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World leaders want American AI. They just don’t want America to be able to turn it off
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/world-leaders-want-american-ai-they-just-dont-want-america-to-be-able-to-turn-it-off/

World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America to be able to turn it off. | TechCrunch
French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.

Although a whole lot of Americans increasingly use AI in their daily lives,
most of them have neutral to negative views about it, new research reveals.
Only 16% of Americans think that AI’s impact on society during the next 20 years will be positive, Pew says,
while around 40% say that it will have a negative impact.
A vast majority of people (67%) don’t believe that the U.S. government will do anything to meaningfully regulate AI.
A similarly skeptical cohor…

Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows | TechCrunch
Although Wall Street loves AI, every day Americans are significantly less optimistic about the industry, a new report from Pew Research shows.

Americas flyways atlas maps the routes of 89 at-risk migratory bird species https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/americas-flyways-atlas-maps-the-routes-of-89-at-risk-migratory-bird-species/

Americas flyways atlas maps the routes of 89 at-risk migratory bird species
Announced at the end of March, the “Atlas for the Americas Flyways” website tracks high concentrations of migratory bird species at risk of major population declines along their routes throughout the Americas. This new United Nations-backed tool identifies heavily trafficked breeding grounds, migratory stopover locations and wintering areas, with the aim of providing policymakers and […]

Dus eigenlijk op het moment dat het echt gevaarlijk wordt op het europese continent, oorlog tussen Oekraine en Rusland mogelijk verder escaleert, trekt "bondgenoot" VS troepen terug... https://www.nu.nl/buitenland/6399818/ameri

Amerikaanse terugtrekking van crisistroepen voor NAVO gaat onmiddellijk in
De terugtrekking van Amerikaanse troepen voor de NAVO gaat direct in. Dat zei secretaris-generaal Mark Rutte donderdagochtend voorafgaand aan een top met defensieministers van het bondgenootschap. Rutte kondigde woensdag al aan dat de overige lidstaten het Amerikaanse gat opvullen.

A survey of US adults: 49% reported using chatbots in 2026, up from 33% in 2024, 24% said that they use chatbots on a daily basis, and 44% said they use ChatGPT (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/0…

Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact
More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults.

Newest lawsuit seeks to put an end to Trump’s planned DC sculpture garden for American heroes | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-american-heroes-sculpture-garden-dc-lawsuit-b2996984.html

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https://anarc.at/blog/2025-02-08-qalculate-hacks/
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RE: #DearLazyWeb (#Anarchist lazy web): does anyone know if anything like this already exists?

Sword and Sandwich has attained the sublime this week.
Pun intended.
https://buttondown.com/theswordandthesandwich/archive/notable-sandwiches-1-american-hero/

Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans on being an alternative to Chinese and US labs, says it's on track for $80M in monthly revenue by Dec. (Iain Martin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20

How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American
Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. That didn’t work out. But it turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it wasn’t made in America or China.