to regulate camera-equipped smart glasses more strictly, floating a ban on public facial recognition, though critics say it wouldn't stop covert filming.
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OpenAI Tells Congress It’s Building an AI Shutdown Mechanism
OpenAI told lawmakers it's developing automated shutdown capabilities for its AI systems, but a Democratic congressman says it still won't share logs from the Hugging Face...
Apple Cites “Shocking” New Evidence in OpenAI Trade Secrets Suit
Apple says forensic analysis of an ex-engineer's MacBook shows he used a stolen Apple schematic at OpenAI and trained an AI agent to run simulations with...
Anthropic Wins in Court: Judge Says Pentagon Punished It for Criticizing Military AI
A federal judge ruled the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was illegal retaliation for the company's public stance on military AI use.
Nvidia Races to Optimize Chips for Chinese AI Models
Nvidia is building hardware optimizations for Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Qwen, even as it warns regulators that US restrictions on such models could hurt...
Bill Gates Warns AI Era Will Be Among History’s Most Turbulent
Bill Gates published a 6,000-word essay warning that the AI transition could be one of history's most disruptive periods, urging new institutions and a plan before...
OpenAI Bans Russian Accounts Behind a Fake Think Tank
OpenAI banned ChatGPT accounts it says originated in Russia and built a fake "expert institute" using plagiarized academic work to manufacture false credibility online.
OpenAI Launches Policy Blog on AI and Concentrated Power
OpenAI launched AI Futures, a blog from a new Strategic Futures team arguing that AI's gravest risk is letting power escape the checks that have long...
ByteDance, Tencent Get Nvidia H200 Chips, but Beijing Wants Them in Hong Kong
ByteDance and Tencent each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 chips, but Chinese regulators want the hardware kept in Hong Kong, which lacks the power to run...
Trump-Backed Crypto Firm Tied to Chinese AI Platform WorldClaw
Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is working with WorldClaw, an AI platform offering restricted Chinese models, letting the family profit as its stablecoin is used for payment.
US to Tell Dozens of Nations to Pick a Side in the AI Race
The US is preparing to warn dozens of countries they must choose between its Pax Silica AI coalition and China's competing framework, or risk exclusion, according...
Manus to Go Independent Again as Meta Deal Unwinds
Manus said it will soon resume operating as an independent company, confirming the unwind of Meta's $2 billion purchase after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.