美国担忧Anthropic模式被中俄等军情机构利用

2026年6月16日 18:16 / 联合早报

Anthropic技术人员正与美国政府商讨解决方案，尽快解除禁令，让所有用户可恢复使用其Mythos 5和Fable 5 AI模型。 （路透社/示意图）

（华盛顿综合电）美国商务部长卢特尼克称，已禁止Anthropic向外国用户提供最新两款AI模型，因担忧被中俄等军方或情报机构利用。

卢特尼克上周五致函Anthropic首席执行长阿莫迪时提出上述忧虑。Anthropic已依指示暂停相关Mythos 5和Fable 5两款AI模型服务，并对政府决定表达强烈保留。

一位接近Anthropic的人士告诉路透社，自周五以来，Anthropic技术人员几乎每天都与政府官员会面，商讨解决方案。美国政府正在寻求保证，这些AI模型不会被用来损害美国国家安全；Anthropic则希望尽快解除禁令，让所有用户可恢复使用权限。

美国国家网络总监凯恩克罗斯也参与了商务部周一与Anthropic的会议。不过法新社引述消息指，双方还未讨论解除禁令。

Anthropic发言人则在会后称，双方“都在迅速寻求解决方案”，Anthropic“持续致力于与政府携手合作，共同保护美国关键基础设施和保持美国在网络防御领域的领先地位”。

今年4月，Anthropic首次向少数公司和机构开放Mythos模型测试，并警告模型具备发现网络安全漏洞的能力，不宜广泛推广。上周，Anthropic发布了Fable 5，这是Mythos级模型的首个公开版本，但同时也设置了诸多限制措施，旨在控制Fable 5的网络能力。

美国政府上周五以国家安全为由发布紧急出口管制令，迫使Anthropic在全球范围内关停Mythos 5和Fable 5模型。当局未具体说明国家安全顾虑，但据Anthropic的理解，“政府认为有一种可绕过或‘破解’Fable 5模型的方法，而这种方法可能被黑客利用来发动袭击”。

一名出口管制专家指出，这是美国商务部首次援引2018年《出口管制改革法案》对新兴技术实施管制。受管制技术出口需申请许可，违规将面临刑事和民事处罚。

然而，他指出，AI模型通常通过远程方式提供，并非传统意义上的“出口”，因此是否适用相关法规仍存争议。

超过80名网络安全高管和专家星期天联名致信卢特尼克和凯恩克罗斯，支持Anthropic，并呼吁解除相关限制。包括英伟达和Adobe在内多家企业的网络安全负责人参与联署。

加拿大AI开发商Cohere Inc.的首席AI官皮诺说，美国政府的最新管制措施对整个AI行业犹如一记警钟，“几天前还被认为是业内最强大的模型之一，现在却突然无法使用，显示技术获取存在不确定性，对各大企业构成重大隐患”。

As US nears 250th birthday, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows many Americans doubt it will last another 250 years

June 16, 2026 10:06 AM UTC / Reuters

By Jason Lange

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• 38% of poll respondents did not think the US would exist as a single country in 250 years
• 64% said American democracy was in danger of failing, up from 57% in August
• A majority said 250th anniversary celebrations had grown too political

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – As the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday next ​month, two out of five Americans do not believe it will endure another 250 years beyond that, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll ‌that highlighted deep divisions over how the nation views itself.

The four-day poll, which concluded on Monday, comes amid the polarizing pageantry that President Donald Trump has brought to celebrations for July 4, which will mark 250 years since the people who became known as the founding fathers of the U.S. declared their independence from Britain.

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Trump has put himself at the center of ​many of the events to mark the anniversary, including staging a White House cage match on his birthday on Sunday. On Monday he said ​he would be the main attraction at a July 4 celebration in Washington that will also serve as a political ⁠rally for the Republican as his party looks to keep control of Congress in November’s midterm elections.

Trump has framed his presidency as a bid to save ​America from being destroyed by Democrats. Democratic leaders contend it is Trump who is the danger to democracy and allege he is using federal law enforcement ​to target political critics.

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Some 38% of respondents in the poll – including 40% of Democrats and 26% of Republicans – said they didn’t think the U.S. will exist as a single country 250 years from now. Just 62% thought their nation would last.

