Prophecy in the News

A report found that the US' competitive advantage over the PRC in AI may be under threat because Beijing's coordinated deployment of AI across a wide range of sectors generates real-world data that feeds back into model improvement. Xi will also relocate universities, high-technology firms, and financial institutions to Xiong'an. When the plan was announced in 2017, Chinese state-owned media agency Xinhua called it the 'one thousand year big plan'.

Under Xi Jinping, China captures and analyzes bank information, GPS locations, medical records, phone calls and texts, even water and power usage to root out what the government considered “potential terrorists”. US firms helped him build this 'police state'. Chinese surveillance companies are now thriving thanks to the foundation lead by US tech firms.

Peter Thiel sold nearly $290 million worth of Palantir shares amid headlines around heavy defense spending and war in Iran. Analysts suggest insiders have many reasons to sell, and one reason to buy, so they generally place more weight on the buying activity. At the time Thiel was selling, Tom Lee came out and put out a buy recommendation in these software companies.

Palantir Technologies, co-founded by Peter Thiel, won a 12-week contract to analyse the FCA's internal data to help combat financial crime. Lawmakers raised concerns with FCA officials over the company's potential access to sensitive regulatory data. An FCA official said Palantir will not have access to regulatory intelligence.

Xi Jinping has called for greater “self-reliance and self-strengthening” in artificial intelligence development, urging a nationwide push to narrow the gap with the United States. He emphasized the need to strengthen basic research and master core technologies such as high-end chips and foundational software to build an “independent, controllable, and collaborative” AI ecosystem. He also calls for accelerated efforts to establish regulations, risk warning mechanisms, and emergency response systems to ensure AI's safe and responsible development.

Palantir, co-founded by Peter Thiel, has secured a contract with the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to analyze sensitive UK financial data to bolster fraud detection methods using AI. This deal raises concerns about data privacy and Palantir's involvement in controversial areas like Israeli military activity and US immigration enforcement.

Hikvision, a video surveillance equipment manufacturer, has allegedly been breached by a ransomware group. Hikvision's products have been found to have cybersecurity vulnerabilities and are subject to sanctions and bans due to their use in state-run internment camps and links to mass surveillance of China's Uyghur population.

Vladimir Putin has reportedly reduced public appearances at the Kremlin amid concerns that US and Israeli services tracked senior Iranian figures using surveillance cameras. This follows reports of large-scale internet outages in central Moscow and heightened security around Putin's residences. The Federal Protective Service has proposed a protected zone around the Bocharov Ruchey residence in Sochi, restricting drone flights and other activities.