Chip Off the Old Spy: Jensen Huang in the Crosshairs

Pope Leo urges UN to ban lethal autonomous weapons at Geneva meeting
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang targeted by alleged Chinese intelligence operative, NYT reports
Goldman Sachs: AI job losses leave long-lasting scars, workers take a month longer to rebound

A Eye on AI - 12:31 PM
This episode of A Eye on AI leads with Pope Leo XIV calling on United Nations member states to take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons at their meeting in Geneva next month, framing AI systems as tools that must be disarmed and kept under human oversight. Then, a New York Times report says US intelligence agencies believe Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by an alleged Chinese intelligence operative with ties to AI chip diversion, raising concerns over export controls and Washington's AI strategy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defends the economy and reveals US-China AI safety talks with voluntary model reviews. In business, Runware unveils plans for a factory that assembles AI data center pods on an assembly line, Samaya AI's cheap Sterling financial model beats Claude Fable 5.1 on the FrontierFinance benchmark, and Goldman Sachs finds AI-displaced workers struggle to rebound while companies start reversing cuts in an 'AI boomerang.' Wall Street sells off on Intel, Amazon, and Alphabet earnings, McKinsey and Bain hike starting salaries to $200K, and Noetix Robotics sells an affordable humanoid robot in China. Tune in for the full breakdown.

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