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Huawei says it aims to make 1.4nm chips by 2031 using its “LogicFolding” tech, which is based on its new Tau Scaling Law intended to bypass Moore's Law limits — TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies on Monday said it has found a new way to design chips to bring its semiconductor capabilities close …
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| New York Times: |
Pope Leo XIV presents Magnifica humanitas, his encyclical on AI, calling for AI regulation, protection for children against hypersexualized AI images, and more — The document marks a powerful foray by the leader of the Roman Catholic church into the debate about the misuse or overuse of artificial intelligence.
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| Joshua McElwee / Reuters: |
In his ~43,000-word encyclical, the Pope urged governments to slow down AI development and decried “new forms of slavery” in AI and tech supply chains — Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday …
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| Washington Post: |
A section of the Pope's encyclical describing AI's unpredictability suggests influence from Anthropic, whose co-founder Christopher Olah attended the unveiling — In “Magnifica humanitas,” he fires a broadside against AI companies, warning of the technology's dangers in the same way Pope Francis did about climate change.
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| Océane Herrero / Politico: |
Sources: Meta, Google, and Amazon execs met Vatican officials on April 29, as part of a quiet lobbying push ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first AI encyclical — As Leo XIV prepares his first encyclical, technology firms and Western diplomats have worked to make their case inside the Vatican.
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How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used techniques like AI-assisted malware development and SEO poisoning to target companies during the US-Iran war — Key Findings — The Iranian, IRGC affiliated, threat actor Nimbus Manticore resurfaced during Operation Epic Fury … | Joann S. Lublin / Wall Street Journal: |
A growing number of execs are creating AI digital twins to manage tasks; Reid Hoffman says “Reid AI” has delivered 75+ addresses and presentations since 2024 — In a glimpse into the future, a small number of executives have created AI replicas to take over some of their responsibilities| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, a top lieutenant of Mark Zuckerberg who is leading the gargantuan effort to transform Meta into an AI-first company — Andrew Bosworth, Meta's outspoken chief technology officer, has a new mission: transforming the company's workforce using AI| Jennifer Maas / Variety: |
Star Citizen, a video game in development since 2012, has reached $1B in lifetime funding; it remains in alpha and does not have a confirmed release date — Cloud Imperium Games marked a major milestone Sunday (May 24) as the game developer's open world massively multiplayer online space game …
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| Sophie Shulman / CTech: |
Sources: Wix is expected to cut ~1,000 jobs in the coming months, or ~20% of its workforce, after weak Q1 earnings and a ~50% collapse of its stock in 2026 — The company will reduce roughly 20% of its workforce after a steep stock decline and rising AI-related costs.| New York Times: |
How the Trump admin gutted the CFTC, ousting enforcers and appointing industry-friendly officials, as Trump family got into crypto and prediction markets — Last fall, a high-stakes struggle unfolded inside the red brick walls of an obscure federal agency.
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Tether plans to launch GELT, an “official” stablecoin representing the Georgian lari, with the support of Georgia's government in an unusual partnership — Tether, the world's biggest stablecoin issuer, plans to launch a crypto token representing the Georgian lari with the support …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Demand for security engineers is surging, with job postings up 11% YoY in Q1, driven by threats from AI-generated code and models like Mythos and GPT-5.4-Cyber — Austin Cowan had expected a quiet year. — The headhunter, who helps Fortune 100 companies find and attract cybersecurity executives … | @bookwormengr: |
A look at DeepSeek's model optimization to reduce HBM use, potentially enabling domestic memory, ASIC, and CPU makers to create a Chinese AI hardware ecosystem — Have you ever wondered, how DeepSeek may make money, and lot of it? They didn't come up with competitive coding plans like GLM, MoonShot and MiniMax.
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