Trump makes it clear his power is becoming entwined with AI

New alliances between the White House, the Pentagon, US intelligence and AI companies are looming ominously

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, writing to you as I sit under yellowing leaves in New York. Today in tech, we’re discussing technocracy.

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AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted

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California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking

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Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots

Peter Thiel revealed as secret buyer of Bel Air mansion that sold for $130m

New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in Gaza

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