AI powerhouse Nvidia and startup Anthropic are publicly clashing over the Biden administration’s upcoming AI chip export restrictions aimed at curbing China’s technological rise. Known as the “AI Diffusion Rule,” the policy—set to take effect May 15—has sparked a heated exchange between the two companies, highlighting growing tensions over national security and AI supremacy.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing for widespread adoption of AI-generated "friends," claiming the technology can ease loneliness and fill social voids in modern life. In a recent interview on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Zuckerberg said people increasingly lack personal connections and that AI companions could become a rational alternative.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced that the state has implemented three tools in a partnership with GenAI in an effort he described as "DOGE but better."
South Korea’s data privacy watchdog has accused Chinese AI app DeepSeek of unlawfully exporting user data to companies in China and the U.S. without consent. The platform, briefly a global sensation in early 2025, is now at the center of a major international privacy scandal with implications for national security and digital sovereignty.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen tests of newly developed artificial intelligence (AI)-powered suicide drones, emphasizing the importance of unmanned systems and AI in modernizing the nation's armed forces.
