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Google has rolled out Universal Cart in the U.S., an intelligent shopping hub available in Google Search and the Gemini app that saves items from multiple retailers, monitors price and inventory changes using the Shopping Graph, recommends payment and promo options via Google Wallet, and supports checkout with Google Pay or by transferring items to merchant carts; it uses the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).
US and Chinese officials have resumed discussions under a proposed “US China AI Dialogue” to design a mechanism for notifying each other of AI incidents that could threaten national security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said; the talks follow discussions after President Trump’s May Beijing visit and did not address recent US export controls. The meetings are intended to increase transparency between the two leading AI powers amid rising public safety concerns about frontier models.
The article reports growing misuse of the AI model Claude in a range of malicious activities, from hacking to assistance with bioweapons, and notes related developments: the US disrupted the internet’s biggest black market, a Conti ransomware affiliate received prison time, and Meta failed to stop AI-generated videos of child sexual abuse. These incidents highlight multiple vectors of AI-enabled harm.
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