A week of extraordinary warnings about AI is shifting the fight in Washington from whether to regulate to how far policymakers are willing to go. Why it matters: Washington and industry's failure to put basic guardrails around AI came into plain sight this week, spurring fresh momentum for regulatory action. Lawmakers were quick to re-up their AI bills following a stark warning that went viral from a former Anthropic researcher who said he quit the company over safety concerns. - The post thrust the topic into public consciousness with more than 150 million views and fueled debate, but congressional leadership and President Trump have largely been quiet. - Those are the players to watch for a true change in the U.S. AI policy…
A cargo ship docked for repairs at one of China's busiest ports caught fire and killed 25 people Thursday, the latest in a string of deadly industrial disasters that Beijing's safety campaigns have failed to prevent. The blaze broke out aboard the Ocean Melody at roughly 11 a.m. local time at the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. […] The post Cargo ship fire at Chinese port kills 25 as Beijing's industrial safety record darkens appeared first on American Almanac .
A cargo ship docked for repairs at one of China's busiest ports caught fire and killed 25 people Thursday, the latest in a string of deadly industrial disasters that Beijing's safety campaigns have failed to prevent. The blaze broke out aboard the Ocean Melody at roughly 11 a.m. local time at the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. facility in the port city of Qingdao, a major shipping hub on China's northeastern coast in Shandong province. Firefighters battled the flames for about three and a half hours before extinguishing them at 2:30 p.m., CBS News reported . Forty-two people were on the vessel when the fire started. Twenty-five died. Twelve were safely evacuated. Five were hospitalized with injuries described as stable. The cause of the fire…Open
A cargo ship undergoing repairs at one of China's busiest ports caught fire on Thursday, killing 25 of the 42 people aboard, the latest in a string of deadly industrial disasters that have exposed persistent safety failures across the country. The blaze broke out around 11 a.m. local time aboard the Ocean Melody, a Liberian-flagged […] The post Cargo ship fire at Chinese port kills 25 during dockside repairs appeared first on American Almanac .
A cargo ship undergoing repairs at one of China's busiest ports caught fire on Thursday, killing 25 of the 42 people aboard, the latest in a string of deadly industrial disasters that have exposed persistent safety failures across the country. The blaze broke out around 11 a.m. local time aboard the Ocean Melody, a Liberian-flagged vessel docked at the Beihai Shipbuilding Co. facility in the port city of Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province. Firefighters battled the fire for roughly three and a half hours before extinguishing it at approximately 2:30 p.m., CBS News reported . By then, 25 people were dead. Of the 42 people on board when the fire started, 12 were safely evacuated and five were hospitalized with injuries. Chinese…Open
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including...
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. “In Exercise Veer Guardian, Japanese F-2 fighter jets are deploying to India for the first time as part of four overlapping multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. Tokyo will also be training with Australia, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand in a series of increasingly complex drills designed to strengthen interoperability and regional deterrence. With an increasing number of these layered mini-alliances forming and rehearsing, is this a deliberate strategy by the US and Japan to create a new allied model of defense?…Open