China dismisses AI ‘fearmongering’ as spy chief warns of threat to Communist party rule
Beijing hits back after Anthropic CEO calls for US to impede China’s progress in AIChina has dismissed what it said were “fearmongering” calls for the US to block Beijing’s AI industry, even as the to
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theguardian.com
14.09.2026
Internet Watch Foundation reports huge rise in AI child sexual abuse material
Abuse material monitor says number of AI images assessed this year is already 40% higher than last year’s totalAI-generated child sexual abuse material is proliferating online, with the amount of ille
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theguardian.com
05.10.2026
A US-China AI Hotline Won't Be Ready For a While
As the US and China race to become the dominant power in the AI industry, the countries also appear to be figuring out ways to communicate on national security issues.
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wired.com
23.09.2026
How the US handed China control of the rare earth supply chain
Decades of cheaper imports left US dependent on China for crucial rare-earth processing.
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arstechnica.com
23.09.2026
China bogeyman looms large over American firms’ AI doomsday scenario
Silicon Valley China hawks, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei among them, fear the country surpassing US’s AI lead as much as superintelligence destroying humanityWhen reporters asked Donald Trump this week
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theguardian.com
19.09.2026
US government website used Chinese model the FBI called "malicious"
The Federal Register website briefly used an open source Chinese AI search tool.
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arstechnica.com
18.09.2026
China Isn’t Buying Silicon Valley’s Call for an AI Slowdown
The US and China agree that advanced AI poses serious risks. But Beijing is deeply skeptical of a deal that prioritizes keeping US companies ahead.
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wired.com
16.09.2026
The FBI Doubles Down on Easing ‘Bestiality’ Hiring Standards
FBI director Kash Patel claimed to US senators that the removal of a bar on hiring people who had engaged in bestiality was aimed at protecting sexual assault survivors.
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wired.com
15.09.2026
Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models
US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models.
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arstechnica.com
09.09.2026
Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quit
Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.
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wired.com
06.09.2026
Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
Musk denied he was aware Grok ever produced ‘any naked underage images’A survivor of child sexual abuse has sued Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, alleging that its chatbot used pictures of
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theguardian.com
03.09.2026
Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automakers.
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techcrunch.com
29.08.2026
FBI Disrupts Chinese Proxy Tools Used in Mass Hacking of US Agencies and Infrastructure
China’s hacking campaign targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, the US Senate, the Justice Department, and more, according to the DOJ.
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wired.com
26.08.2026
Chinese regulators tell Tesla to fix nearly 3 million cars
Chinese safety regulators have cracked down on doors that don't open in a crash.
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arstechnica.com
21.08.2026
China Is Strapping ‘Digital Bombs’ to Civilian Infrastructure—Is the US Ready?
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” Andy Greenberg discusses sitting in on a war game simulating a cyberattack from the Chinese hacking group Volt Typhoon
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wired.com
20.08.2026
T-Mobile ‘chopped a cable’ to expel Chinese hackers from its network
The U.S. phone provider escaped a large-scale breach of its network after identifying Chinese-backed hackers early on.
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techcrunch.com
19.08.2026
Hacker who allegedly carried out cyberattacks for China is extradited to US
Xu Zewei is accused of participating in a Chinese government hacking group that broke into thousands of U.S. organizations and stole COVID-19-related research.
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techcrunch.com
27.04.2026
China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe
China has ordered Meta to unwind its multibillion-dollar Manus acquisition, dealing a potential setback to Zuckerberg’s push into AI agents.
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techcrunch.com
27.04.2026
Kalshi wins temporary pause in Arizona criminal case
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that it has won a temporary restraining order preventing Arizona from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi.
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techcrunch.com
12.04.2026
Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals
French AI lab Mistral AI has released Mistral Large 4, a new large multimodal model aiming to leapfrog both American and Chinese rivals.
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techcrunch.com
06.10.2026