Everything that could go wrong with Trump's AI safety tests, according to experts

The president seems to be searching for a silver bullet to end the war. There might not be one.

A new level of global disorder will face the American and Chinese presidents at their summit. Like Mao and Nixon, they face a common threat.

Yes, Trump might carry them to victory in the midterms. But he can’t carry them much longer – especially not in the 2028 elections All told, Democrats already seem as though they’re headed for a great midterm election. Voters already troubled by the state of the economy now have the impacts of Donald Trump’s teeter-tottering war in Iran to contend with, and polls tell us they aren’t happy ⁠– per poll averages from the analyst Nate Silver, nearly 55% of Americans oppose the war in Iran, 61% of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, and 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump overall. As it stands, Democrats have a six-point advantage in generic congressional ballot polling over Republicans. And Republican hopes that a mid-decade redistricting rush would save their tight majority in the House have been frustrated. The partisan gerrymandering war of the last several months peaked with the victory of a ballot measure in Virginia that allows the state’s Democratic legislature

A.I. will drastically increase the power of small states and groups in conflict with the great powers.

Social media helped put Trump over the top. What’s A.I. going to do to us?

The country’s propaganda apparatus has harnessed artificial intelligence tools to reach a global online audience primed for irony, irreverence and trolling.

The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled. AI’s social skills may be just as dangerous.

Anger in the rust belt propelled Trump to victory — the rage of suburban knowledge workers will drive the AI backlash