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More China curbs: US lawmakers unveiled a proposal to crack down on the export of chipmaking tools to China, especially from overseas allies, in an effort to further restrict China from gaining the most advanced technology.

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Google's workers watched Anthropic battle the Pentagon over the safe use of artificial intelligence with a certain sense of ruefulness, Julia Love reports in today's Tech In Depth. Once at the forefront of the debate over autonomous weapons, Google's employees now find themselves on the sidelines with less influence over their company's direction, she writes.

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