Progressive leaders of mostly small to mid-sized countries held a rally in Barcelona on Saturday, reflecting an emerging coalition of middle powers positioning themselves as alternatives to nationalist politics. At the gathering, convened by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, participants avoided mentioning US ...
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China’s robot half marathon shows off humanoid advancesChina’s robot half marathon shows off humanoid advances
A bipedal humanoid robot finished a half marathon in China in under 51 minutes, underscoring rapid advancements in the country’s physical AI sector. The winner, made by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, beat the fastest-ever human half marathon time — with the caveat that the robot crashed and had to be ...
US seizes Iranian ship as strait is closedUS seizes Iranian ship as strait is closed
The US struck and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship trying to evade a blockade in the Gulf of Oman, President Donald Trump said Sunday, as Tehran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The incident — the first in which the US used force to impose its blockade ...
Hormuz uncertainty compounds global energy concernsHormuz uncertainty compounds global energy concerns
Fresh uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend compounded concerns over global energy supplies ahead of a busy travel season. Even if the waterway were to reopen, it’s unclear how quickly insurance rates would come down, and tankers would still need several weeks to complete their journeys, Semafor’s ...
Rogan flanks Trump for new order promoting psychedelics researchRogan flanks Trump for new order promoting psychedelics research
The News President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to speed up research on the therapeutic effects of psychedelics like LSD and ibogaine. “Today’s order will ensure that people suffering from debilitating symptoms might finally have a chance to reclaim their lives,” Trump said in ...
The Hormuz crisis is far from overThe Hormuz crisis is far from over
Washington and Tehran announced an opening of the Strait of Hormuz, a tentative breakthrough in the global energy crisis — but one that only makes the oil market more distorted. US oil prices plunged after Iran’s foreign ministry said that the strait was “completely open for the remaining period of ...
Why it pays to fund the wrong researchWhy it pays to fund the wrong research
Reed’s view I had two big questions this week for Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, at Semafor World Economy in DC. If the administration’s policy is to cut funding for the wrong research, how do you determine which scientific endeavors lack merit? ...
AI is making chief tech officers and chief human resources officers work togetherAI is making chief tech officers and chief human resources officers work together
The people who manage technology and the people who manage people are starting to converge. As C-suite staff go, chief technology officers and chief human resources officers haven’t always overlapped much. But as more AI agents are employed in businesses, top executives are increasingly having to work together to manage ...
CIA creates first intelligence report written without humansCIA creates first intelligence report written without humans
The CIA used AI to create the first intelligence report written without human involvement. The US intelligence agency’s Deputy Director Michael Ellis said AI’s role was only likely to grow: Within two years, “AI co-workers [will be] built into all of the agency’s analytic platforms.” The technology will speed up ...
Life returning to normal at Abu Dhabi AI university, president saysLife returning to normal at Abu Dhabi AI university, president says
The News Life is returning to normal and optimism is spreading for a peace deal at the campus of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi, the university’s president, Eric Xing, said Friday at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC. The MBZUAI president said that while there ...