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President Trump said at a state dinner in Washington that Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed AI should be called "Super Intelligence", a claim not independently corroborated.

The Independent
Trump claims Xi agrees on controversial change to AI branding despite ‘rogue’ concerns

The President is pushing for a new name for AI to improve its public image, though many already say the new moniker already exists - and has a sinister meaning

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The Guardian
It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein

Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is here In recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds. Tech moguls such as Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis joined Dario Amodei, Satya Nadella and Bill Gates in sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI and called for a slowdown of the technology’s development despite years of racing for dominance. The senator Bernie Sanders teamed up with Steve Bannon to urge Congress to regulate AI, which has become one of the very few issues to unite Americans across the political spectrum. The latest moves were sparked in part by the AI researcher Jacob Coxon’s warnings on Twitter/X that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” and believe that the technology “could kill us all by the end of the decade”. Continue reading. . .

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The Washington Post
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Der Standard
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AI poses increasing risk not only for IT companies; other sectors, such as retail, aviation or pharmaceuticals, are affected.

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China’s drive to dominate the technology and the island nation is the biggest threat humanity faces.

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The Washington Post
Xi acknowledges risks of AI even as Trump dismisses them

Trump has dismissed the idea of an international agreement on AI, but his Chinese counterpart on Thursday said both countries must “manage AI for good. ”

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Handelsblatt
AI: Who pays for the guardians of AI?

With the exponentially growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, doubts about its controllability are rising. Now a scene is forming in Germany that funds AI safety.

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Le Grand Continent
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European lawmakers this week called for the EU's AI regulations to hold American tech companies liable for the risks their most advanced models pose to humanity. But how much sway does Europe have in an arms race dominated by the U.S. and China? Host Anne McElvoy has been in Berlin attending WELT's AI Summit, …

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Handelsblatt
AI: Who pays for the guardians of AI?

With the exponentially growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, doubts about its controllability are rising. Now a scene is forming in Germany that funds AI safety.

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Politico Europe
EU's top AI adviser urges commissioners to use the technology to fix the bloc's economy

The bloc's new AI envoy wants Brussels to focus on using AI to lift productivity, rather than chasing U.S. and Chinese models.

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The Wall Street Journal
AI and the Growing Threat to Taiwan

China’s drive to dominate the technology and the island nation is the biggest threat humanity faces.

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