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Four AI Giants Face Antitrust Suit Over Slowdown Push
The proposed class action turns an industry safety debate into a competition case and could reshape how frontier labs coordinate on shared safeguards.
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California Puts Frontier AI Kill-Switch Rules on Fast Track
Executive Order N-9-26 speeds implementation of California’s new AI-audit laws while asking experts to assess emergency shutoffs and expanded incident reporting.
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Joby’s Autonomous Flight Opens a Second Business Path
The transcontinental flight combined autonomous taxiing, takeoffs, navigation and landings under remote supervision, pointing toward freight, emergency and defense uses.
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India’s New Spam Rules Put Caller-ID Apps on Notice
India’s amended anti-spam regime connects app-based reports to telecom enforcement and puts AI voice agents inside a disclosure-and-fee framework.
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Texas Big Bend Border Wall Construction Gets Underway
Federal crews have begun installing border-wall panels in Texas' Big Bend region, advancing a major infrastructure program amid local opposition.
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Joby’s 3,199-Mile Autonomous Flight Opens a Second Market
A 3,199-mile autonomous flight expands Joby’s commercial story beyond electric air taxis into freight, emergency response and defense logistics.
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Oil Tanker Cyberattacks Expose a Maritime Systems Gap
Coast Guard and FBI teams investigated compromised tanker networks, highlighting the need to secure shipboard IT and industrial controls together.
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M&S Turns Fashion Week Debut Into an Instant Retail Test
The British retailer made its first London Fashion Week collection immediately shoppable, linking a centennial brand moment to digital growth.
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Google DeepMind Launches Institute for the AGI Debate
The new DeepMind Institute creates a public forum for competing views on artificial general intelligence, model oversight and the institutions needed to govern frontier systems.
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PrismML Shrinks a 27B AI Model to a 5.9GB Footprint
Bonsai 2 27B brings a compressed multimodal model to local hardware, widening the choices for private and lower-latency AI deployment.