This autumn brought a torrent of news highlighting the escalating convergence of global politics and technological disruption. The tech giants faced intense scrutiny, though not always with the expected results, as Google reportedly "got off easy" in its major monopoly trial while simultaneously pursuing controversial AI licensing deals with news publishers. Meanwhile, the dark side of AI was put on display as Microsoft warned that an OpenAI API is being weaponized as a backdoor for espionage, underscoring the urgency of AI safety, a topic also explored in Google's own report on models "beyond human control."
Internationally, governments are moving to secure their interests: the Netherlands seized control of the Chinese-owned chip firm Nexperia, and Denmark proposed giving citizens copyright over their own features to combat deepfakes.
Perhaps most explosively, the intersection of AI and US politics dominated headlines. President Trump announced an "AI Action Plan" that sides with Big Tech on copyright and is set to target "woke AI" chatbots, all while personally utilizing AI "slop" to post a fake video of President Obama's arrest. This political tension reached a fever pitch with Elon Musk launching the "America Party," a pro-tech political alternative, which President Trump swiftly dismissed as "ridiculous." From the battle for microchip supply to the use of deepfakes in presidential politics, these stories confirm one thing: the future of governance will be written in code.
Keywords: AI Regulation, Antitrust, Google, Microsoft, Deepfakes, Elon Musk, Trump Administration, Tech Policy, Copyright, Nexperia, Political Party, Open Source
The results are not nearly what the Justice Department has asked for.
Miranda Bryant, The Guardian, Jul 04, 2025 The law will clamp down on "the creation and dissemination of AI-generated deepfakes by changing copyright law to ensure that everybody has the right to their own body, facial features and voice... It defines a deepfake as a very realistic digital representation...
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Nexperia is based in the Netherlands and operates factories worldwide, including in the UKArticle InformationAuthor, Osmond ChiaRole, Business reporter13 October 2025The Dutch government has taken control of Nexperia, a Chinese-owned chipmaker based in the Netherlands, in a bid to safeguard the European supply...
On Monday, Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers warned that an OpenAI API was being abused as a backdoor for malware. The researchers concluded that bad actors were using the novel backdoor to conduct long-term espionage operations.Specifically, Microsoft's cybersecurity researchers discovered that cybercriminals were taking advantage...
Google is reportedly talking to publishers for AI licensing deals, as the relationship between media and AI industries grows contentious.According to Bloomberg, Google is reportedly preparing to launch a "pilot project initially with about 20 national news outlets," where the participants would license their content for Google's AI tools. There isn't...
How AI models could manipulate, misuse, and even build systems humans can't understand.
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Elon Musk isn't done with politics just yet. Days after the SpaceX and Tesla CEO threatened to form his own political party as an alternative to America's "Democrat-Republican uniparty," Musk has announced his pledge to do so. "Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom," Musk wrote in a July 5 post on X. "The way we’re going to...
President Donald Trump has responded to news that Elon Musk is starting his own political party, calling the endeavour "ridiculous." SEE ALSO: Elon Musk launches 'America Party' as a pro-tech alternative to the two-party system "I think it's ridiculous to start a third party," Trump said...
The White House is close to announcing its next highly-anticipated AI executive order, reportedly targeting "woke" AI models. A report from the Wall Street Journal says President Donald Trump's administration is expected to announce a series of executive orders next week. One of them will include mandates about government agencies using AI models that...
The president of the United States is gleefully posting AI slop on the internet, imagining a world where one of his predecessors is imprisoned. President Donald Trump posted the video on his website Truth Social. In the AI-generated video, Trump is sitting with former President Barack Obama at the White House — a scene reminiscent of their real, awkward...
On Wednesday, the Trump administration is expected to announce its AI policy. Here's how we got here - and what might happen next.
The issue of states regulating — or not regulating — AI is back in a big way. On Wednesday, the White House unveiled the AI Action Plan, its highly-anticipated report identifying key areas for federal AI policies. The plan largely focuses on pulling back restrictions for tech companies in order to foster AI innovation and secure the U.S. as a global...
President Donald Trump is siding with tech companies in the hotly contested AI copyright battle. On Wednesday, the president outlined his AI Action Plan in remarks at the AI Summit, an event hosted by the All-In podcast and the Hill and Valley Forum. In announcing the plan, Trump called for a "common-sense application" of AI and intellectual property...
Just because Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk has taken a step back from the spotlight doesn’t mean DOGE — the so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" — has stopped pushing its controversial tech agenda inside the federal government.According to a report from The Washington Post, DOGE is now deploying an AI tool to help federal agencies identify and...
Less than a week after announcing a new Perplexity-powered AI search engine with reportedly tight reins on its sources, Truth Social's AI tool is already contradicting its most famous co-founder.Truth Search AI, a new platform-based answer bot built on Perplexity Sonar API, was launched by Trump Media and Technology Group to "increase the amount of...
Talks on Ukraine between the US and Russian presidents in Alaska did not bring any significant change, according to Finnish foreign-policy analysts.
President Donald Trump’s obsession with social media is so notorious that it has its own Wikipedia page. But since his return to the White House, that fixation has seeped into the highest levels of government, with cabinet officials adopting his combative style and reshaping how public servants behave online.Consider Vice President JD Vance, who shrugged...
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Thanks to Soar you can watch the destruction of American democracy in near real-time. The animated GIF above shows satellite imagery from before and after Trump's illegal demolition of the East Wing of the White House. The republic that built a White House of reason and restraint is now being demolished by its would-
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