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AI company Anthropic's Dario Amodei: "We are patriots."
Dario Amodei, co-founder and CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, says his company refused to allow its AI product, Claude, to be used by the Trump Administration without certain guidelines (such as not using its AI to power fully autonomous weapons without any human involvement). That prompted President Trump to announce on Friday that he is banning Anthropic's technology from all federal use. At the same time, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth labeled the company "a supply chain risk to national security." Amodei talks with correspondent Jo Ling Kent about why he calls the administration's actions "retaliatory and punitive."

ARTIFICIALLY YOURS

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AI's impact is complex and multifaceted, offering both significant benefits and potential risks. It's not inherently good or bad, but rather a tool that can be used for various purposes, with the consequences depending on how it's implemented and used

PHONE OR HOME?

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While staying at a longtime friend’s home, I noticed folks are walking around paying more attention to their smartphones than the people or the traffic around them.

DONT BE SUCKER-BIRDS

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Since little Mark surprisingly announced he would no longer allow fact-checking on his platforms, many are reportedly leaving in a hurry.

TIME TO UNPLUG

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Steve Jobs changed the world with the Smart Phone. If we want to be happy for the rest of our lives try spending less time on smartphones and unplugging because it can be dangerous.

TIK TOK

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SCOTUS unanimously upheld a federal law that could ban TikTok in the US unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells the video-sharing platform.

The justices (read the ruling) rejected TikTok's free speech challenge, allowing the law to take effect tomorrow—the deadline for ByteDance to divest its ownership. Congress passed the bipartisan legislation last year because of concerns about Chinese government influence, including potential manipulation of user content and sensitive data collection from more than 170 million American users of the app.

SALT TYPHOON

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News of the hack began trickling out in September, but the American government waited weeks to confirm the reports.

Only this month did it begin briefing members of Congress and the media. Officials say a Chinese hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon compromised at least eight of America’s telecoms networks.

DONews

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The following is our holiday gift and a new call for a shift in the 5 Ws - How to do real news and current events. 

We challenge the common belief that to be effective in activism, we must constantly be weighed down by the world's pains. Instead, we emphasize the importance of channeling our energy into meaningful, tangible actions, without succumbing to pain.

TABLET TRACKING

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Some say computer scientist Alan Kay envisioned a KiddiComp; and developed the concept as a Dynabook in his invention. 

A personal computer for children of all ages was developed in 1972 which outlines functionality similar to that supplied via a laptop computer, or (in some of its other incarnations a tablet or slate.

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