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Verity Harding says the AI arms race framing could fuel nationalism, weaken cooperation and distort how governments govern AI.
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Verity Harding says the AI arms race framing could fuel nationalism, weaken cooperation and distort how governments govern AI.

AI startup revenue is surging faster than ever, with Mercor, Anthropic, Sierra, Glean, Gusto and Clio posting rapid milestone gains.

SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, pitching the model as an Opus-class, faster and cheaper AI rival with strong token efficiency.

Football investments are splitting Messi, Ronaldo and Salah apart as the stars build tech equity, health-tech deals and traditional portfolios.

Google’s AI ad imagines the Founding Fathers using Gemini, but the cringe-worthy spot has sparked backlash over history, politics and hype.

Smart glasses are fueling a privacy backlash as Meta expands AI wearables, raising new concerns about covert recording and public trust.

Anthropic is entering AI drug discovery with Claude Science and plans to pursue its own medicines, but the path to patients remains long.

DeepMind union talks opened tensely as employees accused Google of stalling, amid growing backlash over AI ethics and military ties.

AI detection tools are fueling a fanfiction backlash on AO3, but the methods are shaky and risk flagging innocent writers.

This AI glossary explains AGI, LLMs, agents, MCP, RAG and more in plain English, with context on why the terms matter now.