Trump has accused Democrats — and especially the prior presidential administration of Democrat Joe Biden — of illegally targeting his allies, including those involved ​in the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, which was an attempt to overthrow Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election. Republicans also ​point to multiple assassination attempts against Trump as evidence that the leader’s opponents are bent on violence.

MANY SEE DEMOCRACY IN DANGER OF FAILING

Two-thirds of respondents — including 85% of Democrats and ‌50% of ⁠Republicans — said they agreed with a statement that American democracy was in danger of failing. The overall share seeing democracy at risk was up from 57% in a poll conducted in August of last year, with the increase driven by more Republicans worried about democracy’s staying power.

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Trump for years has claimed falsely that his 2020 loss was the result of widespread voter fraud and has been pushing for changes to voting laws.

Some 77% of poll respondents said it was likely ​that political violence would increase in ​the next five years.

GREATEST COUNTRY IN ⁠WORLD?

The poll also showed the share of Americans who see the country as a global standout is on the decline. Some 30% of respondents said they considered America the greatest country in the world, down from 38% in a ​Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in November 2017, during Trump’s first term in office. The share of Democrats with this view ​fell to 11% from ⁠26%, while the share of Republicans held steady at about six in 10.

A majority of Americans — including three-quarters of Democrats and half of Republicans — said they thought the events celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary had grown too political.

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Americans were also divided along more mundane matters like how to celebrate Independence Day. Some 52% of Republicans said ⁠their celebrations ​would include wearing red, white and blue clothing – the colors of the U.S. national flag – compared ​to 20% of Democrats. Republicans were more likely than Democrats to say they planned to attend a fireworks show — 46% to 28%.

The poll, which was conducted online, gathered responses from 1,537 U.S. ​adults nationwide and its results had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.

Reporting by Jason Lange; editing by Scott Malone and Deepa Babington

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美国担忧Anthropic模式被中俄等军情机构利用

2026年6月16日 18:16 / 联合早报

Anthropic技术人员正与美国政府商讨解决方案，尽快解除禁令，让所有用户可恢复使用其Mythos 5和Fable 5 AI模型。 （路透社/示意图）

（华盛顿综合电）美国商务部长卢特尼克称，已禁止Anthropic向外国用户提供最新两款AI模型，因担忧被中俄等军方或情报机构利用。

卢特尼克上周五致函Anthropic首席执行长阿莫迪时提出上述忧虑。Anthropic已依指示暂停相关Mythos 5和Fable 5两款AI模型服务，并对政府决定表达强烈保留。

一位接近Anthropic的人士告诉路透社，自周五以来，Anthropic技术人员几乎每天都与政府官员会面，商讨解决方案。美国政府正在寻求保证，这些AI模型不会被用来损害美国国家安全；Anthropic则希望尽快解除禁令，让所有用户可恢复使用权限。

美国国家网络总监凯恩克罗斯也参与了商务部周一与Anthropic的会议。不过法新社引述消息指，双方还未讨论解除禁令。

Anthropic发言人则在会后称，双方“都在迅速寻求解决方案”，Anthropic“持续致力于与政府携手合作，共同保护美国关键基础设施和保持美国在网络防御领域的领先地位”。

今年4月，Anthropic首次向少数公司和机构开放Mythos模型测试，并警告模型具备发现网络安全漏洞的能力，不宜广泛推广。上周，Anthropic发布了Fable 5，这是Mythos级模型的首个公开版本，但同时也设置了诸多限制措施，旨在控制Fable 5的网络能力。

美国政府上周五以国家安全为由发布紧急出口管制令，迫使Anthropic在全球范围内关停Mythos 5和Fable 5模型。当局未具体说明国家安全顾虑，但据Anthropic的理解，“政府认为有一种可绕过或‘破解’Fable 5模型的方法，而这种方法可能被黑客利用来发动袭击”。

