China’s rise to become a contender as the global power in AI has been built on the same strategy that it has used to take the lead in solar panel technology and electric vehicles: strategically targeted government funding.
Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
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TRUMP AI ACTION PLAN UNLEASHES AMERICAN AI INNOVATION, FOR BETTER AND WORSE
The clear object of a new AI action plan articulated as an overall framework this past week by the Trump administration, is to win what we have long termed in these pages “The AI Ams Race.”
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: MAJOR JOURNAL WONDERS WHETHER AI IS GAINING CONSCIOUSNESS
Uh-oh, cue up the “ethics” of what rights to accord “conscious AI.” Or at least, that’s something Scientific American magazine chose to focus on, in a recent article covering at least one advanced AI’s declaration that it might be gaining consciousness.
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DARPA ADVANCES WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION
The idea of beaming electric power through the air has been a dream since the days of Nikola Tesla more than a century ago. Now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is taking steps toward making it happen through its Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program.
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MAGIC MUSHROOMS MAY HOLD A MAGIC ANTI-AGING COMPOUND
Psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in a family of mushrooms, is the new headliner in mental health treatment.
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‘BYE, SEMAGLUTIDE, HELLO KILLER FAT SHOT
Wegovy and Ozempic are wildly popular, and hugely expensive, brand names for semaglutide, a compound that melts body weight—but at too high a cost to your body.
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HOW GOOGLE SEARCH RANKINGS ARE SILENCING ALTERNATIVE HEALTH WEBSITES
Have you noticed how it's getting more challenging to find non-mainstream health info in your search results lately? That's not your imagination—it's a deliberate tactic employed by Google to control the information you see.
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VERSAILLES ON THE POTOMAC
From the vantage point of 21st-century Washington, DC, the French Revolution of 1789 may seem a distant historical event. Yet its lessons remain profoundly relevant.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
Go back to 2 April when President Trump announced his Liberation Day tariff war policies. Threatening to impose skyrocketing tariffs on nations across the globe, the equity markets tanked.
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TRUMP’S “AI ACTION” PLAN (5 DOCTRINES) WITH A FULL—BREAKDOWN
Chief AI Officers in Major Agencies—Executive Order 14110 mandates large federal departments to appoint Chief AI Officers, including GSA, DOE, DHS, Veterans Affairs, and Education.