Pentagon renames its AI office the 'Super Intelligence Office'
The US Defense Department has renamed its Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) the Super Intelligence Office. The change follows President Trump's order to replace 'artificial intelligence' with 'super intelligence' in executive branch communications.
The rename signals how the US government wants to frame its AI ambitions, especially in defense.
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Meituan releases open-weight 1.6-trillion-parameter agent model trained on Chinese chips
Meituan has published the weights of LongCat-2.5, a 1.6-trillion-parameter model built for AI agents and trained entirely on Chinese hardware. It scores 88.4 on Terminal Bench, just behind Claude Opus 5, and its sample deployment runs on 194 Huawei Ascend chips.
Why it mattersDevelopers get a near-frontier open agent model, and the release shows China can build top models without Nvidia GPUs despite export controls.
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FAA expands AI advice tool to manage air traffic congestion across all US airspace
The US Federal Aviation Administration is expanding an AI tool that advises on air traffic congestion to cover the entire US airspace. Airlines praised the tool, but the air traffic controllers' union was not involved.
Why it mattersAI is moving into safety-critical public systems, which could affect flight delays for travelers and raises questions about worker input.
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Firm tied to ex-Nvidia CEO's former partner reportedly arranged $12 billion in chip orders for China
According to the WSJ, Megaspeed, owned by Alice Huang, arranged nearly $12 billion in Nvidia chip orders for Chinese companies in 2024 and 2025. Short seller Culper Research estimates Nvidia's real China revenue share is above 20 percent, far higher than the reported 7 percent.
Why it mattersIf confirmed, it raises serious questions about how well US chip export controls work and how much Nvidia depends on China.
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Japan pushes emergency cybersecurity funding as AI-powered attacks rise
Japan is moving forward with emergency cybersecurity funding in response to more AI-driven cyberattacks. The package includes a joint public-private cyber response team, an AI specialist team led by the economy ministry, and wider room to use the government's new active cyber defense powers.
Why it mattersGovernments are starting to treat AI-assisted hacking as an urgent national threat, which can shape how companies in Japan work with public authorities on defense.
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Researcher says model weights show six Chinese AI models were trained on export-banned Nvidia chips
Former OpenAI researcher Will DePue says he found technical evidence that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group used Nvidia Blackwell GPUs despite US export controls, by reading chip signatures from published model weights. He estimates the hardware behind the training runs cost more than half a billion dollars.
Why it mattersIf confirmed, the method gives regulators a new way to check whether chip export controls are working, adding pressure on Nvidia during its leadership crisis.