一名出口管制专家指出，这是美国商务部首次援引2018年《出口管制改革法案》对新兴技术实施管制。受管制技术出口需申请许可，违规将面临刑事和民事处罚。

然而，他指出，AI模型通常通过远程方式提供，并非传统意义上的“出口”，因此是否适用相关法规仍存争议。

超过80名网络安全高管和专家星期天联名致信卢特尼克和凯恩克罗斯，支持Anthropic，并呼吁解除相关限制。包括英伟达和Adobe在内多家企业的网络安全负责人参与联署。

加拿大AI开发商Cohere Inc.的首席AI官皮诺说，美国政府的最新管制措施对整个AI行业犹如一记警钟，“几天前还被认为是业内最强大的模型之一，现在却突然无法使用，显示技术获取存在不确定性，对各大企业构成重大隐患”。

Trump’s endorsement power faces crucial tests in closely watched Georgia and Alabama GOP runoff elections

2026-06-16T05:00:55-04:00 / Fox News

Trump-endorsed candidates battle rivals backed by Gov Brian Kemp and Sen Ted Cruz in high-stakes GOP showdowns

Collins says Trump’s stamp proves he has the playbook to win Senate race

Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia is interviewed by Fox News Digital hours after President Donald Trump endorsed the GOP Senate candidate, ahead of Tuesday’s runoff with Republican Derek Dooley.

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While he isn’t on the ballot, President Donald Trump’s immense clout over the GOP faces more key tests on Tuesday in high-stakes Republican runoffs in Georgia and Alabama.

Trump-endorsed candidates are fighting in competitive showdowns against Republican rivals for the GOP gubernatorial and Senate nominations in battleground Georgia and for the Senate in solidly red Alabama.

Tuesday’s contests in Georgia and Alabama come as Oklahoma and the District of Columbia hold primary elections, and voters in California’s 14th Congressional District will vote in a special election to narrow the field of nearly a dozen candidates hoping to fill the seat left vacant when scandal-plagued Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned.

But the biggest spotlight is on Georgia, where Trump made an 11th-hour endorsement this past weekend in the Senate race in Georgia, which is one of a handful of midterm election contests across the country that will decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber.

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Derek Dooley, Republican U.S. Senate candidate for Georgia, from left, his wife Allison Jeffers Dooley, Marty Kemp, Georgia’s first lady, and Gov. Brian Kemp during an election night event at Park Bench Battery in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.(Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Trump endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Collins, a MAGA champion and strong supporter of the president, who is facing off against former college football coach Derek Dooley, who has the support of popular conservative Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

“It’s an honor to have that endorsement. It just shows that he has confidence that we know how to win this race, we know we’re in the lead in this thing,” Collins told Fox News Digital on Sunday, hours after landing Trump’s endorsement.

Asked if Trump’s endorsement in Georgia came too late to make a difference, Collins said, “I don’t think President Trump ever is too late. He has this impeccable ability of putting his thumb right on the scale at the right time with whatever he wants to do.”

Dooley, who’s running as an outsider, said in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff that the president’s backing of his rival “doesn’t change how I feel.”

THESE MIDTERM RACES WILL DETERMINE WHETHER REPUBLICANS HOLD THEIR SENATE MAJORITY

“I’m honored to have Governor Kemp’s endorsement. I certainly would have been honored to have the President’s endorsement. But the most important endorsement that I’m fighting for is the people of Georgia,” he emphasized.

Collins, who represents Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, which is located between Atlanta and Augusta, is the son of the late Rep. Mac Collins, and is the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, of a trucking company.

Dooley, a lawyer, a former University of Tennessee football coach and the son of legendary University of Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley, is strongly backed by Kemp, who is a lifelong friend. The governor and his wife, Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp, have regularly appeared with Dooley on the campaign trail, and the governor’s top political advisor is a senior consultant for Dooley’s Senate bid.

Collins and Dooley were the top two finishers in a crowded field of candidates in last month’s primary that also included Rep. Buddy Carter. Since no one topped 50%, Collins and Dooley advanced to Tuesday’s runoff election.

The winner of the GOP Senate nomination in Georgia will face off in the midterms against Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Republicans view Ossoff as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat seeking re-election and are heavily targeting the first-term senator. But while Republicans have been battling for their party’s nomination over the past year, Ossoff’s built a powerful war chest that will give him a major fundraising advantage as the general election gets underway.

