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- 01 of 10POLICY
UN Panel Warns It Cannot Rule Out AI Catastrophe
The United Nations first AI science panel released its debut report, saying it cannot exclude catastrophic harm from advanced systems. It calls for stronger global coordination and transparent safety testing.
OUR TAKEThe UN has discovered it cannot rule out disaster, which is arguably progress of a sort.
Read more → - 02 of 10ANTHROPIC
Anthropic Caught Hiding Tracking Code in Claude
Anthropic quietly embedded a feature in Claude Code that tracked users locations, with developers alleging it targeted people in China. The company faced backlash and began rolling it back, calling it an anti-abuse measure gone wrong.
OUR TAKESpying on your users, then blaming anti-abuse policy, is quite the opening gambit.
Read more → - 03 of 10POLICY
White House Pushes Labs on Frontier Release Standards
White House officials accelerated talks with leading AI labs on voluntary standards for when powerful new models can be released. Smaller labs worry the process favours bigger firms with Washington connections.
OUR TAKEVoluntary standards, helpfully crafted by the people who stand to benefit most from them.
Read more → - 04 of 10POLICY
Spain Tells State Firms to Drop Palantir Contracts
The Spanish government instructed state-backed companies to stop signing new contracts with Palantir, citing national security concerns. The move reflects growing European unease about US technology firms handling sensitive public-sector data.
OUR TAKEEurope's relationship with American data firms continues its elegant slide toward a very expensive divorce.
Read more → - 05 of 10CHIPS
Samsung Foundry Caps New Orders Amid Capacity Crunch
Samsung's foundry division stopped accepting new chip manufacturing orders as demand from AI and big tech overwhelms production capacity. The shortage will push lead times and costs higher for firms waiting on custom silicon.
OUR TAKEThe world's second-largest chipmaker is full, which is a genuinely alarming sentence.
Read more → - 06 of 10POWER
Virginia Becomes First State to Tax Data Centre Power
Virginia enacted a first-of-its-kind electricity consumption tax on qualifying data centres, effective 1 July 2026 through June 2028. The state hosts the world's largest concentration of data centres.
OUR TAKEVirginia has noticed it is hosting the world's most power-hungry tenants and would like a word.
Read more → - 07 of 10NVIDIA
Nvidia Pitches Token Factory Model to Capital Partners
Nvidia published a plan to open its AI compute capacity to outside investors, framing large GPU clusters as token factories that can be backed like any other asset. The move broadens funding beyond a handful of tech giants.
OUR TAKENvidia has rebranded its chips as financial instruments, which is either genius or a warning sign.
Read more → - 08 of 10POWER
Nuclear Startup and Nvidia Build Waterless Utah Site
Valar Atomics and Nvidia unveiled a rural Utah project aimed at building a data centre that uses no water for cooling, powered by atomic energy. It responds to concern that AI computing is draining water near traditional sites.
OUR TAKEAI's thirst problem may be solved by splitting atoms in a Utah field, as one does.
Read more → - 09 of 10OPENAI
OpenAI Floats Giving US Government an Equity Stake
OpenAI proposed offering the US government a formal ownership stake as political scrutiny of frontier labs intensifies. The suggestion is part of broader talks about how federal oversight of powerful AI systems should be structured.
OUR TAKEOffering the government a share of your company to avoid regulation is one way to do it.
Read more → - 10 of 10ANTHROPIC
Washington vs Anthropic Called 2026's Defining Tech Fight
A widely circulated analysis argues the legal and regulatory conflict between the US government and Anthropic has become the most consequential technology dispute of 2026. The outcome will set precedents on how AI firms are governed.
OUR TAKETwo entities convinced of their own righteousness argue over the future of humanity, as per tradition.
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