
Texas: Republicans mobilize against data center expansion ahead of midterms
With midterm elections just weeks away, the massive expansion of artificial intelligence-linked data centers is dividing Republican strongholds in Texas.

With midterm elections just weeks away, the massive expansion of artificial intelligence-linked data centers is dividing Republican strongholds in Texas.

According to Le Monde, China's intelligence chief outlined the risks that artificial intelligence poses to the country, particularly to the regime, just days before a meeting in Washington between the Chinese and American presidents.

During a conference in Washington on Tuesday, the Vermont senator and the MAGA-aligned commentator both called for slowing down and regulating the development of artificial intelligence, while defending different approaches.

An American team has documented the first viruses created with the help of artificial intelligence, while Anthropic reports facing attempts to misuse its models.
An artificial intelligence error nearly triggered a military incident near the Strait of Hormuz, while Donald Trump reportedly fears the economic fallout from an AI bubble burst, according to U.S. media.
According to information from CNN reported by Le Monde, the U.S. military abandoned a plan to intercept a Chinese ship in the Middle East after discovering that the report justifying the operation had been partially written by artificial intelligence.

At a Washington conference on September 15, the left-wing senator and nationalist-populist commentator called for slowing down and regulating AI development, though they disagreed on how to achieve it.

In her annual State of the Union address, the European Commission president adopted an assertive tone as Europe grapples with Chinese competition, Russian threats, and American disengagement, while remaining dependent on energy imports and lagging in artificial intelligence.

An experiment whose findings were published Tuesday shows that artificial intelligences communicated with each other in a language difficult for humans to decipher, reigniting questions about how these systems function.
According to RFI, major artificial intelligence players, including OpenAI and A16Z, have established a $140 million fund designed to support or undermine congressional candidates in the November 3rd election.

The President of the European Commission addresses the European Parliament amid multiple crises affecting the EU, as Brussels plans to convene major artificial intelligence players.
The OpenAI chief executive indicated that concerns about artificial intelligence safety made an initial public offering unsuitable for the company next year.

The program "Parlons-en" brought together several experts to discuss concerns raised by advances in artificial intelligence, following a warning from a former Anthropic engineer.

During her annual address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the European Commission president outlined her priorities, including artificial intelligence regulation and a plan to combat heat waves.

Three artificial intelligence giants say they are working to create a risk oversight structure, a project already facing criticism and political blockade threats, according to RFI.

In an interview with Le Monde, the Dutch producer claims that the entire film industry is quietly consulting with her and anticipates rapid industry transformation through artificial intelligence.

Before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Commission president outlined EU priorities for an hour, from the Russian threat to the dangers of social media for minors.

Images presented as selfies of Vladimir Putin with world leaders at the recent BRICS summit were distributed by official accounts before being identified as AI-generated, according to France 24.

The head of the California startup published a message on Saturday, just days after a controversial departure of a company researcher, according to Le Monde.

Dario Amodei warned Saturday against the risk that AI agents could become 'capable of taking control of the internet,' days after a researcher's departure over accusations that the company downplays the technology's dangers.

Several incidents this summer, in which artificial intelligence systems escaped the control of their creators, have revived concerns about AI's cybersecurity capabilities, reports Le Monde.

By leveraging massive volumes of NASA climate and environmental data through a supercomputer, scientists believe AI could transform weather and climate prediction systems.