Term-limited GOP Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, right, endorses Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the Republican gubernatorial runoff, in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 15, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)

The power of a Trump endorsement is also facing a key test in Georgia’s gubernatorial nomination runoff, where Trump last year backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the race to succeed the term-limited Kemp. Jones is battling billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, who has dished out over $100 million of his own money on his campaign, in the runoff.

The winner will take on former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who served in the Biden administration, in this autumn’s general election. Bottoms avoided a runoff by winning a majority of the vote as she topped six other candidates in last month’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Jones and Jackson were the top two finishers in last month’s crowded and competitive GOP gubernatorial primary, which also included state Attorney General Chris Carr and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Because no candidate topped 50%, Jones and Jackson advanced to the runoff.

Pointing to a tele-rally Trump headlined for him last week, Jones told Fox News Digital: “The president’s endorsement carries a lot of weight here in Georgia.”

Kemp made a last-minute endorsement on Sunday, backing Jones. And at an event Monday morning, Kemp explained that his mission is “to make sure that we have the best folks at the top of the ticket that can win in November and you know that’s why I’m supporting Burt Jones for governor.”

“When you think about the direction of the state, the great things that we’ve been able to do, I think he’s best suited to move the state forward,” Kemp said. And he warned of the “consequences of not winning, like we’ll be going the way of Virginia, New York, California, we just cannot afford to do that.”

Jones, a former captain of the University of Georgia football team, an oil executive and heir to the Jones Petroleum Company, served as a state senator before winning election in 2022 as lieutenant governor.

Jackson was unknown to Georgia voters before launching his gubernatorial campaign in February, but thanks to an avalanche of ads, his story of building a business empire despite growing up in foster care and not being able to afford college became well known in the Peach State.

And he’s repeatedly highlighted that, like Trump, he’s an outsider and businessman. “I’m going to be Trump’s favorite governor because we’re just alike on the way that we handle business and handle problems, and I want to do exactly in Georgia what he’s doing at the federal government,” he reiterated in a Fox News Digital interview Sunday.

And on the eve of the runoff, he predicted, “I think people are ready for an outsider. That’s what they want, and that’s what they’re going to vote for. And that’s why we’re going to win tomorrow.”

Jackson also landed a last-minute endorsement, as conservative firebrand Sen. Ted Cruz backed Jackson on Friday and joined him on the campaign trail for a runoff eve rally.

“Rick has an extraordinary record, an extraordinary life story. And I also think he’s positioned to win. And the stakes are too high. This election is a battleground all across the country. We can’t afford to lose Georgia,” Cruz told Fox News.

When Cruz endorsed Jackson on Friday, he also supported South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who is facing off in a week against Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.

Asked if he’s trying to put some daylight between himself and the president on the campaign trail, Cruz quickly responded, “No. Not remotely….The president and I agree on the vast majority of races. What I try to do in every race is endorse the strongest conservative who can win. And typically I get in races late in the race at a time where my support might be able to make a difference and be helpful.”

Jones, on the eve of the Cruz visit, took aim at Jackson.

“He keeps on bringing in these out-of-state senators, and I would much rather have the president’s endorsement,” he said. “He’s having to go out of state to get his support. We’re keeping all our stuff in state.”

In neighboring Alabama, Trump is supporting Rep. Barry Moore, who is facing off with former Navy SEAL sniper Jared Hudson in the GOP Senate runoff, in the race to succeed Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor this year rather than seeking re-election.

Moore, who founded a waste hauling company and later served as a state lawmaker before first winning election to the U.S. House in 2020, and was one of the first politicians to endorse Trump in 2015 when the president first ran for the White House, is also endorsed by Vice President JD Vance and Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune.

Rep. Barry Moore, seen on the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention, is running for the Senate in Alabama this year.(Tom Williams)

Moore, who represents Alabama’s 1st Congressional District, in the southern portion of the state, is a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus.

Hudson, running as an outsider, edged out state Attorney General Steve Marshall to advance to the runoff with Moore.

Besides being a combat veteran, Hudson has served as a sheriff’s deputy, firefighter, small business owner and current head of a nonprofit that trains law enforcement in taking out human traffickers.

