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China pushes back on calls for an AI slowdown as Trump-Xi meeting looms

Chinese political leaders and commentators aligned with China’s government hit back at calls from U.S. artificial intelligence executives for companies to agree to slow down the development of the technology, complicating the prospects of such a pact being implemented.

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US tech stocks fall after big AI groups call for slowdown

Memory-chip makers and Nvidia slide during morning trading in New York

7 people hospitalized, 2 with critical injuries, after multi-vehicle S.F. crash

Two people were critically injured and five others hurt in a four-vehicle crash in San Francisco.

Superhuman acquires YC-backed notetaker Fathom as productivity platforms push for agentic work

Fathom said that it has over 400,000 monthly active users

Sam Altman Reveals the 2 AI Threats That Scare Him Most

"There are two ways AI progress could go very badly and that we must avoid."

I Alone Can Fix It Strikes Again

Trump may have lost the aggression of David Sacks as AI czar, but he’s now picking up the baton. In another all-timer posted to Truth Social, Trump says the only guardrails AI needs can be provided by his “high IQ.” This comes right on the heels of AI leaders, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who Trump maligns in his post, stating they want to slow down AI development for safety reasons.

One of the best documentaries about gen AI is finally coming to YouTube.

Director Valerie Veatch’s excellent Ghost in the Machine documentary digging into the origins of generative artificial intelligence is set to make its debut on the PBS Documentaries YouTube channel this evening.

Microsoft publishes 37-page 'humanist' code of conduct after AI doom debate: 'This is urgent'

Microsoft sums up its AI code of conduct in five words: "People matter more than AI."

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Trump dismisses new AI guardrails, says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology was part of a “SICK conspiracy.”

How much should lenders charge hyperscalers?

Pricing equity punters’ collective histrionics in a credit context