Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School

Malaysia is reportedly shutting down Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School

The Malaysian government has ordered the shutdown of a startup-centric community called the Network School, according to The Wall Street Journal. Billing itself as “a frontier community for techno-optimists,” the Network School reportedly grew out of entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan’s conviction that the United States is in irreversible decline; Srinivasan has said his goal…

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Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label

Judge says Trump admin still lacks evidence for Anthropic ‘supply chain risk’ label

During a Thursday hearing, a judge said the Trump administration hasn’t presented enough evidence to justify labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk and banning the federal government from using the company’s technology. Bloomberg and Axios were among the first to report the news.  The dispute stems from stalled contract negotiations between Anthropic and the Department…

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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI

Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI

The launch of the latest AI model from a Chinese company — Moonshot AI’s Kimi — reignited debates around American competitiveness and open versus proprietary AI. While there was plenty of conversation on social media, it seems the debate is also happening behind the scenes in Washington, D.C., where OpenAI and Anthropic have reportedly lobbied…

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Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

Trump’s latest AI czar has already resigned

Chris Fall, the director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned, the agency confirmed to multiple news outlets. He was appointed just three months ago after the last appointee, Collin Burns, left in less than a week, The Washington Post reported at the time. Burns was reportedly “pushed out” of the…

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