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Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Monday that there would be no talks between Tehran and Washington until “Iran’s conditions are met,” comments that came after President Trump claimed that Iran “badly” wants a deal. Trump said in a post on Truth Social: “The failing Nation of Iran wants to make […]

Chamath Warns A Government Ban On Open-Source AI Would Tank The Market And Crater Anthropic And OpenAI Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that any U.S. move to ban open-source AI would blow a hole in corporate balance sheets and drag the stock market down. "If the United States government intervenes, it will tank the stock market. Not debatable," Palihapitiya said on the "All-In" podcast released over the weekend. "Now, you can debate which companies get tanked. For example, if they said, 'No more open source. American companies cannot use open source.'" Chamath:...

What Are Russia's Top Three Strategic Challenges? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The new "cordon sanitaire" that Trump 2.0 assembled around Russia, the difficulty in maintaining its Sino-Indo balancing act, and the broken feedback loops that afflict its Foreign Ministry are the main strategic risks that must be urgently addressed in order to most effectively ensure Russia's future. Putin wisely advised Russians during his keynote speech at the Valdai Club's latest annual meeting that "we certainly need a roadmap for our movement into the future. What we need is not wishful...