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U.S. Treasury sanctions policy adjustments

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Latest: US Treasury removes 84 entries from sanctions list amid review

In early July, the U.S. Treasury announced the revocation of sanctions relief previously granted to Iran, citing renewed diplomatic tensions. A few weeks later, the Treasury continued its broader overhaul of sanctions en

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Elon Musk warns AI abundance, urges regulation

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Latest: Elon Musk says AI-driven abundance will render money obsolete by 2036

Elon Musk reiterated his forecast that AI and humanoid robotics will generate a surplus of goods so extensive that money could become largely irrelevant by 2036. In a July 2026 interview with The Economist he warned that

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Nvidia Expands Open‑Weight & Secure AI Alliances

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Latest: Elon Musk predicts AI surpassing humans; Coinbase CEO backs open‑weight AI models

By late July 2026 a coalition of roughly 50 U.S. technology firms, led by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, urged the administration against premature limits on open‑weight AI models, arguing that both open and closed frontier mo

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US push to restrict Chinese tech imports

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Latest: US lawmakers target Chinese AI startups and mislabeled solar wafers

In mid‑July 2026, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ban the purchase of memory chips made by Chinese firms CXMT and YMTC, arguing that dependence on these components jeopardi

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