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The United States and China, the two leading AI powers, are forming their own AI blocs. Other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings and avoid losing out.
Read the original →Cyrus Hodes, founder of AI Safety Connect, told CGTN at the 2026 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit that "AI is more powerful than nuclear."
Read the original →Defense Minister Koizumi said advanced technologies such as AI are developing rapidly in the security field. In a speech in Tokyo on the 3rd, Koizumi indicated an intention to revise the basic policy on AI use set by the Defense Ministry.
Read the original →The Barbados AI safety summit will convene governments, companies and experts on 23 November. They will discuss cooperation, risk and capacity.
Read the original →The Artificial Intelligence Climate Institute (AICI) will be officially launched at COP31 in Antalya this month. It will be hosted by Anatel at the Green Digital Action Hub in Brasília, Brazil.
Read the original →Latvian Permanent Representative Sanita Pavluta-Deslandes announced Monday that the UN Security Council will prioritize artificial intelligence and emerging technologies during Riga's inaugural November presidency. The presidency will convene a high-level ministerial debate on technological change and conflict resolution.
Read the original →A report says advanced memory chips barred under strict export controls are reaching Chinese AI laboratories through a regulatory blind spot in international trade rules. A memory smuggler reportedly described how export-controlled High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) made in South Korea by Samsung and SK Hynix reaches mainland China.
Read the original →Smuggling networks are expanding to move Samsung Electronics and SK hynix high-bandwidth memory chips into China in defiance of US export controls.
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