Should “conscious” AI have rights as an evolved, perhaps superior intelligence to humans?
Tag: AI
BASED TECH
Call it a backlash against the DeHuman downsides of AI, the encroachments of ever-more granular surveillance and data scraping, or a desire to simply have tech that just works without unneeded complication.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT MAKES IT OFFICIAL: BUY CHINESE-MADE AI CHIPS
For the first time, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has added domestic AI chipmakers, including majors Cambricon and Huawei, to its official list of approved suppliers for the country’s businesses and public agencies.
COMPUTER-HACKING AI’S ARE CLOSE TO SURPASSING HUMAN INTRUDERS
At Stanford University, a group has spent much of this year playing with Artemis, a computer-hacking AI. It works similar to a Chinese invader, built on Anthropic’s Claude AI, that has been burgling U.S. corporate websites and those of governments around the world.
IN AI, CHINA HAS THE POWER
China’s AI chipmakers are struggling to match the power of U.S.-made hardware. However, the West lacks the power of China’s electrical grid – a key factor in the AI race.
AMAZON, DISNEY BUY INTO OPENAI
The Disney Co. has invested $1 billion in OpenAI and granted the company three years of access to more than 200 animated Disney characters.
AI IS BOOSTING EUROPE’S ECONOMY, LAGARDE SAYS
Europe’s spending on AI has surged, which has partially offset weakness in other areas, notably manufacturing, Mathias Corman, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said in a statement last week.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
As AI continues to take over human jobs, 55,000 layoffs in the U.S. this year were attributed to AI, according to job placement and consulting firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
AI CONTROL, POWER, OVERSIGHT… WITH STATES NOW UNABLE TO STOP IT!
As many of you may already know, President Trump has signed an executive order aimed at blocking states from crafting their own regulations for artificial intelligence.
MERGE WITH AI: YEAR-END MIND-VASION ROUNDUP
At the beginning of this year, we designated “MIND-VASION: InternalNET” (2 Jan 2025) as a 2025 top trend.