Hudson was endorsed by then-Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who is now Trump’s Department of Homeland Security secretary, as well as Sen. Tim Sheehy, the National Association for Gun Rights PAC, and conservative activist and media star Riley Gaines.

Former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson is running for U.S. Senate.(Jared Hudson)

Moore or Hudson will be considered the clear front-runner in November against the winner of the Democratic runoff between small business owner Dakarai Larriett and attorney and former judge Everett Wess.

In Oklahoma, Trump is backing Mike Mazzei, a former state senator and Oklahoma budget secretary, in the GOP gubernatorial primary in the race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt.

The president is also supporting minister Jackson Lahmeyer, who founded the group Pastors for Trump, in the Republican primary in the state’s 1st Congressional District, in the race to succeed Rep. Kevin Hern, who is running for the Senate.

And in deep blue Washington D.C., the Democratic primary between seven candidates trying to succeed outgoing Mayor Muriel Bowser will effectively decide her successor in the District of Columbia.

The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month and a half, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention.

But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped two weeks ago when his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.

Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

Trump rebounded last week, as the candidate he endorsed in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination.

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Meanwhile, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote in the Republican Senate primary, and avoided a runoff.

Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president.

Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.

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Burt Jones makes Rick Jackson’s big spending his closing argument in Georgia gubernatorial runoff

2026-06-16T09:00:09.009Z / CNN

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is criticizing billionaire rival Rick Jackson’s record campaign spending in their GOP gubernatorial runoff.
Jackson has spent over $100 million of his personal fortune in the lead up to Tuesday’s election.
The winner will face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in November’s general election for governor.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is criticizing rival Rick Jackson’s campaign spending as the billionaire breaks state records in the final stretch of a tight runoff for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.

“Rick Jackson is everywhere – spending over $100 million trying to buy our vote,” says a new ad from Jones’ campaign, featuring AI-generated imagery of voters recoiling at Jackson’s omnipresent image. “But Georgia is not for sale.”

Jackson, a former healthcare executive, has leveraged his personal fortune to elbow into the race, dropping tens of millions of dollars on ads and mailers to place himself in front of voters. It was enough to garner him roughly a third of the vote in the primary in May, forcing Tuesday’s runoff with Jones to decide who will face Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic former mayor of Atlanta, in November.

But whether Jackson can convince Georgia’s Republican voters to back him against Jones, President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate in the race, remains unclear — with Tuesday’s election offering the latest test of whether multimillionaire and billionaire political outsiders can translate their business expertise into ballot box victories at a time when affordability is top of mind for many Americans.

Jackson deflects questions about his wealth with a rags-to-riches story – growing up in deep poverty, the child of a broken marriage cycling through foster homes, running away and starting a successful business career. And while he’s acknowledged “legitimate concern” about his campaign spending, Jackson argues that “money cannot buy this election, I’m gonna have to earn it.”

“The question is, do you want money that’s been buying other people, through special interest groups, and donors, and so forth? Or somebody that’s spending hard-earned money in order to make a difference? Because I can’t be bought,” Jackson told ABC affiliate WJCL.

Jackson finished just 6 points behind Jones in the first round of the GOP primary last month, beating out well-known Georgia officials like Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Attorney General Chris Carr — a remarkable showing for a candidate who only entered the race in February.

“He’s gone from 0% name recognition to, he got a third of the vote in the primary,” said Charles Bullock, a professor of political science at the University of Georgia.

Entering the weekend, Jackson had given his campaign more than $100 million and ranked as the second-biggest advertiser of the 2026 election cycle, breaking Georgia gubernatorial campaign records while spending $90 million on advertising, according to the tracking firm AdImpact. That’s produced more than 380 unique ads, per AdImpact data, generating more than 450 million impressions.

Jones, a multimillionaire whose family found success in the petroleum industry, has also contributed to spiraling totals. He’s loaned his campaign $25 million and has spent more than $35 million on advertising – ranking him third among individual candidates so far this cycle.

The state official has leaned heavily on Trump’s endorsement, holding a tele-rally with the president this week. “It’s very important you get out and vote for Burt. He’s been with me from the very beginning,” Trump said on the call.

