Today, China controls the vast majority of rare earths processing. That gives it enormous political leverage, and its trade truce with the US involving those minerals expires Nov. 10, 2026.
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A Commerce Department order requiring Anthropic to wall off its most advanced AI models from foreign nationals could be the government’s attempt to keep the best AI technology for itself.
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is warning that China could pull ahead. Two experts offer opposing views on whether he’s right.
As concerns over research security grow, Australia has no national policy or consistent approach.
The US is proposing legislation to ease restrictions on sharing US military technologies with other countries. The AUKUS agreement depends on it.
Over the past two years, labour restrictions, climate change and violent conflict have contributed to the record-breaking high prices of vegetable oil around the world.
A scientific breakthrough in a vacuum may be free of ethical implications. But many developments can be used for good or evil, or both. There’s a fine balance on what to control and to what extent.
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