The global debate over AI safety is intensifying, as President Trump dismisses industry calls for a slowdown as a "conspiracy theory," and China brands fresh warnings about the tech "fearmongering." At the same time, Australia's cyber intelligence chief, Abigail Bradshaw, says the country needs an AI early warning system to guard against risks. Scientia Professor of AI at the University of New South Wales, Toby Walsh, joins "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" to discuss the outlook for AI regulation in […]

Hugging Face Researcher & Chief Ethics Scientist Margaret Mitchell believes if done well, ethics can drive innovation in artificial intelligence instead of slowing it down. She speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)

Chinese state media accused leading US AI executives of using calls for slower development of frontier models to blunt competition from China, describing the push as a “self-serving” effort to preserve American dominance.

Margaret Mitchell, chief ethics scientist at Hugging Face, warns that autonomous AI agents pose oversight challenges that incumbent firms may be leveraging to restrict competition. She argues that safety, privacy, and security must be built directly into AI architectures rather than treated as trade-offs to frontier progress. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang took a live phone call from Donald Trump during a panel discussion, where Trump dismissed artificial intelligence dangers as a “hoax.” Meanwhile, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has pushed back against tech leaders' calls to slow frontier AI development. (Source: Bloomberg)

An AI researcher who recently resigned from Google DeepMind warned humanity is running out of time to prevent artificial intelligence from causing widespread harm, the latest staffer to voice concerns about the direction of the technology.

BlackRock Inc. has returned to an overweight recommendation on emerging-market equities, betting that access to the scarce resources needed for the artificial-intelligence boom and strong earnings will drive outperformance.

Manulife Investment Management Head of Multi-Asset Solutions Marc Franklin argues that the recent AI stock pullback reflects debates surrounding regulatory guardrails and development pace rather than structural growth damage. He stresses that shifting regulatory frameworks and open-source quantum tools will create new competitive pressure for high-margin technology suppliers. (Source: Bloomberg)