Tatiana Dias

Maurício Angelo

Brazilian presidential candidate Ronaldo Caiado, former governor of Goias state, presents his public security policy in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 10, 2026. REUTERS/Jean Carniel

How a Brazilian Governor Turned Rare Earths Into a Campaign—and Washington Into a Partner

Haakon Huynh

The Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia skyline. Shutterstock

Which 'AI Sovereignty' Are You Buying?

Joel Christoph

Participants, including Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang (front, 2nd from R), Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa (front, C) and Noetra Corp. President Hironobu Tamba (front, 2nd from L), pose for a photo during an event hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on July 16, 2026. (Kyodo via AP Images)

What Sovereign AI Budgets Actually Buy

Justin Hendrix

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaking during a visit to a family center in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, on Friday, July 31, 2026. (Annabel Lee-Ellis/PA Wire POLITICS)

Taking Stock of the UK Tech Policy 'Muddle'

Liz Orembo

Why the Global AI Safety Agenda Cannot See African Harms

Joana Soares

A gowned worker adjusts a test coupon for indium phosphide wafer certification testing in a Coherent manufacturing facility where lasers are developed for transmitting data among chips, which could decrease power use by AI systems, on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Sherman, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

The EU's AI Boom Could Undermine its Own Chip Strategy

Woman defending herself against violence, illustration of a giant fist coming down. 

A Roadmap for Confronting the Chilling Effects of Censorship, Surveillance and New Technology

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks to reporters after meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How the OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack May Affect the Geopolitics of AI Governance

JJ Jasser

People visit the booth of Kimi, an LLM developed by the Chinese startup Moonshot, during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, Monday, July 20, 2026. (FeatureChina via AP Images)

‘Open-Washing’ Is Everywhere in AI. Four Criteria Cut Through It

James Görgen

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center takes a group photo with other attendees before the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

The World Must Decide How to Govern AI While the Decision Is Still Ours

Konstantinos Komaitis

This photograph shows Robert the Robot, an advanced conversational humanoid developed by Geneva-based technology company RB Labs, at the AI for Good Global Summit, a United Nations flagship event aimed at shaping the future of artificial intelligence, in Geneva on July 7, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

The Internet Had a North Star. The UN’s Global Dialogue Made Clear AI Doesn't.

Luca Belli

A digital concept illustration of a global network showing many profile pictures of diverse people connected by lines, overlaid with futuristic interface graphics such as maps, charts, sound waves, and data visualizations, representing social networking, AI, or big data connections.

Data Sovereignty Doesn’t Mean Data Isolationism

Mark MacCarthy

President Donald J. Trump participates in a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

How the US and China Can Step Back from the Battle for AI Model Supremacy

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