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May 11
New: Iran has its own satellite. Russia is feeding Tehran imagery. China's commercial constellations are unrestricted.
For @CJR I wrote about the current, unprecedented blackout of US satellite imagery—and the journalists & researchers it actually impacts cjr.org/feature/blind-spots-…
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New from Ukraine: Real-Time Satellite Intelligence Is Making Ukraine’s Drone Strikes Deadlier Than Ever wsj.com/world/europe/real-ti…
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Jun 5
NOTUS is reporting that senior administration officials have held discussions with major AI labs - including OpenAI - about the possibility of those labs giving the government equity stakes by voluntarily ceding shares. The returns from those shares could eventually be directly distributed to American citizens through an AI dividend.
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Jun 4
CENTCOM has released this photo of an F-16 refueling in an "undisclosed location."
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SCOOP #NSA is using #Mythos to conduct offensive cyber operations. Anthropic engineers are embedded in the US intelligence agency.
(@CristinaCriddle & me @AsiaLens)
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May 22
As evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.
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May 21
as i reported last week colossus 2 is currently operating 46 unpermitted gas turbines and is the subject of a lawsuit from the NAACP alleging violations of the Clean Air Act: wired.com/story/xai-adds-19-…
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May 21
data center politics is splintering the american right heatmap.news/plus/the-fight/…
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May 21
NEW: A U.S. counter-terror fusion center believes ICE's tweets are so racist they could incite acts of violence by white supremacists and encourage neo-Nazis to get hired, according to an internal memo we obtained. theintercept.com/2026/05/21/…
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May 20
RT @rebheilweil: despite all the anti-AI jeering at graduation speeches, students are pretty active LLM users. it's a reminder that persona…
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May 20
This is the greatest video I’ve ever seen. No notes. The lifeless clanker carcass just laying there. No crowd reaction, anything. Just Billie Jean. Until its lifeless shell is shamefully dragged off. Purely amazing.
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May 19
The government admits in trial there was no backdoor by which Anthropic could have interfered in real time with classified military operations. When DoW officials asserted that this was an imminent threat, it smelled like BS to me; at trial, USG lawyers seem to agree w/ me.
May 19
Anthropic-DoW oral argument in D.C. Circuit starting in 10 for those interested. Will be doing live tweet thread here. This is the second of the two cases, and where Anthropic has come up short thus far.
We will probably figure out more from what questions the judges ask here than anything else.
D.C. Circuit Channel: youtube.com/USCourtsCADC
Order denying prelim injunction: casemine.com/judgement/us/69…
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May 19
This is really important.
The world’s two AI superpowers need to starting talking about AI risks. We shouldn’t have high expectations at this stage: no binding constraints, no “arms control agreement” for AI. But an official dialogue can start to put items on the agenda and serve as a crucial channel for live issues.
AI risks from non-state actors should be near the top of the agenda. See my earlier piece: brookings.edu/articles/ai-ri…
May 19
Beijing confirms China-US intergovernmental dialogue on AI guardrails.
“Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun held a regular press conference May 19. A reporter asked, 'It is reported that the leaders of China and the United States exchanged views on the regulation of AI during their meeting and agreed to conduct dialogue and cooperation. What is China's comment on this?'
Guo stated that as two major AI powers, China and the US should work together to promote the development and governance of AI, and to help AI better serve the progress of human civilization and the common well-being of the international community. During President Trump's visit to China, the two leaders had constructive exchanges on AI issues and agreed to conduct intergovernmental dialogue on AI."
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May 20
A group of telcos, including a bunch of Salt Typhoon victims, formed a new group to privately swap cyber threat information among themselves—and not necessarily with the government. One might wonder whether they will alert the feds or the public the next time something big hits.
May 19
New: The U.S. telecom industry has launched a second ISAC to facilitate private discussions among companies about sensitive cybersecurity issues. I talked to the new ISAC's executive director and T-Mobile's CSO about why the industry felt it needed this. cybersecuritydive.com/news/t…
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May 20
Scoop: Trump AI executive order seeks early government access to frontier models axios.com/2026/05/20/ai-trum…
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May 18
This is the one op-ed in the nytimes that doesn't mention AI but is highly relevant to it. I've talked before of the risk of a "country of IRS agents in a datacenter," with AI providing the workforce for an authoritarian government.
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May 15
comment from space force and the state department in here
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May 13
1/ We have a paper out in @Nature today with the worrying conclusion that LLMs may create more incentives for governments to control and coordinate media. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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New: U.S. has intelligence that Chinese firms discussed with Iran secret efforts to send weapons through other countries. w/ @MarkMazzettiNYT @dnvolz nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/po…
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May 12
An excellent reported piece by @pasternack on how OSINT reporters & researchers are contending with the increasingly onerous restrictions on providing reliable, high-resolution imagery of the U.S-Israel war in Iran and elsewhere cjr.org/feature/blind-spots-…
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