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May 11, 2026

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X-Risk Daily

2026-05-11

Transformative AI
Iran Demonstrates Capability to Strike Cloud Infrastructure, Hitting AWS Data Centres
On 1 March, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck three Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with drone attacks, explicitly claiming responsibility and citing the data centres' role in supporting US military and intelligence networks.

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Geopolitics & Conflict
Putin signals potential Ukraine negotiations, claims conflict 'coming to an end'
Geopolitics & Conflict
Trump rejects Iranian peace proposal as 'totally unacceptable' as month-old ceasefire shows signs of collapse
Geopolitics & Conflict
Iran threatens reprisals against US sites after tanker strikes in Gulf of Oman
Geopolitics & Conflict
Iran signals willingness to negotiate nuclear assurances while maintaining enrichment capacity
Research
Nobel economist models AI-driven information environment collapse
Research
Turing Award winner proposes 'Scientist AI' architecture to train inherently honest models incapable of deception

… and 26 more in the full briefing

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