Here, too, Jackson has tried to leverage his money, donating $1 million to the pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. a little over a month before he launched his governor campaign — even though the president had already endorsed Jones last year.

Bullock cautions that it “hasn’t worked out well” for many wealthy, self-funding candidates in Georgia, recalling former Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s high-profile runoff loss in 2021 a year after her appointment to the seat. He also pointed to the example of Guy Millner, a multimillionaire businessman who ran twice for governor and once for US senator as a Republican in the 1990s, losing all three races.

“History has not been that you can make that transition in Georgia – maybe the explanation for Jackson is he’s willing to spend even more than they were,” Bullock said.

In a statement to CNN, Jackson’s campaign said that “when you grow up the way Rick did, you never forget those who are still fighting. Rick will fight for all 11 million Georgians and make Georgia the most affordable state in the nation.”

And it dismissed the new ad from Jones’ campaign targeting Jackson’s spending: “reeks of a campaign that knows it is losing.”

While Jones and Jackson continue to rack up massive spending in the Republican gubernatorial runoff, Bottoms won the Democratic nomination outright in a crowded primary field last month.

The former Atlanta mayor turned Biden administration official has had a free hand to consolidate her support and begin her general election campaign, partnering with Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who faces his own competitive reelection this year.

Democrats view the prolonged GOP runoff as a meaningful advantage, leaving whichever potential rival that emerges bruised and drained.

“We’re ready to face whichever out-of-touch Trump lackey emerges from the slugfest of a Republican runoff. Whether it’s Jackson or Jones, both candidates have spent the last four months beating each other up and talking about everything but the kitchen-table issues, while Keisha has relentlessly focused on lowering costs and creating opportunity for Georgians,” said TaNisha Cameron, Bottoms’ communications director.

Jackson’s ability to continue funding his campaign is a wild card, though, and after initially committing $50 million to the election, he’s since revised estimates upward.

“I’ll spend whatever it takes to win this race,” he says in an ad launched last month.

A mixed record for self-funded candidates

But it’s unclear whether money alone can move the needle, as several expensive self-funded campaigns in recent years have demonstrated.

“Self-funding a campaign can buy visibility, but it doesn’t necessarily buy votes,” said Hilary Braseth, the executive director of transparency organization Open Secrets. “History shows that even massive personal investments don’t guarantee success at the ballot box.”

A few examples played out in the weeks leading up to the Georgia runoff.

In California, billionaire Tom Steyer, a former hedge fund founder turned Democratic activist, spent more than $200 million on a gubernatorial campaign that failed despite pressing every possible financial advantage – nonstop TV spots, influencer partnerships, billboards and mobile advertisements.

It carried echoes of another costly miss: Steyer’s quixotic run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination as a first-time candidate, costing more than $300 million and failing to produce a single delegate. Steyer’s commitment in that race, however, was overshadowed by that of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who spent more than $1 billion of his own money on a roughly 100-day campaign.

Down the ballot, progressive Saikat Chakrabarti far outspent rivals in California’s 11th Congressional District, only for the former Stripe engineer to finish in third place in the primary. And back at home in Georgia, US Rep. Buddy Carter lost his Senate bid last month, failing to make the GOP runoff despite investing several million dollars of his own money into the campaign.

At a time when affordability concerns are paramount, the intensifying efforts of ultrawealthy candidates can also risk alienating the very voters they are spending so lavishly to court.

“Our data shows that voters are increasingly skeptical of ultrawealthy candidates who write their own checks. Of the 65 federal candidates who put more than $1 million of their own money into their races in 2024, only 10 won,” said Braseth.

But other super-rich candidates like Jackson are hoping for better results. Vivek Ramaswamy, a billionaire biotech entrepreneur and 2024 presidential candidate, is the GOP nominee for governor of Ohio, contributing $25 million to his campaign, while Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, heir to a famous family fortune, has similarly seeded his bid for a third term with $25 million.

And, in an upcoming test later this month, former Rep. David Trone, the founder of Total Wine & More, is challenging incumbent Rep. April McClain Delaney for his old seat in Maryland’s 6th District, with the local titans spending a combined nearly $20 million on advertising in a safe Democratic district.

