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Anthropic Warns China Could Close AI gap by 2028, as Trump meets Xi in Beijing

US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14-15, 2026 — the same week Anthropic published a policy paper warning that China could close the AI gap by 2028.

Anthropic’s policy paper warning of Chinese AI parity by 2028 was published hours before the US approved Nvidia H200 chip sales to 10 Chinese firms, as President Donald Trump met Xi Jinping in China.

Train Teachers in AI Before Students, Say Educators to AI FrontPage at Bharat Shiksha Expo 2026

AI in Classrooms Hinges on Teacher Training, Educators Tell Bharat Shiksha Expo

Speaking to AI FrontPage at Bharat Shiksha Expo 2026, leading educators stressed that teachers must be trained in artificial intelligence (AI) before students, highlighting AI’s growing role in NEP 2020, skill development, and future-ready education in India.

Justice in the Age of AI: UNESCO and Oxford Begin Global Legal Training Push

UNESCO and the University of Oxford have launched a free global online course on AI, Justice and the Rule of Law, aimed at judges, lawyers and policymakers as algorithmic tools enter courtrooms worldwide.

UNESCO and the University of Oxford have launched a free global online course on AI, Justice and the Rule of Law, aimed at judges, lawyers and policymakers as algorithmic tools enter courtrooms worldwide.

Google DeepMind Launches AI Powered Mouse Pointer

Google DeepMind launched an AI enabled pointer in Chrome that understands what a user points at, even as Meta employees protest their company's mouse-tracking surveillance program, on the same day.

Google DeepMind launched an AI enabled pointer in Chrome that understands what a user points at, even as Meta employees protest their company’s mouse-tracking surveillance program, on the same day.

AI Meets Big Pharma: Isomorphic Labs Raises $2.1 Billion for AI Drug Discovery

Isomorphic Labs, founded in 2021 by DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis, has raised $2.1 billion in Series B funding to scale its AI-driven drug discovery platform.

Demis Hassabis’s AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs has raised $2.1 billion in a Thrive Capital-led Series B, joined by Alphabet, GV, MGX, Temasek, CapitalG and the UK Sovereign AI Fund.

Delhi Government Invites AI Firms, Startups for Governance Solutions

The Delhi government’s Department of Information Technology has asked startups, research institutions, industry bodies to showcase their artificial intelligence based solutions and use cases relevant to public service delivery and governance.

The Delhi government’s Department of Information Technology has asked startups, research institutions, industry bodies to showcase their artificial intelligence based solutions and use cases relevant to public service delivery and governance.

Claude Mythos Won’t Stay Rare or in Safe Hands Forever, Warns Anthropic Frontier Red Team Head

Logan Graham, head of Anthropic's Frontier Red Team, has cautioned that capabilities like those shown by Claude Mythos Preview "won't stay rare, or stay in careful hands."

Logan Graham, head of Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team, has warned that the cybersecurity capabilities demonstrated by Claude Mythos Preview “won’t stay rare, or stay in careful hands.” His post on X follows independent evaluations by the UK AI Security Institute and XBOW confirming the model’s step-change in autonomous offensive security capabilities.

AI Job Loss Fears Benefit AI Firms, Businesses: Andrew Ng

Computer scientist Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google Brain and Coursera, has pushed back on the "AI jobpocalypse" narrative, arguing it benefits frontier AI labs and businesses cutting staff. Pic credit: Deep Learning AI

Computer scientist Andrew Ng has called out the “AI jobpocalypse” narrative, arguing overblown unemployment fears serve AI labs, let SaaS firms charge more, and justify layoffs.

Ahead of Trump’s China Visit, Bernie Sanders Calls for Ban on Superintelligence

Senator Bernie Sanders (left) has called on Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to ban superintelligence ahead of the US President's upcoming visit to China. (Photo: Shelly Prevost / Wikimedia Commons)

Senator Bernie Sanders has urged Trump and Xi to ban superintelligence and negotiate AI safety, invoking Reagan-Gorbachev nuclear arms control as precedent.

South Korea Proposes Citizen Dividend on AI Boom

South Korea's presidential policy chief Yongbeom Kim has proposed a 'Citizen Dividend' to redistribute AI-era excess tax revenue, warning the boom risks a K-shaped split.

South Korea’s presidential policy chief Yongbeom Kim has proposed a ‘Citizen Dividend’ to redistribute AI-era excess tax revenue, warning the boom risks a K-shaped split.