The European Union has American AI companies in its crosshairs. Brussels is pushing ahead with new rules on artificial intelligence, even as Donald Trump warns that he’ll hit back if US companies are ...

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This is an audio transcript of the Tech Tonic podcast episode: ‘Tech in 2025 — The view from Silicon Valley’ ...

I would suggest another reference: Erewhon, the novel by Samuel Butler. Indeed, it appears author Frank Herbert may have been referring to it with his prequel Dune: The Butlerian Jihad ”.