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China's aggressive 2035 AI roadmap is fueling real job losses and regulatory pushback, while Anthropic blindsides the market with Opus 5.5—a 40% cheaper model that crushes the economics of last week's flagships. Watch as Meta's shopping ambitions collide with Amazon's veto, and Zuckerberg emerges as the week's unlikely voice of reason at the UN.

Zuckerberg refuses to slow down AI development as Meta launches new AI tools for game creators—sparking fresh investor concerns. We dig into the real oversight gaps, corporate accountability theater, and why a 54-day security breach inside an Australian government portal might be the most honest story of the week.

Altman and Amodei's UN Security Council speeches aren't really about global AI governance—they're a masterclass in risk-factor disclosure for the biggest IPOs on the horizon. Plus YouTube launches new creator tools to compete with Netflix, Google rolls out a talking AI avatar for European businesses, and we dig into why the brain's actually two separate organs.

Anthropic slashes Opus 5.5 prices while boosting performance, and OpenAI cuts GPT-6 costs in half—triggering a wave of config file updates across the industry. Meanwhile, Trump announces a controversial rebrand of AI itself to 'Super Intelligence,' even as a former air traffic controller warns the world about the real risks nobody's talking about.

Amazon shuts down Meta's shopping agent while Shopify steps in to fill the gap, leaving third-party sellers quietly paying the price of a standards war they never signed up for. Meanwhile, Washington proposes a direct AI incident hotline to Beijing, and Xiaomi unexpectedly claims the top spot on the open-weights AI leaderboard.

China's ambitious AI roadmap through 2035 is colliding with real-world job anxiety and mounting regulatory pressure, while a mysterious newcomer called Jev is shaking up the developer landscape faster than anyone anticipated. Plus: the latest on US-China AI diplomacy, sub-3nm breakthroughs, and why Trump's own base is dominating the data center debate.

As California's governor signs an executive order for mandatory kill switches on frontier AI models, Trump counters with plans for an "AI Force" to oversee development. We break down the real policy clash shaping AI governance and what it means for the future of artificial intelligence oversight.

The US military nearly blundered into a hot conflict with China after AI-generated misinformation triggered a military response in the Gulf—exposing a dangerous blind spot in how we've outsourced intelligence to language models. When AI gets benched, human contractors quietly step in, but the real question isn't whether the output changes—it's who actually owns the mistake when things go wrong.

Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang reportedly convinced Trump to shelve a proposed FINRA-style AI oversight body through direct phone calls in recent weeks. The evidence trail—including Treasury drafts and internal White House frustration—reveals how Silicon Valley's biggest players shaped Trump's AI policy before his critical summit with China's Xi Jinping.

Cohere and Aleph Alpha are joining forces to create a powerhouse AI champion that rivals American competitors, while startup TypeSafe AI launches Jev—a breakthrough solution that's reshaping how developers build with AI agents. Plus, Anthropic integrates collaborative features into Claude as the AI industry shifts from philosophical debates to real procurement and regulatory decisions.