Any national security experts want to enlighten me as to why Google is suddenly citing "national security concerns" as a reason the DOJ should ease up on its antitrust efforts?
POLICY
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Three Experts: AI Science, Materials Research, and Policy
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Yann is Meta's Chief AI Scientist, an NYU Professor & Turing Prize Laureate; Kristin founded the Materials Project & is a UC Berkeley Prof; and Verity is an AI policy expert, author, and director of AI and Geopolitics Project at Cambridge.
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Broad-ranging Interview Discussion on AI and Policy Questions
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This was a quite good and broad ranging interview/discussion on AI and policy questions.
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TikTok bid highlights user data ownership and platform accountability
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Beyond the big news of the bid to buy TikTok, it's interesting to see Alexis show upfront support for key things people have asked platforms to provide for *years*: To let users own their data
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AI Infrastructure Central to Trump’s Tariffs and Trade War Strategy
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I’ve long argued that AI is about hard POWER. Now, AI infrastructure is at the heart of tariffs & the global trade war.
— Nina Schick (@NinaDSchick) 5 mars 2025
It is ESSENTIAL to understanding Trump’s AI, industrial policy & tariffs stance in this context:
Addressing Congress tonight, Trump claims the U.S. has seen… pic.twitter.com/lQu0Va9qUUI’ve long argued that AI is about hard POWER. Now, AI infrastructure is at the heart of tariffs & the global trade war. It is ESSENTIAL to understanding Trump’s AI, industrial policy & tariffs stance in this context: Addressing Congress tonight, Trump claims the U.S. has seen
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Musk’s DOGE Claims Transparency While Hiding Spending Details
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“Although Musk has described DOGE as ‘maximum transparent,’ it has not made its spending or salary ranges publicly available.” “Funding for DOGE had grown to around $40 million as of February 20, according to a recent ProPublica report.”
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Washington’s governance crisis and tech industry influence
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Formidable discours de @ClaudeMalhuret
— Docteur Laurent Alexandre (@dr_l_alexandre) 4 mars 2025
« Washington est devenu la cour de Néron. Un empereur incendiaire, des courtisans soumis et un bouffon sous kétamine chargé de l’épuration de la fonction publique. » pic.twitter.com/jikeIaNfULFormidable discours de @ClaudeMalhuret « Washington est devenu la cour de Néron. Un empereur incendiaire, des courtisans soumis et un bouffon sous kétamine chargé de l’épuration de la fonction publique. »
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NSF NIH Grant Funding Challenges for AI Research
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Confidential Federated Analytics Enhances Data Privacy Transparency
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Confidential Federated Analytics is a new technique to improve data privacy by publicizing the analyses that will be performed on device data, enabling organizations to be transparent about the privacy properties of their data processing. Read more at https://
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US-China AI Competition: Europe’s Strategic Role and Challenges
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Only if it gets its house in order. If America doesn’t ‘win’ – China will. So what’s Europe’s preference ? Will it have a role to play at all ?