Plus: AI companies are now deeply entwined with the US military

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This newsletter covers digital surveillance research by Citizen Lab, highlighting how they investigate cyberthreats in the public interest. It features three climate technologies from MIT Technology Review's 2026 breakthrough list: sodium-ion batteries, next-generation nuclear reactors, and hyperscale AI data centers. Additional stories include AI companies' growing ties to the US military, Grok's policy changes around deepfake images, AI risks in education, Trump's chip tariffs, police misuse of AI tools, fraud industry operations, Bandcamp's AI music ban, and the UK's wind farm expansion plans.

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