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Arrested OpenAI engineer says he previously advised the Saudi government
He had a one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia before he was arrested, but says he won’t flee now
China’s mulling export controls for AI tech
The US has placed strict limits on its most advanced AI tech
Investors are souring on AI debt
Data center bonds are falling well below face value
Egypt’s play to become an exporter of computing power
The Iran war is making Egypt more attractive to data center investors
AI could deliver USD 1 tn in value to MENA by 2030
A lot of things will have to go right for that value to materialize
China’s increasingly relying on homegrown Huawei AI chips
Microsoft is using its own chips and Anthropic is fighting copycats
The IMF’s worried about rising AI debt
High debt loads mean a slowdown in AI spending could hurt the market
The Brits get a sneak peek and Philly police get phony homicide tips
UK OK: OpenAI, Anthropic and other US AI developers can once again give Britain’s AI Security Institute an early look…
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