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Axios 3 weeks ago 45 ● 10 sources
Trump announced plans for a federal “AI Force” modeled on Space Force and for a future AI czar. The announcement provided few details on budget, structure, or the organization’s placement. The lack of specifics leaves how the effort will be funded and governed unclear.
Fortune 28
Trump has repeatedly praised Xi Jinping and downplayed reports of Chinese wrongdoing, including claims China provided Iran satellite imagery, while choosing hospitality over tougher leverage to manage U.S.-China tensions.
The Verge 3 weeks ago 28 ● 10 sources
Trump posted on Truth Social that he wants to appoint an “AI czar” to lead a new “AI force.” He said the administration would not hinder or stifle AI growth. The plan shifts from calls to slow development toward creating a centralized role to oversee how AI expands.
Ars Technica 3 weeks ago 32
Google Threat Intelligence reported that an undercover analyst infiltrated the TeamPCP hacking gang during its supply-chain hacking spree and helped monitor activity and warn targets. The campaign tainted hundreds of open-source programs and ultimately breached more than 1,000 companies. Google says it later used intelligence, including allegedly identifying details from operational security mistakes, to disrupt the gang’s attempts and support law enforcement after arrests in Australia.
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17 October 2026
Microsoft used today’s announcement to zoom in on what matters in scaling: not just raw capability, but the plumbing behind it. The company revealed MAI-Base-2, a 2T-parameter base model designed to be converted into full LLMs with additional training. Per Microsoft, only 80B parameters activate per prompt, and the training run ate 50T tokens over 38 days using 16,000 Nvidia GB200 GPUs. The headline claim: MAI-Base-2 is up to 12× more hardware-efficient than its predecessors, a metric that will matter to anyone trying to keep inference costs from swallowing margin.
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