Chinese President Xi Jinping's advocacy for a people-centred approach to artificial intelligence (AI) – emphasizing that AI should be a trusted, human-controlled tool for the positive, for good and for all – has won broad international support and acclaim.
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If you need a little help paying for four years of beer pong higher education, getting it could be more challenging. New rules that began yesterday will cap the amount you can borrow and increase some monthly repayments.
The head start that the US companies enjoyed in the AI race is quickly vanishing. Chinese competitors are now nipping at their heels, and it’s causing a wave of anxiety in the American sector.
The company that revolutionized manufacturing with the assembly line just found out that the latest business innovation might not actually maximize efficiency.
For the scientists who built and operated the system — and the researchers, educators and students who rely on its data — the timing feels particularly punishing.
One of the biggest names in gaming could use an infinite money glitch right now. With revenue falling and a string of acquisitions not paying off, Microsoft-owned Xbox will slash about one-fifth of its staff and divest from some development studios.
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An overwhelming majority of Polish citizens believe Poland and Ukraine should prioritize defense cooperation against Russian aggression over historicalEUROPE SAYS
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Developers say DeepSeek is good enough for a fraction of the cost. “You don’t need God to write your email.”
If your dream career involves a ring light, but you can’t get millions of people to like and subscribe, your moment has arrived. Big brands are increasingly looking to do business with small-time influencers, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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It turns out the greatest workplace perk is some gosh darn peace and quiet
Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment right not to answer questions at Covid hearing, calls Sen. Rand Paul ‘unhinged’
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The former top health official said he would invoke the 5th Amendment to avoid the possibility that Republicans might try to prosecute him for perjury.Monica Alba (NBC News)
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Trust in the news has fallen to an all-time low globally - the lowest since annual reports by the Reuters Institute began more than a decade ago (2015).
In the span of just a few weeks, Z.ai released GLM 5.2, Moonshot AI released Kimi K3, and Alibaba released the latest version of its Qwen line, all with open weights, all benchmarking close to the best Western models, and all optimized for the agentic coding tasks that have become the year's dominant AI trend.
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In the scandal heard ’round the Ivy League, Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano accused his students of using AI to cheat on a take-home exam, and said the school was “meek” when presented with evidence.
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The federal government has awarded Ocean Pacific Marine a $74.7 million contract to design and build three Next Generation Police Coastal Patrol Vessels (NG-PCPV) for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s West Coast Marine Services.
The European Commission fined Google €890 million on Thursday for breaking the Digital Markets Act, the first time Brussels has penalized the company under the rulebook it built to rein in the largest technology platforms
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A Chinese AI Model Just Shot to Number One on the Charts, Sending Shockwaves Through the American Tech Industry
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The EU launches its new satellite plan and challenges Starlink: “Reserve two-thirds of the bandwidth for domestic operators”
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The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.Aatish Bhatia (The New York Times)
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The cuts will affect 22 mRNA vaccine-related projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars.Ed Cara (Gizmodo)
By William Crooks Local Journalism Initiative A Quebec man is warning fellow boaters to steer well clear of the U.S. border on Lake Champlain after what he describes as a…Matthew Mccully (Sherbrooke Record)
NEWS "Trump admin ignored “actionable” info on Jeffrey Epstein and Wall Street: Sen. Wyden" Sen. Ron Wyden told All Rise News that he handed the Trump admin a "ready-made" case that it's "sitting on" about Epstein's relationship with major banks.Bluesky Social
Home | Substack https://substack.com/home/post/p-167577632. More Trump budget cuts mean more needless deaths. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose agency oversees NOAABluesky Social
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