AI Research Is Getting Harder to Separate From Geopolitics
… It included companies and organizations on the Bureau of Industry and Security’s entity list and those on another list with alleged ties to the Chinese military. …
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This Former DeepMind Exec Thinks the AI Arms Race Could End in Disaster
… The natural long-term conclusion is excessive government control and centralization of power over these systems—and less safe and beneficial systems, because we couldn’t find ways to collaborate on things like security, food security, or ending disease. …
Locked Out of the World Cup: A Year Marked by Barriers, Borders, and Broken Access
… Some cases are then pushed into administrative processing, an open-ended security review that can last weeks or months with no clear timeline. …
Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
… Mercor confirmed the attack in an email to staff on March 31. “There was a recent security incident that affected our systems along with thousands of other organizations worldwide,” the company wrote. …
China Opens World’s First Wind-Powered Underwater Data Center
… Last year, a new energy law came into force, which prioritizes the development of renewable sources and hydrogen in order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and strengthen national energy security. …
Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation
… At a moment when artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly central to debates about labor, national security, surveillance, and military power, the image of an “ethical AI company” is a significant advantage. …
All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
… From cloud computing and artificial intelligence firms to cybersecurity and mobile operating systems, Europe—and much of the world—is deeply intertwined with US-based technology firms. …
A New Trick Reveals AI Models’ Inner Thoughts
… Kyle Miller, a researcher at the Center for Security and Emerging Technologies, a tech policy think tank, says it is unclear how much distillation really helps China. …
Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time
… Mistral has long believed the AI market would be too large to be controlled by any single country without causing geopolitical instability, Mensch says. “It’s comparable to energy—electricity,” he told WIRED in an interview after the conference. “You want to make sure that you have security of supp… …
When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
… But a contract with a private individual whose political positions can shift is a fundamentally different kind of security guarantee than one with a state. “If you are providing services or capabilities to combatants in an active military conflict, according to the laws of armed conflict, you are a… …