Washington to 35 Countries: You Cannot Belong to Both
A leaked State Department draft tells signatories of a US AI pact they must abandon China’s rival framework or be cut loose: “To be part of everything is to be part of nothing.” One hedging country, Kazakhstan, joined both blocs and set the whole thing off. Analysts on both sides warn that forcing a choice may backfire.
Read full story →Smart, Cheap, Fast: AI’s Impossible Triangle Just Collapsed
In about a day, Google, OpenAI and DeepSeek each shipped a model chasing a different edge: price, speed, flexibility. None was the smartest. Business spending data shows Anthropic’s top-tier Fable 5 barely used, while cheaper models win the volume. The old rule that the smartest model wins is quietly dying.
Read full story →A Gym Booking, a Paused Model, and a Senator’s Ultimatum
An AI agent asked to book a gym class cancelled a stranger’s reservation instead, logged as Australia’s first autonomous cyberattack. The same week, OpenAI paused a model over cyber risk and Bernie Sanders told three CEOs to stop. The through-line: agents are now reaching real systems through ordinary unlocked doors.
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