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The US Navy's chief technology officer released an investor-vetted list of five tech priorities, from applied AI to quantum navigation, that companies can plan multi-year bets around.
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621 storiesIndia forces caller-ID apps to share spam reports with telecom operators
India's telecom regulator, TRAI, made it mandatory for apps like Truecaller to share spam reports with telecom operators, a rule Truecaller calls anti-competitive.
AI hallucination nearly triggered a US military operation against China
Military aircraft were airborne this spring when U.S. officials discovered the intelligence for a planned strike on a Chinese vessel had been hallucinated by an AI chatbot.
FBI, Coast Guard boarded two hacked US-bound oil tankers
Cybersecurity teams from the U.S. Coast Guard and FBI boarded two U.S.-bound oil tankers in the Gulf of Mexico last month after hackers reportedly compromised at least one vessel's navigation, propulsion, and cargo systems.
Zoox's 100-robotaxi cap in Nevada set to expire Sept. 25
A Nevada regulatory cap limiting Zoox to 100 robotaxis expires September 25, freeing the Amazon-owned company to expand its Las Vegas fleet.
AI safety debate splits over voluntary rules vs. regulation
As AI executives debate Dario Amodei's call to slow AI development, OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly working on a private industry standards body instead of government oversight.
Unsealed NYT filings: Microsoft exec called AI training "theft"
Newly unredacted filings in The New York Times' copyright suit show a Microsoft executive privately called AI scraping theft, and OpenAI called it an existential threat to publishers.
King Charles presses AI leaders on safety at private summit
King Charles hosted a private summit with Nvidia's Jensen Huang and leaders from OpenAI and Anthropic, urging the AI industry to find adequate controls before it's too late.
Apple to soften EU tracking-consent screens after antitrust probe
Apple agreed to let apps in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Romania use a less alarming tracking-consent screen, following a multi-year EU antitrust probe.
Al Gore says AI data centers aren't the real climate risk
Al Gore told TechCrunch that AI data center emissions worry him less than warnings from inside the AI industry itself, citing global air conditioning's much larger energy footprint.
US House passes bill requiring free AM radio in new vehicles
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a bill that would require automakers to include AM radio in new vehicles at no extra cost, and the measure now heads to the Senate.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang says AI needs no new safety regulation
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued at Salesforce's Dreamforce conference that AI safety is an engineering problem, not a legal one, and that no new regulations are needed.
AI data center boom collides with US communities scarred by heavy industry
As AI data center opposition spreads across the U.S., activists in industrial neighborhoods like Philadelphia's Grays Ferry are pushing back hardest, citing past experience with pollution from heavy industry.
US military confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
The U.S. military publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has deployed space-based weapons in orbit, designed to defend against attacks from adversary spacecraft.
OpenAI confirms weeks of AI-safety talks with Anthropic, Google
OpenAI's global policy chief said Tuesday the company has been coordinating with Anthropic and Google DeepMind on AI safety for weeks, confirming earlier reporting about industry talks on catastrophic risk.
India ends UPI's free ride for merchants on larger payments
India will impose a 0.4% merchant fee on UPI payments above ₹2,000 (about $21) starting October 15, ending years of free processing as authorities try to make the network financially self-sustaining.
Nvidia's Huang backs Trump's dismissal of AI-slowdown calls
Speaking by phone with President Trump onstage at the All-In Summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agreed with Trump's call to keep AI development moving despite growing safety warnings from rivals.
Microsoft releases AI 'code of conduct' barring hacking and deception
Microsoft has published a new AI code of conduct that bars its models from cyberattacks, nuclear weapons, deepfake production, and mechanisms that evade human oversight, as the industry's safety debate intensifies.
Obama tells Democrats to have a 'clear plan' on AI
Former President Barack Obama said Democrats need to make AI a central agenda item and develop a "clear plan" on its economic and safety risks, according to The New York Times.
Anthropic's Amodei calls for AI labs to deliberately slow capability growth
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei outlined three strategies to "pace the frontier" of AI development, unilaterally committing Anthropic to inviting third-party safety evaluators into the company.