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China now controls who leaves, not just what ships
Beijing extended tech export controls to people, and the exit gate is the new chokepoint for engineers and executives.
CNBC · 2m
AI bosses want brakes. The White House says press them yourself
Lab leaders asked Washington to slow AI down, and Trump's team told them nobody is stopping them.
WIRED · 1m
Sam Altman names AI's two biggest dangers
OpenAI's CEO posted an overnight warning about losing control of AI, and about who ends up holding the controls.
Newsweek · 2m
How to actually understand open models
A researcher's reading list on open models, US-China competition, and the distillation fight that defines 2026.
Interconnects · 3m
Australia will be a supplicant state without its own AI
Andrew Hastie says Australia needs a frontier AI model at home, and thinks Aukus is the way to get one.
the Guardian · 1m
The Cold War trick that could save us from AI bioweapons
Scientists once built a back channel across the Iron Curtain, and the AI-biotech era needs one again.
Foreign Policy · 3m
How Chinese drones became Nepal's lifeline
Four donated cargo drones are hauling food in and bodies out after Nepal's glacier flood, and the flights say as much about tech rivalry as rescue.
Ars Technica · 2m