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DeepSeek China export nod: why your AI apps keep working
Beijing proposed new limits on exporting AI, then cleared its two biggest challengers to keep selling abroad within days. Here's what the rules do and don't touch.
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Epic beats Apple in Australia: open iPhones and capped fees
A 235-page court order forces Apple to allow other app stores, website downloads and cheaper payments, and Fortnite is already back on Australian iPhones.
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US Army counter-drone contracts award $4.15B to 10 firms
The $4.15 billion is a spending ceiling, not a check. Ten firms can now sell radars, smart rifle scopes and robotic gun mounts to protect US bases from cheap drones.
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Nursing homes voting misinformation cites CMS rules to push claims
Election-denial groups are urging followers to call care homes over unproven fraud claims, and senators now want to know whether CMS talked to them first.
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Solar geoengineering governance war game exposes deep mistrust
Experts role-played a UN crisis over technology that dims sunlight to cool the planet. Rivalry took over, the science got sidelined, and no deal was ever signed.
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UK could lead global AI safety rules, Microsoft’s president warns
Brad Smith wants kill switches, incident reports and outside testing for AI, splitting from the White House and pointing to Britain to write the rules.
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Did Polymaker target 3D printing gun community through affiliates?
San Diego County says a filament maker's sponsorships, affiliate links and one hire turned plain PLA into a regulated gun part. No court has ruled yet.
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Global health report urges action on AI misuse and nuclear risk
A Lancet commission of 35 experts ranked 17 threats to human health through 2100. Only two could end humanity, and one of them is AI.
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Treat AI as compromised, Nadella says, and add a pause switch
In a long post on X, Microsoft's CEO said companies should assume any powerful AI model could be compromised and give a person the power to stop it mid-task.
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Sudden DistroKid takedowns leave independent artists scrambling
DistroKid is pulling songs after Universal Music Group sued it over AI slop, and artists say human-made, fully licensed music is getting swept up too.
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Report links Walmart patents to pricing shoppers using personal data
An advocacy group says Walmart's patents describe charging people different prices based on their data. Walmart says it will never do that, and is dropping one patent.
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Senate probe finds AI data center job claims may overstate benefits
A report from Senators Warren, Van Hollen and Blumenthal says AI data centers bring few lasting jobs while tax breaks and grid costs land on local households.