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The Norrbothnia Railway is a planned railway that will connect Umeå and Luleå along the Bothnian coast. The project involves extensive land access and demolition of buildings along the route.
There are a total of 39 properties that the Swedish Transport Administration will demolish between Gumboda and Skellefteå until the year 2027 due to the Norrbotnia line.
The 23 villas that are now empty have meant an unusual opportunity for both the police and the emergency services.
- In the past, we have been able to practice in individual properties, but not in this way in an entire residential area, says Daniel Haarala.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei warned before the UN Security Council that AI technology could now improve itself, which could make humans' ability to control the systems inadequate. The warning came at the same time that both Open AI and Anthropic are preparing IPOs with potential values of up to SEK 1,000 billion. Clément Delangue from Hugging Face also spoke and emphasized that fear should not guide decisions about the future of AI.

Donald Trump proposes to replace the term artificial intelligence with superintelligence in all US documents, arguing that the technology is amazing and the word artificial sounds fake.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets the US leadership during his US trip, AI development is one of the hottest topics. Despite mistrust and a fierce race between the superpowers, there is a common interest in discussing security risks.

Peter, an AI researcher from a European country who works at Google in New York, describes how the tech giants' executives warn that AI could wipe out humanity while they themselves continue to develop the technology. He expresses concern about both existential risks and rapid labor market change, and notes that AI is being used in military contexts by the US, China and in the war in Ukraine.

Following warnings from defected AI researchers such as Jacob Coxon that AI could pose an existential threat, the EU's AI law has received new support. While US President Donald Trump dismisses the risks and relies on his own intelligence, the EU has responded with omnibus packages to ease the regulatory burden and now plans to invite AI labs to discussions on slowing development.

The article criticizes AI companies for exaggerating the risk of superintelligence and human extinction as a way to distract from real dangers such as AI-generated disinformation, cyberattacks and threats to democracy and creativity, while themselves pursuing power and control.