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Let me make it perfectly clear: the talk of “safeguards” and “guardrails” for AI is at best a misleading metaphor, at worst an impossible gamble. This is because the way a guardrail works is the exact opposite of how AIs work.

I think about guardrails a lot, because my drive to the grocery store snakes along California’s famous Pacific Coast Highway on cliffs above ...


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The battle for the Bab al-Mandeb Strait is no longer simply another episode in Yemen’s protracted war. It has become a test of who can defend Yemen’s strategic coastline, protect one of the world’s most important maritime corridors, and provide a credible alternative to further devastation and an escalating humanitarian crisis.

The Houthis’ recent capture of the Red...


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With Ethiopian forces having taken the northern town of Zalambessa, bordering on Eritrea, the region is at a crossroads. To put it simply: Will Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed send his troops, supp...


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Kayce Atencio was 19 when he suffered a heart attack caused by an undiagnosed congenital defect. It nearly killed him. The medical bills that followed devastated...


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Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, discuss the imminent revolution in space and the space economy. Reusable rockets, commercial stations and nuclear propulsion could tra...


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