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In his UN General Assembly speech, Trump rejects a "globalist scheme to control" AI, saying the US is "leading now over China by a lot and everyone else" (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/0e03521f-c4f1-4242-8fff-0e34a27a26db

Some news - I'll be speaking at the virtual tbd/Con organized by Gazzetta next week
My focus - the scale of #digital #surveillance and censorship in #Tibet, a relevant topic due to the information bla…

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we want talks that end with open questions. technical depth, social critique, and wild prototypes welcome.

Former DraftKings employees detail how it uses ML to target likely losers with promotions, while efforts to flag problem gamblers were shelved or squashed (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/busines

At DraftKings, AI Targets the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.

A look at issues with DMCA, which is weaponized to silence reporting, turbocharged by automated requests, and places the burden of proof on the attacked party (Rob Waugh/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/us-copyright-la…

US copyright law has been weaponised to silence reporting around the world
Google is removing thousands of articles from search due to spurious DMCA requests.

Only in #Japan - the government and a company both respond to my requests for interviews/comments, but the leading local environmental group on this topic? Nope...too "busy"

Sources: ASML has discussed raising prices for its EUV systems with TSMC and plans to charge 10% more for its DUV systems; TSMC is resisting ASML's plans (Qianer Liu/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/as

ASML Plans Price Increases for Chipmaking Equipment, Despite TSMC Resistance
Chip toolmaker ASML, which makes equipment that plays a central role in chip production around the world, plans to raise prices, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions. That’s likely to bring ASML into conflict with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s biggest ...

Rest of World's chief product officer, Michael Donohoe, explains how the outlet tested a registration wall and plans to move beyond registration to membership (Michael Donohoe/News Product Alliance)
https://mailchi.mp/newsproduct/what-re

Document: Samsung and SK Hynix rejected KEPCO's proposal to prepay ~$18.7B of chip cluster power bills, citing uncertainty over long-term chip demand (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/s…

Sources: Trump met privately with Sam Altman backstage at the GOP midterm convention, where they discussed AI and its growing power, at Altman's request (MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-ai-altman-openai-dario-amodei-anthropic-regulations…

Trump privately met with OpenAI’s Sam Altman at GOP convention
Altman, Elon Musk and Anthropic chief Dario Amodei all urged an artificial intelligence slowdown over the weekend. The president says the only control AI needs is a strong president.