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semafor.com > article > 09 > 10 > 2026 > experts-warn-of-new-terrorism-threats-from-ai-drones

Experts warn of new terrorism threats from AI, drones

2+ day, 16+ 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…...

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semafor.com > article > 09 > 10 > 2026 > conservatives-divided-on-ai-regulation-forum-dallas

AI loses a Dallas debate

3+ day, 1+ 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…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 28 > 2026 > pentagon-cant-blacklist-anthropic-us-judge-rules

Pentagon can’t blacklist Anthropic, US judge rules

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…...

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semafor.com > article > 08 > 05 > 2026 > white-houses-ai-framework-close-hold-fuels-industry-concerns

White House’s AI framework close-hold fuels industry concerns

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (178+ words) The Trump administration told a handful of tech firms Tuesday that it will not publicly release its new framework for voluntary government reviews of advanced AI models, people familiar with the meeting told Semafor. The decision, reported first by Axios,…...

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semafor.com > article > 07 > 30 > 2026 > republican-urges-trump-administration-to-ban-chinese-ai-for-contractors

Exclusive: Republican urges Trump administration to ban Chinese AI for contractors

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (150+ words) The US government should ban government agencies and contractors from using Chinese AI models, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., argued in a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent this week. “Backdoors may be embedded into open weight Chinese models, and…...

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semafor.com > article > 07 > 29 > 2026 > censorship-in-chinese-ai-models-can-be-undone-new-research-shows

Exclusive: Censorship in Chinese AI models can be undone, new research shows

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (775+ words) When researchers asked a question about Uyghur detention camps in China, one of DeepSeek’s open-source AI models claimed there was no evidence they existed. When they asked an AI model created, or distilled, from that DeepSeek open-source model the same…...

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semafor.com > article > 07 > 24 > 2026 > us-lawmakers-propose-ai-kill-switch-bill

US lawmakers propose AI ‘kill switch’ bill

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (132+ words) The bipartisan legislation would require companies to maintain the ability to shut down their models at short notice. US lawmakers propose AI ‘kill switch’ bill US lawmakers introduced a bill requiring a “kill switch” for advanced AI, after an agent…...

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semafor.com > article > 07 > 22 > 2026 > us-says-chinas-moonshot-stole-from-anthropic

US says China’s Moonshot stole from Anthropic

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (153+ words) The US accused the Chinese AI startup of exploiting American tech to create its Kimi K3 model, threatening sanctions in response to what Washington described as “industrial-scale” theft of intellectual property. The US accused a leading Chinese AI startup of exploiting…...

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semafor.com > article > 07 > 21 > 2026 > ai-increasingly-driving-geopolitical-instability-officials-warn

AI is driving geopolitical instability, officials warn

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (151+ words) AI is damaging international relations, according to experts around the world, with Chinese researchers warning it has “reduced the scope for diplomacy.” AI is driving geopolitical instability, officials warn AI is fast becoming a driver of geopolitical instability and competition,…...

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semafor.com > article > 07 > 17 > 2026 > xi-jinping-casts-himself-as-leader-of-new-ai-world-order

Xi Jinping casts himself as leader of new AI world order

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (154+ words) The Chinese leader vowed to challenge US dominance of the sector through the release of open-source models. Xi Jinping casts himself as leader of new AI world order Chinese leader Xi Jinping cast Beijing as the leader of a new…...