With dueling approaches, the US and EU hit the tech giants hard The West's key regulators are now fully on the offensive against Apple, Google and other giants they see as monopolies. The companies are crying foul, and may have time on their side. 05/4/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
Tech Giants' Market Cap Falls on AI Doubts, High Rates; Alphabet, Tesla Gain Microsoft's market value plummeted by $232.5 billion, or 7.4%, ending the month at $2.89 trillion. Meta Platforms Inc also suffered a drop of $146.8 billion, or 11.9%, ending at $1.09 trillion, ... 05/1/2024 - 11:12 pm | View Link
Tech Giants Are Vastly Outspending Newcomers on AI Lobbying testifying hearings attending Insight Forums called for voluntary commitments ... 04/30/2024 - 11:09 pm | View Link
'Europe Could Die': Macron's Big Warning Amid West's Direct Conflict With Russia Fears French President Emmanuel Macron has made yet another explosive statement. Macron said the battle to build a strong Europe was far from being won. The French President added that "Europe, today ... 04/25/2024 - 4:43 pm | View Link
Europe Should Be Pushed to Take On Chinese Forced Labor, U.S. Lawmakers Say The U.S. State Department should press the U.K. and European Union to take a harder line on forced labor linked to China’s Xinjiang region, influential House lawmakers said, pressing for more ... 04/17/2024 - 7:27 am | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."