ThursdayOct 08, 2026 10:00 am

IMF Boss Calls on Countries to Regulate AI, Curb Debt

Speaking ahead of the meetings to be held by the IMF and World Bank member countries in Bangkok, Thailand next week, Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF MD, urged both poor and rich countries to curb their debt, regulate AI and combat growing inequalities at a time when the world is grappling with a triple-sided blow from war-related shocks, the AI boom and heavy borrowing. In a speech delivered on Wednesday, the IMF chief indicated that leaders around the world are faced with the need to make tough political choices and that the necessary decisions on policy should be made without further…

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TuesdayOct 06, 2026 10:00 am

Marine Corps Veteran Urges Congress to Prioritize Digital Infrastructure Defense

In March, Iran struck AWS data centers and associated infrastructure located in the UAE. The following month, another facility owned by Amazon was also targeted in Bahrain. The IRGC has repeatedly indicated that it considers such facilities as legitimate targets because those commercial facilities facilitate American military operations. These and other incidents have prompted Kate Monroe, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, to urge Congress to create a framework through which digital infrastructure that is critical to American defense, business and other purposes can be identified and given protection whether those facilities are on U.S. soil or abroad. Monroe…

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FridayOct 02, 2026 10:00 am

AI Agents Attempted to Hack Website Belonging to Canadian Government

A research firm in Canada has revealed that AI agents made an attempt to hack into a government website in the country, but the attempt wasn’t successful. According to Transluce, the research firm, the attempts happened towards the end of May and early in June this year. The Canadian government released a statement indicating it hasn’t found any proof as yet that its site was breached. The website in question is Library & Archives Canada. Transluce says the hacking attempts involved tactics that were consistent with previous acts of rogue AI agents that had been attributed to ChatGPT maker OpenAI…

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ThursdayOct 01, 2026 10:00 am

Trump, Tech Chiefs Sign Nonbinding Pact Pledging “Robust” AI Control Implementation

On Tuesday, President Trump hosted leaders of major tech companies at the White House. The luncheon resulted in the signing of a voluntary pact in which the firms promised to implement a set of “robust” safeguards while developing AI models. Trump, who has strongly argued against regulating the AI industry, reaffirmed his opposition by opting to let tech firms self-regulate rather than compelling them to adhere to codified rules governing the work that they do. The president says the country already has ample regulation under the authority of the DOJ, FBI and other law enforcement agencies. The executives present were…

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