Elon Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire
…He has also pledged to donate half his wealth eventually.) He remains a reviled figure in many circles, including for his efforts last year to dismantle parts of the US government and…
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I Met With China’s Top AI Experts. They’re Freaking Out, Too
…Washington has imposed tight restrictions on chips and chipmaking equipment to stymie the country’s development of powerful AI. Most recently, the US government ordered Anthropic to prevent foreign nationals from accessing…
The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers
…Their legislation would have effectively prevented state and local governments from using the surveillance tech for police tracking. GitHub, the popular Microsoft-owned code repository, suffered a data breach this week. The…
The New Era of Militia Influencers
…US government finally enforcing and going after immigration law breakers, but also the show of force of what the government can do, it’s a stark reminder of the government's strength…
Former OpenAI Staffers Warn That xAI’s Poor Safety Record Could Complicate SpaceX’s IPO
…frontier-AI competitor inside a larger holding company.” If xAI continues to develop frontier AI models, the authors say, it should be required to publish a public safety and governance plan. SpaceX…
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
…The US government’s warrantless wiretap powers hit a roadblock this week. Despite a push from President Donald Trump for a long-term reauthorization of the so-called Section 702 spy program…
Sanctioned Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Releases Image Model Built for Speed
…That flexibility matters because US export controls restrict Chinese firms from accessing the world's most advanced AI chips, particularly those used for training, which at this point are primarily developed by…
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
…It is shared with AI companies, their employees, hackers, subpoenas, and governments. As is always the case with unencrypted data, it will inevitably end up in the wrong hands.” Marlinspike wrote that…
Elon Musk Had ‘Hair-Raising’ Idea of Passing OpenAI On to His Kids, Sam Altman Says
…Altman also suggested that Musk’s attempt in 2018 to start an AI unit within Tesla—and offering him the chance to run it—felt like a “vague, lightweight threat” that Musk…
SpaceX IPO Puts Elon Musk’s ‘Extreme’ Ownership to the Test
…But taken another way, the governance structure is the ultimate expression of the extreme ownership mantra that has taken SpaceX from a handful of engineers in a Los Angeles–area warehouse in…