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Asian shares are mixed and OpenAI investor SoftBank shares plunge after calls to slow AI industry

HONG KONG — Asian shares were mixed Monday, as shares of Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank Group, a key investor in OpenAI, fell more than 10% following calls from Anthropic and OpenAI to slow AI development for safety.

New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate

LOS ANGELES — New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a scenario.

‘Musk’ film is almost four hours long, engrossing and terrifying. What to know.

The documentary paints the tech trillionaire as a power-hungry megalomaniacal conman with a God complex. Musk accuses filmmaker Alex Gibney of compiling "hit list" against him.

Unvaccinated Pennsylvania woman died of measles complications, coroner says

The 40-year-old unvaccinated woman reportedly had underlying health conditions.

What smart people are saying about the AI apocalypse and calls to slow everything down

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a slowdown of frontier AI, winning support from Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis — but not everyone.

The NSA is reorganizing with an increased focus on AI, China, and cybersecurity.

According to The Washington Post, the spy agency is set to undergo its largest restructuring in over a decade. Army general and NSA director Joshua M. Rudd is leading the effort. According to the Post:

Trump and Mike Johnson think the AI industry is overreacting

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Is it time for AI companies to press pause?

After high-profile incidents in which agents went rogue, hacked other sites, and overwhelmed a German wiki, some AI execs are calling for a slowdown. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a lengthy open letter yesterday saying it was time to “pace the frontier.” OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk both agreed. What do you think? Is it time to pump the brakes? Is it already too late? Or are you looking forward to serving your AI overlords?

National Security Agency launches historic restructuring

The National Security Agency is set to undergo its most extensive internal restructuring in at least a decade, according to current and former officials briefed on the emerging plan.

Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China

DUBLIN — President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence , saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology.

Palantir Co-Founder Says Everything's Fine with AI: 'We're on Top of It'

Hysteria over the AI threat has reached a boiling point. Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, however, says the "world is going to be alright, guys."

Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards

Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety.