AI's Role in Addressing Global Challenges: Insights from Recent Developments

--- SOURCE: New York Times --- HEADLINE: Democrats Say Hegseth Balked at Call for Full Video of Boat Strike CONTENT: AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTDemocrats Say Hegseth Balked at Call for Full Video of Boat StrikeDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed congressional leaders on Tuesday about the monthslong military campaign targeting people suspected of being drug traffickers at sea.Listen to this article 4:25 min Learn moreShare full articleDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Capitol on Tuesday.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York TimesBy Megan Mineiro and Julian E. BarnesReporting from WashingtonDec. 9, 2025Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a classified briefing, declined to commit to showing the full Congress unedited video of the U.S. militarys attack on a boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.The attack, which included a follow-up strike that killed two survivors, has been the subject of intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill and among military experts, who have raised questions about its legality.His answer: We have to study it, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, said of Mr. Hegseths response on Tuesday. Well, in my view, theyve studied it long enough.Mr. Schumer added: Congress ought to be able to see it.The closed-door discussion also included Secretary of State Marco Rubio; John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director; and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It mostly centered on the 22 known boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that the Trump administration has carried out since early September, according to a U.S. official briefed on the meeting. The attacks have killed at least 87 people.Mr. Hegseth and the other top officials provided no information on possible land strikes in Venezuela, and there was no discussion of any effort to replace the leadership in the country, according to the official.The meeting, in which administration officials briefed congressional leaders and the top members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, was very unsatisfying, Mr. Schumer added.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.Related ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT

--- SOURCE: New York Times --- HEADLINE: Taiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade Secrets CONTENT: AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTTaiwan Invokes National Security Law to Protect TSMC Trade SecretsAn executive left TSMC for Intel. Taiwans government says that could threaten its national security.Listen to this article 6:30 min Learn moreShare full articleThe authorities in Taiwan are taking a stronger hand in protecting the prized technology of the chip maker TSMC.Credit...Lam Yik Fei for The New York TimesBy Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun WuReporting from Taipei, TaiwanDec. 10, 2025, 12:00 a.m. ETIn July, the Taiwanese engineer Wei-Jen Lo left his job after 21 years at the worlds leading computer chip maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. He soon started work at one of TSMCs rivals: Intel, the struggling Silicon Valley chip maker that the Trump administration has wagered $8.9 billion to transform into the U.S. national champion.Intel said that Mr. Los decision to hop from one job to another was routine in a competitive industry. But in Taiwan, government prosecutors saw it as potential threat to national security and started an investigation. Late last month, officials raided Mr. Los homes in Taipei and Hsinchu, the heart of Taiwans chip industry, where they took computers and flash drives. A court also approved the seizure of Mr. Los stocks and real estate.The case is part of a new push by Taiwanese prosecutors to protect the trade secrets of the islands world-beating chip makers. Taiwan is the source of most of the worlds advanced computer chips, which are essential to virtually everything from iPhones to cars. But as countries try to boost their domestic chip makers, the authorities in Taiwan are taking a stronger hand in protecting its prized technology.For the first time, the government is invoking a 2022 law that made chip makers trade secrets subject to protection on national security grounds.On Dec. 2, in a separate case, prosecutors indicted the local unit of one of TSMCs suppliers, the Japanese equipment maker Tokyo Electron, accusing it of failing to stop a former employee from stealing details about TSMCs most advanced chips. It was the first time that a company was indicted under Taiwans National Security Act over stealing chip trade secrets.Semiconductor technologies are the lifeline of our countrys industry, prosecutors said, adding that their theft threatens the international competitiveness of Taiwans chip companies.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.Related ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT

--- SOURCE: New York Times --- HEADLINE: Chip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. Says CONTENT: AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTChip Company Plotted to Send Technology to China, Ex-C.E.O. SaysThe former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials had known for years that the companys Chinese owner sought to move its technology to China.Listen to this article 9:02 min Learn moreShare full article15On a production line of the Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia in Hamburg, Germany, last year. Dutch officials seized the company in September.Credit...Fabian Bimmer/ReutersBy Mara Hvistendahl and Joy DongMara Hvistendahl reported from Amsterdam, and Joy Dong from Hong Kong.Dec. 10, 2025, 12:00 a.m. ETWhen a Chinese company bought the Dutch chipmaker Nexperia in 2019, its head quickly began plotting to move research and technology to China, according to the chipmakers former chief executive.The effort came as China was trying to build up its capacity in crucial semiconductor chips and went largely unchecked.Now, those early moves are at the heart of a geopolitical showdown, with the Netherlands caught in a struggle between Washington and Beijing over who controls critical technology. And Nexperia, which makes basic chips essential for cars and appliances, has become a vivid example of how Chinese acquisitions of foreign tech companies can become national security problems, even years later.Dutch officials took the extraordinary step of seizing Nexperia in September, setting off a chain of events that jolted the global auto industry. They cited concerns that the Chinese owner of Nexperia Wingtech, a tech company that is partially backed by Chinese government funds would move key technology out of Europe.In fact, it was clear as early as 2019, from the moment that he took control of Nexperia, that Zhang Xuezheng, Wingtechs controlling shareholder, sought to transfer research and intellectual property to China, Nexperias former chief executive, Frans Scheper, told The New York Times last week.Mr. Schepers account, which has not been previously reported, offers a rare look at what officials understood about the risks posed by the acquisition to the Dutch economy and the global supply chain, and when they understood them.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.Related ContentAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT