While AI risks deserve scrutiny, media coverage often sensationalizes dystopian scenarios, influenced by billionaire-backed movements, neglecting nuance; more balanced, evidence-based reporting highlighting diverse expert voices is needed to improve public understanding.
Trump inks $2.2 trillion tech and chip deals with Gulf states, boosting their AI ambitions in exchange for massive investments, positioning Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar as emerging AI superpowers and key U.S. tech allies.
House Republicans controversially proposed a decade-long federal ban on state oversight of AI systems, framing it as promoting innovation but drawing criticism as a 'gift to Big Tech' that disregards consumer privacy and enables deception.
AI pioneers faced tough questions about the Singularity, the disruptive potential of large language models, and AI's rapidly advancing coding abilities, sparking debates on the future impact of these technologies.
Apple's deep-rooted dependence on China for manufacturing and supply chains, coupled with Beijing's authoritarian control, poses a double-edged sword, granting China significant leverage over the tech giant while making it challenging for Apple to swiftly diversify its operations elsewhere, despite efforts to expand in India and Vietnam.
In a bid to ease trade tensions, the U.S. and China have reached a temporary truce, agreeing to suspend most tariffs on each other's goods for 90 days, while cutting the 'reciprocal' tariffs from 125% to 10%, though U.S. duties on Chinese fentanyl imports remain intact.
China surges ahead in semiconductors and biotechnology, accelerating bifurcation of global supply chains and data flows between China and US-led tech ecosystems, exemplified by Huawei's domestic revival despite global hurdles.
Escalating U.S.-China trade tensions and expanded U.S. chip controls are disrupting the global humanoid robot supply chain, potentially giving American makers an edge due to China's reliance on advanced AI chips and hardware components from Chinese companies.
Alibaba's open-source Qwen3 AI models, rivaling US capabilities, ignite an AI arms race, prompting Silicon Valley's swift xAI Grok 3.5 beta release, underscoring the need for agile responses in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is advocating for revisions to AI chip export rules, aiming to accelerate global diffusion of US AI technology while maintaining dominance, as China rapidly closes the gap in AI capabilities despite Nvidia's planned $500B US investment.