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Investigation Reveals 'Virtual Border Wall' Surveillance Towers Failed to Prevent Deaths

Investigation Finds Systematic Failures in Border Surveillance Program A comprehensive investigation by MIT Technology Review has exposed significant gaps in the US government's "virtual wall" program—a network of AI-enabled surveillance towers deployed along the US-Mexico border over the past 25 years. The investigation, which took

Chinese AI Firm Z.AI Under Fire for Unauthorized Data Collection from User Workspaces

A controversy has emerged around Z.AI, the Chinese artificial intelligence company known for its GLM family of language models. According to reports from developers, the company silently collected and attempted to upload local workspace data from user systems without requesting consent. The incidents reportedly involved hundreds of megabytes of

Cohere and Aleph Alpha Merger Aims to Deliver Enterprise AI with Greater Data Control

Cohere and Aleph Alpha have announced details of their planned merger, with CEO Aidan Gomez highlighting the strategic rationale behind combining the two AI companies. The deal brings together Cohere's large language model technology with Aleph Alpha's position as a prominent European AI developer. Gomez emphasized

Trump and Xi Discuss AI, Trade and Rare Earth Tensions in Washington Meeting

The presidents of the United States and China convened in Washington for discussions marked by persistent geopolitical friction. Central to the talks were disagreements over artificial intelligence policy and technological competition between the two nations. Trade disputes remain a significant point of contention, while both sides are navigating complex supply

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US and China Explore Bilateral AI Security Notification Mechanism

Senior officials from the United States and China have initiated talks on creating a structured mechanism for the two nations to notify one another when AI-related incidents threaten national security interests. The discussions, which underscore the increasingly central role artificial intelligence plays in geopolitical competition, aim to establish protocols for

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UN Panel Urges Precautionary AI Regulation Amid Growing Agent Capabilities

A United Nations scientific panel is calling on governments to regulate increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood, marking the global organization's first major assessment touching on OpenAI's reported hack of Hugging Face earlier this year. The UN Secretary General António Guterres has

Analyzing the US-China AI Strategic Competition: Can the US Prevail?

The intensifying rivalry between the United States and China in artificial intelligence has increasingly been framed as a new kind of cold war, and a recent Al Jazeera opinion piece explores whether the US can ultimately "win" this strategic competition. The analysis questions the framing itself, suggesting that