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This article, authored by retired U.S. Army Colonel Mike McCalister, highlights the critical role of Congressman Brian Mast, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in addressing strategic loopholes in U.S. semiconductor export controls, particularly concerning open-source technologies like RI

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang argues that American companies should be allowed to use Chinese AI models, dismissing claims that these models contain backdoors linked to China. In an interview, Huang emphasized that users can freely download, fine-tune, and secure AI models, rendering the notion of inheren

China’s National Vulnerability Database (NVDB) has accused Anthropic’s AI coding tool, Claude Code, of containing security backdoor vulnerabilities, urging users to uninstall or update the software. According to reports from *The Wall Street Journal*, versions released between April and June 2026 ma

The CERT/CC, a U.S. government-backed cybersecurity group at Carnegie Mellon University, disclosed a firmware flaw in several Tenda networking devices on July 6 that allows attackers to gain full administrative access without valid credentials. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-11405, is an und

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has banned its employees from using Anthropic's Claude Code due to the discovery of a hidden backdoor designed to detect whether users are based in China or affiliated with Chinese AI labs. The move follows allegations that the AI coding agent contained obfuscated logic si

While NVIDIA remains the dominant force in data center GPUs and the backbone of the booming AI market, investors are increasingly turning their attention to smaller, faster-growing startups that offer higher growth potential. IREN (NASDAQ: IREN), an Australian AI infrastructure company, exemplifies

In the booming AI landscape, NVIDIA remains the dominant force as the world's largest producer of data center GPUs, powering most leading AI companies in training large language models. However, investors seeking higher growth potential are increasingly turning to smaller, faster-growing AI infrastr

A recent independent cybersecurity audit by U.S. firm OnDefend found no malware, backdoors, or significant security vulnerabilities in DJI's consumer drone Air 3S and enterprise model Matrice 4E. The audit, conducted over five months, tested software, hardware, firmware, and radio frequency componen