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The danger of AI is not that it will become conscious and hate us, but that it will become competent and ignore us."

—Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Supply Chains are Being Weaponized”: Modi Says, Highlighting India’s Entry into Second Phase of Semiconductor Mission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi.

India’s semiconductor push has reached commercial production, while Modi highlighted the next phase, skilling, ecosystem expansion across design, equipment, materials and testing, and investments in power to meet rising AI demand.

ALL IN 2026: Canada and Germany Invest Up to CAD $300 Million in LawZero Amid AI Safety Tensions

ALL IN 2026 conference in Montréal, where LawZero’s Scientist AI approach was featured following a joint funding announcement by Canada and Germany.

At the fourth edition of ALL IN in Montréal, the joint funding for LawZero will support its Scientist AI approach, which aims to provide guardrails for frontier AI models and deepen understanding of AI risks and how to avoid them.

Mistral AI Brings its Models to Firefox Smart Window in Mozilla Partnership

Mistral AI and Firefox partner to bring Mistral’s AI models to Firefox Smart Window.

The collaboration will make Mistral models available through Mozilla’s AI-powered browsing assistant, with the companies highlighting privacy, user choice, regional language support and sovereign AI.

David Sacks Upholds Zuckerberg’s Approach: Don’t Call on Others, AI Safety is Routine Work

David Sacks, chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, has amplified Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s call for AI labs to make safety and alignment part of their routine operations.

David Sacks has amplified Mark Zuckerberg’s call for AI labs to make safety and alignment part of their routine operations, rather than waiting for industry-wide action.

From OpenAI, Microsoft to Global Media Leaders: Paris AI Forum Tackles How AI is Rewriting Rules of News

Paris AI Forum 2026 brings the news and media industry into focus as AI changes how journalism is produced, accessed and discovered.

AI is proving useful across sectors in many ways, but the way AI companies use and access news content is raising serious concerns for journalism and media, from copyright and compensation to traffic, search and the value of original reporting.

AI Flags Potential GLP-1 Symptoms in 400,000 Reddit Posts: Pennsylvania Study

A person uses an injection pen to administer a GLP-1 medication into the thigh. The image is illustrative and does not depict a specific drug or individual.

Researchers examined more than five years of Reddit posts involving nearly 70,000 users discussing semaglutide and tirzepatide and found reports of menstrual changes and temperature-related symptoms among the main classes of symptoms identified.

No OpenAI IPO in 2026; What Happens to Anthropic’s IPO?

OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs at the centre of the growing debate over AI safety, frontier development and the future of their IPO plans.

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei call for a slower pace of frontier AI development, as OpenAI rules out a 2026 IPO amid mounting safety concerns and questions emerge over Anthropic’s planned listing.

Dubai Targets Agentic AI Adoption with Training for Over 14,000 Firms

Dubai Chambers has launched Agentic AI training for more than 14,000 member companies as part of a programme to accelerate AI adoption across Dubai’s private sector.

The programme is part of Dubai’s broader effort to transition the private sector towards Agentic AI, with training delivered through Dubai Chambers Academy to help businesses apply the technology and create sustainable value.

China Slams US Accusations of ‘Systematic’ Copying of Frontier AI Models

US-China AI race intensifies as U.S. agencies warn of industrial-scale AI model distillation by China-based AI companies.

US security agencies accuse China-based AI companies – DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI – of systematically extracting capabilities from US frontier AI models through industrial-scale distillation, with malicious activities dating back to at least late 2024.

Singapore Eyes Quantum and AI Collaboration with Luxembourg

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden meet in Singapore to discuss bilateral cooperation, including emerging technologies like quantum and AI.

Singapore’s AI agenda is moving beyond domestic policy, workforce training and infrastructure, with the country now looking to deepen international cooperation in artificial intelligence and quantum technologies.