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US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China

Nvidia's chip-smuggling problem won't go away as arrests continue.

Apple says it's tightening macOS 'Full Disk Access' controls due to new risks from AI agents

Apple says it will add new controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, warning that increasingly capable AI agents make broad access to users’ files, messages, mail, and browsing history riskier.

Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you)

With all the talk about how AI might one day kill us all, it's easy to forget that AI has already harmed some people psychologically. Circuit Breaker Labs has created "crash-test dummies" to solve that.

Opinion

Matt Davies cartoon on artificial intelligence self-policing.

Trump Expected to Name Intelligence Chief Jay Clayton as New AI Czar

President Donald Trump is expected to name spy chief Jay Clayton as his new top adviser on artificial intelligence, according to three people familiar with the decision, a move that cements the administration’s handling of the new technology as a matter of national security.

Change.org leans into AI with $100 million investment

The nonprofit believes new tech could empower civic engagement.

Pope Leo XIV is not a fan of AI-generated art

"There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others," the pope wrote. "Algorithms lack the spark of humanity."

Trump expected to tap DNI Jay Clayton as new AI czar

Trump previously told Axios Clayton would be a good option for the job.

Amazon Comes Out Swinging Against Data Center Moratoriums, Warning the 'Consequences Would Last Generations'

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman argued the US "could be writing its own losing ticket to this race" and referenced World War II learnings.

Analysis

Here's what happened under President Donald Trump's administration this week that you may have missed.

Blackstone’s Jas Khaira joins Disrupt 2026

Blackstone's Jas Khaira will take the Builders Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 on next-gen AI. Register for your pass and get 50% off a second.

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude under pressure from Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron announces move in response to threatened US ban on exports of the fuel