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Pacing problem: can AI fears overcome US-China race dynamics and force a slowdown? #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖 https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3368503/pacing-problem-can-ai-fears-overcome-us-china-race-dynamics-and-force-slowdown?utm_source=cm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GME-O-enlz-uv&UUID=810ab81034dec15e3bb0ff25f2547918&utm_content=20260924_Tech_FW&CMCampaignID=fd1b81d5937f37eea8167227c012eb34

OpenAI published 372 AI-generated advances across mathematics and theoretical computer science. Many of these were formally verified, but OpenAI withheld its exact model and prompts used. #Science is awesome 🧬🦾🚀🤯 #ScholER https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/openai-unleashes-hundreds-more-math-results-upon-a-field-already-in-shock/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

US schools are limiting AI and other classroom technology as parents increasingly favor low-tech education. Anti #Edtech Innovation or #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 ? #For Teachers By Teachers #ScholER #Artificial Intelligence https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jun/23/ai-us-schools-students

The Trump administration’s new #Artificial Intelligence task force plans to produce a report on the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence within 120 days, according to an interview with the newly announced “AI czar” Jay Clayton on Saturday in the Wall Street Journal. Clayton also serves as the director of national intelligence. According to the Wall Street Journal, the task force includes three senior officials from the Trump administration as its vice chairs: Emil Michael, undersecretary of War for Research and Engineering; Scott Kupor, director of the Office of Personnel Management; and Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. Other members include the national security advisor in the Bush administration, Condoleezza Rice, as well as Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and former AI czar David Sacks, the Journal reported. The Journal report also said that the task force’s charter states that the body will ensure the U.S. remains at the forefront of “SI” development, referring to super intelligence, which the Trump administration decreed as the new name for AI in an executive order last week. The White House has not released the charter, and a spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. Trump first announced the AI task force in a Truth Social post in September, although at the time he didn’t identify its members. Since then, the White House hosted a number of industry leaders from companies including OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta at a lunch, where they agreed to a voluntary joint agreement to enact certain safety measures such as partnering with third-party auditors to evaluate their models. In a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump confirmed the composition of the task force. #REAL Truth https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/new-ai-task-force-to-report-on-risks-of-technology-after-public-and-industry-concerns-b6308bef?cio_link_id=eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnU2kwUVlDQUplSkJwYUpCZ0doQzdoOGc0STJtQzNXbHlXME8zMD0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS90ZWNoL2FpL25ldy1haS10YXNrLWZvcmNlLXRvLXJlcG9ydC1vbi1yaXNrcy1vZi10ZWNobm9sb2d5LWFmdGVyLXB1YmxpYy1hbmQtaW5kdXN0cnktY29uY2VybnMtYjYzMDhiZWY_Y2lvX2xpbmtfaWQ9Q0lPLS1MSU5LSURcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249JTVCUkVCUkFORCU1RCslNUJUSS1BTSU1RCtUaFx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PTEwOTVcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT0xMjQiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImEyZDEwNjAzODY0YTk3ODkwNiIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjkwMzI5fQ__5ae5e2e048df14b66394afacccde4d710fbd182de1e3dc1c5f12d697c8d737a3&utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

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OpenAI announced on Wednesday that Paul Christiano, a senior technical advisor at the U.S. Commerce Department’s AI center, would be joining the board of the OpenAI Foundation, the charity that has a 26% stake in the company. Christiano will also be a non-voting observer on the board of OpenAI’s for-profit company. #REAL Truth Christiano previously worked at OpenAI as a member of its technical staff until 2021, when he created the nonprofit Alignment Research Center. He joined the Biden administration’s AI Safety Institute in April 2024 as the head of safety. The institute was renamed the Center for AI Standards and Innovation under President Trump amid a restructuring, and Christiano remained as a senior technical advisor. According to his LinkedIn profile, Christiano returned to the Alignment Research Center as executive director in July, though he still lists his White House advisor position as current. OpenAI said that Christiano will join the safety and security committee of the foundation’s board, which provides governance across all of OpenAI. “AI capabilities have advanced very rapidly in the last year and alignment remains a difficult technical problem,” he said in a statement. Other board members include BNY CEO Robin Vince, Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. https://openai.com/index/paul-christiano-joins-openai-foundation-board/?utm_campaign=%5BREBRAND%5D+%5BTI-AM%5D+Th&utm_content=1095&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=124

Andrew Tate and other online influencers telling young men that reading is "for losers" while they rack up 9 hours of screen time a day is wild. How do we shift the cultural perception so reading isn't seen as uncool or "feminized" for young guys? #Digital Wellness 📱🧘 #The Book Club 📚 https://medium.com/the-no%C3%B6sphere/when-boys-stop-reading-something-else-fills-the-void-9f9eb8afaf22

Interesting to see tech giants using obscure special purpose entities and middleman developers to keep huge data center lease commitments off their main balance sheets. Is this just smart structured finance, or are we quietly building systemic credit risk in the tech sector? if you hold a standard high-yield ETF in your 401(k), you're probably already funding the physical real estate behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia without knowing it. https://www.theinformation.com/newsletters/the-information-finance/ai-data-center-debt-showing-everywhere?offer=rtsu-engagement-25%2Crtsu-featured-articles-pro&utm_campaign=%5BClaude%5D+%5BNL%5D+RTSU%3A&utm_content=15444&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=10615&rc=gzsl71

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This same strategy has been used by the British empire when it existed. Famously the Brits sold opium to China for Silver to destroy their economy. #Topic of War As the USA has turned in on itself they have lost support from their traditional allies and democratic countries. Instead of a traditional military invasion of Taiwan, China could execute a coast guard quarantine to inspect incoming ships. This non-lethal tactic would disrupt energy supplies and strain Taiwan's economy while creating confusion in global military responses, ultimately coercing a yield through gradual erosion. #Taipei Tech Forum https://medium.com/discourse/chinas-plan-to-conquer-the-united-states-and-the-west-in-3-simple-steps-861e621f51d6