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Unlikely Allies: Sanders and Bannon Unite to Push for AI Curbs

A Rare Bipartisan Moment on AI Policy In an unexpected convergence of political viewpoints, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Trump strategist Steve Bannon are scheduled to share a stage to campaign for restrictions on artificial intelligence. While the two figures represent opposite ends of the American political spectrum, they

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Concerns Emerge Over Staffing Changes at US Census Bureau

The US Census Bureau, which collects and manages comprehensive demographic data on nearly all residents of the country, is reported to have a substantial number of new staff members coming from a MAGA-aligned think tank focused on voting rights issues. The Census Bureau's datasets are among the most

OpenAI Declares AGI Era Arrived, Researchers Push Back

OpenAI has made the bold claim that the age of artificial general intelligence has arrived, prompting renewed debate within the AI research community about what AGI actually means and whether recent advances justify such a declaration. The company's position stems from what it views as a crossing of

ESA Warns of Accelerating Space Debris Threat to Orbital Operations

The European Space Agency has released its latest Space Environment Report, sounding a clear alarm about the accelerating threat posed by space debris in Earth's orbits. The report documents a significant increase in the amount of defunct satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from past collisions and explosions

NASA Engineer Relocations Raise Concerns About Future Mission Capabilities

NASA has moved quickly to relocate engineers from their laboratory spaces, according to reporting on the personnel and equipment changes. The rushed nature of these transitions has prompted concerns from engineers themselves, who warn that the accelerated timeline puts future space missions at risk. The engineers report that key development

AI Safety and Governance Dominate Today's Headlines

Russian Freelancers Use Claude to Program Autonomous Combat Drone Swarm Reports indicate that Russian freelancers have used Anthropic's Claude AI to develop autonomous combat drone swarm systems capable of target selection and detonation without human operators in the loop. Read more: Russian freelancers use Claude to program autonomous

A Decade of AI Warnings: Why the Industry Pressed Forward Anyway

A decade has passed since some of the world's leading AI researchers and technologists began raising alarms about the existential risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence. Despite the urgency of those warnings—from prominent figures in the AI field and beyond—the race to develop increasingly powerful AI