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Apple's outgoing CEO Tim Cook is making headlines again with a pointed reminder about encryption. His warning is simple: if you build a backdoor for law enforcement, criminals will eventually find it too. It's a position Cook has held for years, and one that remains as contested as ever.
Shifting from privacy to existential stakes, OpenAI's Sam Altman offered what might be the most unsettling corporate candor in recent memory, suggesting AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world — but that great companies will emerge in the meantime. Whether that reads as dark humor or genuine recklessness probably depends on your risk tolerance.
And in wireless technology, Belgian research institute IMEC has announced a six G chip breakthrough that addresses a longstanding efficiency problem in high-frequency transmission. The development aligns closely with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's push to weave artificial intelligence deeper into the telecommunications infrastructure — a vision that just got a meaningful technical boost.
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