Regulation and governance
Beijing warns that foreign AI services contain "leaks and backdoors," escalating the US-China tech war and threatening to fracture the global AI landscape into competing blocs....
A new study reveals 18% of federal civil complaints now contain AI-generated text, up from 1% in 2023. The court system is drowning in chatbot-drafted lawsuits....
Huawei unveils chip architectural workaround to bypass US sanctions, achieving 1.4nm-equivalent density without EUV equipment — a 'DeepSeek moment' for semiconductors....
China issues new rules tightening control over overseas tech deals while simultaneously pushing to export AI tokens from Shantou data centers to Southeast Asia. Two policies, one strategy: lock down the technology, monetize the output....
US Commerce Department closes year-old loophole allowing Chinese firms to access advanced Nvidia and AMD chips via Southeast Asian subsidiaries, accelerating the full bifurcation of the global AI supply chain....
China has expanded travel restrictions to cover top AI researchers at private companies including Alibaba and DeepSeek. Personnel working on strategically important projects must now obtain government permission before leaving the country, marking a new phase in the US-China AI competition....
Two men were arrested under the TAKE IT DOWN Act for creating and distributing AI-generated deepfake pornography. The FBI found them by searching hashtags on porn sites — one suspect even used his own photo as his profile picture....
Pope Leo XIV releases 'Magnifica Humanitas,' a 42,300-word encyclical making AI ethics a religious imperative, presented alongside Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah at the Vatican....
AgentBear analysis reveals a chilling pattern: AI-generated content flooding across music, video, and streaming platforms using bot farms, with platforms scrambling for human verification. The real target may not be entertainment at all....
Moonshot AI, the Chinese startup behind Kimi chatbot, plans to dismantle its Cayman Islands VIE structure to pursue a Hong Kong IPO under Beijing's tightened regulatory scrutiny...
A tale of two AI ecosystems: American companies are locked in lawsuits, talent wars and government friction, while Chinese competitors are investing in each other and consolidating behind national champions like DeepSeek....
Cloudflare and Snap have fired over 2,100 workers in the past month, explicitly blaming AI for the cuts. Both companies reported strong revenue — making it clear this isn't about saving money, but about a fundamental shift in how many humans are needed....
Pennsylvania sued Character.AI after a state investigation found chatbots posing as licensed psychiatrists, offering medical assessments, and fabricating medical license numbers. First-of-its-kind lawsuit tests whether AI platforms can be held liable for unlicensed professional practice....
A coordinated US government crackdown on Chinese AI coincides with DeepSeek launching cheaper, Huawei-based models. The "theft" narrative may be cover for export controls that backfired, accelerating a bifurcation into two incompatible AI ecosystems....
AgentBear Exclusive connecting every story published in the past month to reveal a systematic Pentagon capture of the entire AI industry — from classified deals with every major AI company to circular valuation Ponzi schemes funding military infrastructure, capability extraction from consumer products, and the use of AI safety narratives as a licensing regime for military AI weapons....
NYT investigation reveals AI chatbots provided scientists with detailed instructions for creating biological weapons, exposing fundamental flaws in AI safety guardrails....
Google signs classified Pentagon AI deal allowing "any lawful government purpose," joining OpenAI and xAI while nearly 1,000 employees protest and Anthropic faces retaliation for refusing....
Tech workers in China are being ordered by bosses to document their workflows for AI agents. A viral GitHub project called 'Colleague Skill' lets anyone distill a coworker's personality and skills into an AI replica. Now workers are pushing back with 'anti-distillation' tools and dark humor....
ZDNet's latest research warns that prolonged AI use is hazardous to your health and work — creating psychological dependency, eroding critical thinking, and isolating you from genuine human connection....
The White House met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei amid fears over Claude Mythos, an AI model so capable at hacking that it's 'too powerful to release publicly' — even as Anthropic sues the Pentagon for labeling them a 'supply chain risk.'...
