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Morning Edition · Saturday, July 4, 2026

Thiel Attacks Pope Leo's Call for AI Rules, Casting Regulation as a Gift to Beijing

At the Aspen Ideas Festival, the investor said the pope's demand for international AI oversight would only slow the American side of the race with China.

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Thiel Attacks Pope Leo's Call for AI Rules, Casting Regulation as a Gift to Beijing

Investor Peter Thiel said Pope Leo XIV was unintentionally serving as a "Chinese communist agent" by calling for AI regulation, speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. His argument, reported by CNN, was that the pope's message cou…

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AI Sovereignty and Export Controls on Frontier Models

Over the next 3-6 months, governments increasingly treat frontier AI models as strategic national assets — extending export controls to model access itself and backing domestic 'champion' labs as sovereignty plays.

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