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The White House has updated Appendix A of the US Critical and Emerging Technologies list for the first time since February 2024. The revision removes data centers, batteries, and augmented reality while adding post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, and high-entropy alloys.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s Lindsay Rosner assesses how AI-related borrowing could affect demand for long-term US Treasuries. She also expects limited clarity from upcoming FOMC minutes about the Federal Reserve’s reaction function.
Global sovereign bond markets are facing a major sell-off as fiscal expansion, inflation uncertainty, shrinking long-term demand, and heavy AI-related corporate borrowing push long-term yields higher. Goldman Sachs warns that the Federal Reserve could theoretically be forced to raise rates even during weakening economic data to stabilize the yield curve.
The US Department of Justice has intervened in support of xAI's challenge to a Minnesota law banning AI nudification tools. A federal judge heard arguments and said a ruling on xAI's request for a preliminary injunction would come soon.
OpenAI’s Private Safety Processing is designed to detect abuse across multiple interactions without requiring customers to hand over their data. The approach preserves Zero Data Retention and contrasts with Anthropic’s stated 30-day retention requirement.
Aegis is a runtime governance system that treats agent outputs as action proposals, then evaluates and authorizes them through a trusted policy layer before tool execution. In a sandbox evaluation, it recorded zero governed mock-tool applications and zero governed risky side-effect completions, though the authors caution that this does not establish general agent safety.
The US Trade Representative’s reference to “digital trade alignment” in talks with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is raising concerns in Canada. Critics worry the agreement could limit Canada’s ability to independently regulate technology companies and AI.
The article reports that Anthropic and Amazon have reportedly purchased large volumes of physical books, scanned them, and destroyed the originals to reduce copyright risk in AI training. It argues that this strategy is tied to differences in US and Chinese copyright law, while also raising concerns about the irreversible loss of cultural artifacts.
Loudoun County has changed its zoning rules so new data centers can no longer be approved as routine office-park projects. Developers must now obtain approval from residents and local government, ending more than 25 years of relatively easy approvals.
An AI-assisted review of 291 Chinese city planning documents found that low-altitude economy appears in 257 cities’ plans for the next five years. Compared with the previous planning cycle, cities replaced nearly half of their listed industry tracks while increasingly adopting numeric portfolio labels.