2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (144+ words) 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Western societies face resurgent terrorism threats from drones and AI. The global jihadi movement is fractured 25 years after the Sept 11 attacks and lacks the capacity to launch similarly sophisticated operations, analysts said, but societies face…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (332+ words) A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration. “You look at the data center, this incubator for algorithmic immigrants,” he said. “They’ve already broken…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (314+ words) An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure with growing voter opposition — and it’s being spearheaded by a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (205+ words) The new law comes as the feasibility of AI oversight is in question for being impossible and too expensive. A new California law passed earlier this week creates a framework for “Independent Verification Organizations” that can test frontier AI…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (536+ words) Congress should ultimately add teeth to President Donald Trump’s voluntary framework for data center developers to shield utility ratepayers from the cost of their power demand, Sen. Katie Britt told Semafor in an interview this week. “I’d love to see…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (290+ words) The Trump administration is warming to Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema following his disputed reelection despite growing concerns in Washington about a post-election crackdown. US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia attended Hichilema’s inauguration this week during his…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (172+ words) A key US-Africa trade program will be extended for two years when President Donald Trump signs the short-term government funding bill passed by the House on Tuesday. The bill, easily passed in a 370-48 vote, extends the African Growth and Opportunity…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (140+ words) Kalshi is conducting ongoing investigations into other political figures who may have conducted insider trading after suspending four yesterday, a person familiar with the probes told Semafor. The prediction market said it would ban former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (92+ words) The president’s remarks that are unlikely to soften mounting public criticism of Big Tech. US President Donald Trump said communities opposed to data centers will end up “backwards and poor,” in remarks that are unlikely to soften mounting public criticism…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (142+ words) The ruling is a major victory for the AI firm in its legal wranglings with Washington. A US judge blocked the Pentagon’s attempt to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk, a major victory for the AI firm in its legal…...