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Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

396 points · 457 comments · nmeagent

  1. 737min · · focus · HN ↗
    CCP is pushing and amplifying AI opposition efforts, that’s a fact regardless of US politics. CCP is also working hard to smuggle around American export control laws for AI tech, at the same time.

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    1. sharts · · focus · HN ↗
      “It is unconscionable that an American citizen would not only undermine the interests of the United States, but also facilitate others in doing so.”

      This must be satire. Most of congress seems to have no issue undermining and self-dealing.

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