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Emily Turrettini

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Ukrainian attacks on Russian data centers — some containing Russia’s most powerful supercomputers — threaten aspirations for entirely Russian-built “sovereign AI.” The attacks disrupted Russians’ digital lives, from working remotely to ordering dinner. wapo.st/47Ipryx
These data centers hold Putin’s AI aspirations. They’re big targets.

These data centers hold Putin’s AI aspirations. They’re big targets.

Ukrainian attacks on the facilities — some containing Russia’s most powerful supercomputers — threaten aspirations for entirely Russian-built “sovereign AI.”

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Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom. spr.ly/6019BHUtYc
Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom | TechCrunch

Cracks are emerging in the AI spending boom | TechCrunch

Big Tech is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but mounting debt, negative cash flow, and growing investor skepticism are raising questions about the sustainability of the AI spending boom.

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In the NYT’s case against OpenAI, the Wikimedia Foundation says training AI should be fair use — but regurgitating articles shouldn’t. theverge.com/policy/1022880/…
Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web

Wikipedia’s operator says a bad AI copyright ruling could threaten the open web

Both sides of a landmark copyright case take the wrong approach, the group says.

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Exclusive: Publishers are starting to serve ads that AI agents can read but human visitors never see. At least 11 publishers have adopted the approach, while Perplexity has moved to block the ads from influencing its AI tools. Full story: thein.fo/4ivA6BH
Why Publishers Are Adding Invisible Ads for AI Agents

Why Publishers Are Adding Invisible Ads for AI Agents

For as long as there have been ads on the internet, marketing has targeted human eyeballs. But as AI agents crowd onto the web, advertisers and publishers are beginning to deliver ads only AI can...

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OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic say they will adopt a new standard that publishers can use to opt out of being scraped by AI across multiple crawlers (@emroth08 / The Verge) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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The new control will allow publishers to apply their AI training preferences across multiple crawlers. theverge.com/tech/1023763/op…
The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping

The biggest names in AI are backing a new way to opt out of scraping

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic are implementing the new setting.

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The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees are demanding that President Donald Trump preserve his conversations with artificial intelligence chatbots as part of an inquiry into whether Elon Musk’s AI system Grok has influenced official White House policy time-magazine.visitlink.me/d…
House Democrats Demand Trump Preserve Grok AI Chats After TIME Report

House Democrats Demand Trump Preserve Grok AI Chats After TIME Report

The demand offers a preview of the intense scrutiny Trump would face in the final years of his presidency if Democrats reclaim the House in next week’s midterm elections.

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As Americans increasingly turn to chatbots for political information, experts warn that this AI feedback loop could quietly distort the information voters receive, seeding errors about candidates and elections across the internet and into the hands of millions of people. wapo.st/4A2G2sX
How an obscure website became a force in America’s election information machine

How an obscure website became a force in America’s election information machine

Experts are concerned the new crop of influential AI-created sites could quietly spread errors to millions of voters.

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Donald Trump is predicted to emerge from the midterms elections with a far weaker grip on Washington. Accordingly, much of corporate America has been desperately trying to scrub off its spray tan and deflate its lip filler economist.com/business/2026/…
American bosses are desperately trying to de-MAGAfy

American bosses are desperately trying to de-MAGAfy

Ahead of the midterms, corporations want to win back favour with the Democrats

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Costs to protect the debt of numerous US technology heavyweights against default hit fresh record highs Friday after disappointing quarterly reports spurred fresh concerns on whether the massive debt binge financing the AI boom will pay off bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Tech Firms’ Debt-Protection Costs are Surging on Profit Concerns

Tech Firms’ Debt-Protection Costs are Surging on Profit Concerns

Costs to protect the debt of numerous US technology heavyweights against default hit fresh record highs Friday, with disappointing quarterly reports from Intel Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. spurring...

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Is a human liable if an AI tool libels someone? An English legal task-force has set out to define what the common law implies for such hypothetical problems economist.com/britain/2026/1…
London’s courts can thrive under AI—but they are also at risk

London’s courts can thrive under AI—but they are also at risk

An outgoing top judge gives some parting advice

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China opposes US FCC ban on Chinese lab testing, vows countermeasures if US presses ahead reut.rs/3UsmOOg
China opposes US FCC ban on Chinese lab testing, vows countermeasures if US presses ahead

China opposes US FCC ban on Chinese lab testing, vows countermeasures if US presses ahead

China firmly opposes the US Federal ​Communications Commission's vote ‌to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic devices for ​use in the ​US, its commerce ministry said ⁠on Friday, warning ​it...

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Google’s $500bn bloodbath reflects the danger it faces from AI economist.com/business/2026/…
Google’s $500bn bloodbath reflects the danger it faces from AI

Google’s $500bn bloodbath reflects the danger it faces from AI

As its search engine sputters, rivals gain ground

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OpenAI said on Friday it is tightening limits on the weapons-related information ChatGPT provides to teens, even ‌when a question appears harmless, as part of new safeguards ‌aimed at preventing real-world violence yahoo.com/news/us/articles/o…
OpenAI to limit weapons information for teens on ChatGPT in violence-prevention push

OpenAI to limit weapons information for teens on ChatGPT in violence-prevention push

Oct 30 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Friday it is tightening limits on the weapons-related information ChatGPT provides to teens, even when a question appears harmless, as part of new safeguards aimed at

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AI was supposed to replace radiologists but now they're in more demand than ever | Here's why 6abc.com/post/ai-was-suppose…
AI was supposed to replace radiologists but now they're in more demand than ever | Here's why

AI was supposed to replace radiologists but now they're in more demand than ever | Here's why

Ten years ago, a prominent artificial intelligence researcher predicted that radiologists would soon become obsolete as AI systems surpassed humans in reading medical scans. But a decade later,...

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Vatican hosts dialogue on AI and human dignity vaticannews.va/en/vatican-ci…
Vatican hosts dialogue on AI and human dignity - Vatican News

Vatican hosts dialogue on AI and human dignity - Vatican News

AI experts and Vatican representatives gather at the Casina Pio IV to discuss how artificial intelligence can serve humanity, with calls for binding ...

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AI-driven layoffs are creating a new class of boomerang employees—companies are realizing they 'pulled the plug too quickly' cnb.cx/4zXU9zx
AI-driven layoffs are creating a new class of boomerang employees—companies are realizing they...

AI-driven layoffs are creating a new class of boomerang employees—companies are realizing they...

Some companies are quietly rehiring workers they laid off due to AI, according to a recent report from SHL.

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Godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, asked about AI kill switch proposals: "I don't think it'll work in the long run." A superintelligent AI will be better than us at persuasion. It just convinces the people holding the switch not to pull it. Source: @CNN
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is set to face a war of attrition with members of Congress from both parties who are determined to hold him responsible for the Iran war and other issues after next week’s midterm elections bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Hegseth Faces Bipartisan Push for His Ouster After Midterms

Hegseth Faces Bipartisan Push for His Ouster After Midterms

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is set to face a war of attrition with members of Congress from both parties who are determined to hold him responsible for the Iran war and other issues after next week’s...

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Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Artificial intelligence reaches its Napster moment reut.rs/4e4vDEz
Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Artificial intelligence reaches its Napster moment

Breakingviews - COMMENTARY: Artificial intelligence reaches its Napster moment

Anthropic ​has launched its mega-IPO ⁠just as ​the technology’s scope ​to upend the software industry becomes clear. The ​revolution that ​engulfed the music business ‌in ⁠the early 2000s is a...

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