While Elon Musk has consistently painted a utopian picture of AI’s future, many other tech leaders and governments have been sounding the alarm about the technology’s dangers. Google DeepMind’s chief AI readiness officer, Lila Ibrahim, even signed a 2023 statement declaring that mitigating the risk of human extinction from AI should be treated as seriously…
Chinese officials are drafting potential countermeasures against U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) firms, including sanctions and restricted-entity listings, over concerns that Anthropic’s Mythos model could be turned into an offensive cyberweapon, Bloomberg reported on August 3, citing people familiar with the matter. Beijing is not preparing immediate action and would move only if Washington expands technology…
This just in from ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s wife in her 100-plus-room LA mansion: She doesn’t want expedited homebuilding for everyone else. Ditto Jane Fonda, albeit from a more modest $6 million spread in Century City. As The California Post reported this week, Schmidt and Fonda will lead a campaign against a Nov. 3 ballot…
Merve Aydogan 06 August 2026•Update: 06 August 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday reaffirmed his country’s support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying Ottawa would continue backing the institution despite US efforts to pressure allies to withdraw their membership and funding. Asked whether his government was doing enough to defend the ICC…
In Hollywood, talent often extends far beyond acting. Many stars have surprised fans by speaking multiple languages, using their international backgrounds, education, or life experiences to communicate with audiences around the world. Whether they learned a language through family, travel, or formal study, these multilingual celebrities bring an extra dimension to both their careers and…
President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to “push hard” to keep a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund active, amid an ongoing feud between two Republican senators and the Trump administration over Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general. “If Senators Cornyn and Tillis, both upset because I wouldn’t Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!),…
SpaceX pulled off a successful launch last Friday evening at its Starbase facility in South Texas, sending its Starship rocket into orbit. It hasn’t stopped Elon Musk’s fortune from falling back to Earth. The world’s first trillionaire is now poorer than he was before SpaceX’s initial public offering priced last month, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index….
Frederic Legrand/Shutterstock Elon Musk has never been shy about sharing his opinion, often making bold proclamations about technology and the world we could live in. But one of his latest predictions has left many scratching their heads. During an interview with The Economist’s Editor-In-Chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, the Tesla CEO — who briefly became the…
A celebrity content creator, influencer and thought leader would tell you that the definition of public figure has changed dramatically in the digital age. After all, if you think about it, for decades, fame was built primarily through traditional entertainment channels, the best celebrity content creators remind: Hollywood films, television networks, professional sports, radio, and…
Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the armed forces to expand the use of AI and improve combat capabilities as China pushes to build what he called an “intelligent military system”. Speaking ahead of the People’s Liberation Army’s 99th anniversary on Saturday, Xi said combat effectiveness must remain the main test for high-quality modernisation of…