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Trump says the AI backlash is a Democratic hoax. This week’s polling put Republican opposition to data centres at 47%.

Trump calls the AI backlash a Democratic hoax. Polling this week put Republican opposition to data centres at 47%.
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US employers use software to punish workers at sixteen times the European rate. The gap is the law.

An OECD survey finds 67% of US firms use software to sanction workers, against 4% in Europe. Most of these tools are not AI.
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Amodei wrote that coordinating on pace would need an antitrust waiver. Altman said OpenAI would not wait for one. Both lines are now in a lawsuit.

Four consumers allege Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google agreed to slow AI. The complaint is built from the companies' public statements.
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Insta360 spent $298m on memory chips in six months. GoPro’s shareholders are getting $285m in cash for the entire company.

Insta360 spent nearly 2 billion yuan, about $298.4m, on what it called strategic procurement of memory chips in the first ...
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Zuckerberg’s reason for refusing to coordinate on AI safety is now the argument in an antitrust suit against four rivals.

Zuckerberg refused to join the AI pacing push, citing liability & competition. That is the argument plaintiffs now make ...
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Apple’s new chief executive built up to unveiling the ideal AI device, then said it was the iPhone.

Ternus described the perfect AI device at his first keynote, then said it is the iPhone. The real new hardware is a smaller ...