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Apple’s Tim Cook sees Australia’s curbs on social media as ‘world-leading,’ PM says

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tim Cook described Australia’s social media curbs as “world-leading” after meeting at Apple headquarters. Australia became the first country to ban social media for children under 16 and is proposing new feed-content controls. Albanese also called for global AI safety rules, contrasting with President Trump’s position that more regulation is unnecessary.

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AI learned to sing in Spanish. Latin artists need to get paid.

An opinion essay argues that generative AI has ingested Latin music without consent and threatens artists' incomes, using Bad Bunny's cloned voice as an entry point. It calls for contracts, metadata, collective organizing, and laws like the NO FAKES Act to ensure Latin artists control and are paid for AI replicas.

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AI didn’t almost trigger a war with China. The Pentagon’s blind faith in it did

A CNN report revealed that a military analyst used an AI chatbot to misinterpret a Chinese ship's cargo as a nuclear weapons component, prompting U.S. forces to prepare an interception before experts corrected the error. The op-ed argues the incident shows the Pentagon's institutional failure to verify AI-assisted intelligence, not that AI itself nearly caused a war. It calls for stronger verification, independent corroboration, and correction mechanisms as AI is adopted faster in military operations.

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang rejects AI extinction fear as "doomsday narratives"

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CBS News that warnings about AI causing human extinction by 2030 are unscientific "doomsday narratives," and he rejected new AI regulations while agreeing with President Trump that existing laws suffice. The interview also covered Nvidia's China business, data-center backlash, and Huang's support for a California billionaires' tax.

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Nvidia's Jensen Huang on artificial intelligence

A CBS News segment preview features correspondent Jo Ling Kent interviewing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about artificial intelligence, including safety and regulation debates. The item is a brief promotional description of the interview.

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Trump’s ‘biggest miscalculation’? How one adviser steered the great AI freakout

The article examines how David Sacks, a billionaire venture capitalist and former Trump AI adviser, persuaded Trump to oppose AI regulation, aligning the White House with deregulation despite bipartisan and expert calls for oversight. It highlights Sacks’s financial ties to AI companies and his attacks on safety evaluations as he helped shape executive orders and policy.

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The tech battle to build your AI assistant

AI personal assistants are moving from simple chatbots to autonomous agents that can manage daily tasks and personal data. The article surveys a fast-growing race among OpenAI, Instinct, Grok, Meta, and Apple, while noting unresolved questions about cost, privacy, and who owns the data these agents accumulate.

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Obama rips Trump over AI policy amid ‘doomsday’ warnings

Former President Obama criticized President Trump's approach to AI regulation, warning of existential risks and arguing the federal government must act. The article also notes Trump's planned 'AI Force' and czar, his dismissal of regulatory concerns as a hoax, and warnings from tech researchers and bipartisan lawmakers.

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AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart

The article argues that while warnings about AI safety are justified, the more immediate danger is a financial collapse of the AI bubble. It points to heavy debt issuance by hyperscalers, questionable unit economics, and opaque take-or-pay contracts that could trigger a broader market shock. It calls for regulation while warning that incumbent tech firms may seek regulatory protections.

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As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails

The article reports that Trump family members and allies have gained financially from AI-linked defense and technology deals while the White House resists new AI restrictions. It highlights internal industry warnings, public opposition to AI datacenters, and congressional action on infrastructure costs to suggest policy is running parallel to private financial interests with few guardrails.

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