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The mismatch is striking. On one side, warnings of existential risk, maybe a 10% chance of the end of civilization. On the other, government paralysis.

President Donald Trump has dismissed concerns about artificial intelligence posing an existential threat to humanity but stressed it was important for the U.S. to “win” the battle for control of the technology with China.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismissed recent AI fears as a way for the cybersecurity sector to generate new business.

(WJAR) —Last year alone, there were more than 3,300 data breaches in the United States.

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Lev Shevtsov27 August 2026 03:12

Nvidia has committed nearly $50 billion to frontier AI labs, and bets on strong returns and limited risk.

Shares of Salesforce Inc. jumped more than 13% in late trading after the customer relationship management software provider delivered strong second-quarter earnings and revenue and issued guidance that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations.

AI disruption fears are engulfing enterprise software Wednesday morning, and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU | INTU Price Prediction) sits at the center of the reset after a fiscal 2027 outlook that lands well below what bulls hoped to hear. The concern spreading across enterprise software is that autonomous agents can hollow out incumbent workflows, from consumer tax…