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AI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid deep distrust between US and China | US foreign policy
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, touches down in Maryland on Wednesday, he will step out into the arms – perhaps a hug, if Donald Trump’s wishes come true – of a US…
Nvidia-backed Nscale buried ByteDance deal in push to $35bn IPO
Nscale, the Nvidia-backed AI cloud provider, buried a significant relationship with ByteDance in its pitch to investors, only mentioning the Chinese tech giant in an obscure filing despite its accounting for nearly three-quarters of its…
IonQ (IONQ) Will Deploy Superion 256 On Premise At A Major AI Research Center
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) plans to deploy its Superion 256 quantum processor on-premise at NVIDIA’s Accelerated Quantum Research Center in 2026. The on-site Superion 256 system is expected to link directly with NVIDIA’s…
Stanford violated AI policy after race-swapping students in ad
The student, Billy Ramirez, said he was “baffled” by the change and later “felt silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me” in an interview with the Stanford…
Nine months, 200 academic papers. One professor’s AI-assisted output
Many academic researchers publish only a handful of papers each year, seeking scientific discoveries or solutions to everyday problems facing businesses and government agencies. Some especially busy professors might publish a dozen…
Mathematics Just Got Its First Taste of the AI Job-Pocalypse
For years, the leaders of the most powerful tech companies have predicted that AI will displace a significant portion of the workforce. The impact will supposedly vary between industries, we’re told time…
How would AI actually ‘kill all humans’? Here are the top five most likely scenarios | Toby Walsh for the Conversation
Earlier this month, artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic after just four months. In an announcement on X, he stated: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill…
Trump-Xi meeting puts AI safety, chips and U.S.-China rivalry in focus
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) gestures to China’s President Xi Jinping as he leaves after a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Evan Vucci | Afp | Getty…
McDonald’s bets on hand-breaded chicken, AI drive-thrus to fend off Burger King
CHICAGO, IL — McDonald’s (MCD) is making a long-term bet on artificial intelligence, hand-breaded chicken, and a return of 90s-style restaurants to regain customers who left for other chains, like Burger King….