Month: June 2026

Here’s a summary of the Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/31/transhuman-silicon-valley-ai “Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong?” by Eduardo Porter argues that a surprising number of influential Silicon Valley leaders are motivated by something much bigger than building profitable AI products. The author contends that many are pursuing…

A historically unusual battle over leadership of the U.S. intelligence community has developed following the departure of Tulsi Gabbard. The central issue is that President Trump initially chose unqualified housing official Bill Pulte to serve as acting Director of National Intelligence, a decision that alarmed many Republicans and Democrats because Pulte has no national-security experience….