The CDC is on the Brink, the editorial in this week's @TheLancet https://
thelancet.com/journals/lance
t/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00799-3/fulltext
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REGULATION
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CDC Crisis: Editorial in The Lancet Examines Public Health Agency
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US military stockpile rebuilding amid geopolitical tensions
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Good thing the US has no other adversaries in the world and we can afford to take as much time as we want to rebuild our stockpile. /s
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AI Superpower Competition: The Race for Global Dominance
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“The leader in AI will rule the world.” This is the greatest technology competition in history. And, yes, it is existential. Only two countries have the capacity to become an AI Superpower, integrating the entire supply chain of Intelligence, from the mine to the model. (And
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Big Tech’s 4x Move: Platform Power Through Market Dominance
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Calling the 4x move "platform power" is generous, it's just because they can.
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Dubious AI Predictions Give Tech Leaders Excessive Power
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Dubious predictions that have yet to be fulfilled have given dubious people like Sam Altman and Elon Musk extraordinary power over society. @carissaveliz
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US Accuses China of Industrial-Scale AI Intellectual Property Theft
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US has accused China of "industrial-scale" theft of AI and warned that it will be cracking down on the exploitation, per FT.
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API Safety Claims Questioned: Criminals Bypass Security Measures
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If you can’t stop small teams from using your API for distillation, then you’re definitely not stopping criminals, biohackers, or adversarial states from using AI through it. Those actors are much more sophisticated. The whole "APIs are safer" is a hoax!
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GPT-5.5 Iterative Deployment Strategy for AI Safety
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1. We believe in iterative deployment; although GPT-5.5 is already a smart model, we expect rapid improvements. Iterative deployment is a big part of our safety strategy; we believe the world will be best equipped to win at the team sport of AI resilience this way. 2. We believe
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AI as Executive Partner in Government Operations
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An inspiring blueprint for the future of government, @HHShkMohd ! An incredibly ambitious initiative! Empowering AI as an "executive partner" to manage operations while elevating human decision-making is the true promise of this technology. The world will be closely
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Autonomous Vehicles Social Cost and Public Infrastructure Investment
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You are asking to exclude millions of people who cannot afford renting human drivers from being able to getting around. That is an incredible social cost. Let's find other sources of income. How about we build infrastructure again?