特勤局新推出的应用名为“哨兵”（Sentry），与移民执法人员使用的工具类似，利用人工智能（AI）技术来识别身份。 （AdobeStock示意图）

（华盛顿彭博电）美国特勤局近来开始使用一款面部识别手机应用，以协助排查潜在威胁并识别可疑分子，这也是移民局大规模驱逐非法移民行动的一部分。

官员透露，特勤局上个月达成了一项实用面部识别技术的协议，开始向一小群警员推广使用。

据悉，目前仅有25名驻华盛顿的特勤局警员配备了应用。他们主要负责保护政府大楼、外国使馆和白宫。

特勤局新推出的应用名为“哨兵”（Sentry），与移民执法人员使用的工具类似，利用人工智能（AI）技术来识别身份。

官员透露，特勤人员只要用手机摄像头扫描面部或指纹，应用就会将这些图像与庞大的政府数据库进行比对。

特勤局采用这项新技术表明，在安全威胁上升背景下，负责保护政府领导人安全的机构正在寻求先进技术的帮助。这也标志着执法部门正在更广泛地采用面部识别工具，而该工具此前曾遭到隐私倡导者的批评。

特勤局副局长奎因说，与2025年同期相比，今年调查的威胁案件增加40%，针对疑似精神健康问题个案的干预次数也大幅上升。

他说：“这些趋势凸显了各级执法部门必须采取负责任且具有前瞻性的方法，利用新兴技术和现代威胁评估能力，在风险升级前加以识别和并降低风险。同时，这些努力必须与保护隐私、公民自由和信息安全的承诺保持平衡。”

美特勤局试用AI面部识别工具排查潜在威胁

2026年6月16日 18:33 / 联合早报

特勤局新推出的应用名为“哨兵”（Sentry），与移民执法人员使用的工具类似，利用人工智能（AI）技术来识别身份。 （AdobeStock示意图）

（华盛顿彭博电）美国特勤局近来开始使用一款面部识别手机应用，以协助排查潜在威胁并识别可疑分子，这也是移民局大规模驱逐非法移民行动的一部分。

官员透露，特勤局上个月达成了一项实用面部识别技术的协议，开始向一小群警员推广使用。

据悉，目前仅有25名驻华盛顿的特勤局警员配备了应用。他们主要负责保护政府大楼、外国使馆和白宫。

特勤局新推出的应用名为“哨兵”（Sentry），与移民执法人员使用的工具类似，利用人工智能（AI）技术来识别身份。

官员透露，特勤人员只要用手机摄像头扫描面部或指纹，应用就会将这些图像与庞大的政府数据库进行比对。

特勤局采用这项新技术表明，在安全威胁上升背景下，负责保护政府领导人安全的机构正在寻求先进技术的帮助。这也标志着执法部门正在更广泛地采用面部识别工具，而该工具此前曾遭到隐私倡导者的批评。

特勤局副局长奎因说，与2025年同期相比，今年调查的威胁案件增加40%，针对疑似精神健康问题个案的干预次数也大幅上升。

他说：“这些趋势凸显了各级执法部门必须采取负责任且具有前瞻性的方法，利用新兴技术和现代威胁评估能力，在风险升级前加以识别和并降低风险。同时，这些努力必须与保护隐私、公民自由和信息安全的承诺保持平衡。”

Georgia and Alabama GOP runoffs and more primaries to watch today

June 16, 2026 / 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Voters are casting their ballots in three states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday, including a high-profile runoff race to take on Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff and GOP runoffs in the Georgia governor’s race and the Alabama Senate race.

Here are the major races to watch on Tuesday:

Georgia runoff in GOP Senate primary

Two Republicans are facing off in Tuesday’s Senate runoff in Georgia as they vie for the chance to take on Ossoff in November.

After no candidate secured 50% of the vote in last month’s primary, voters are returning to the polls to decide whether Rep. Mike Collins or former college football coach Derek Dooley will be the Republican nominee for Senate.

Collins, a second-term congressman and the owner of a trucking business, finished first in the initial round of the primaries last month with almost 41% of the vote. Dooley, an attorney who coached football at the University of Tennessee and is the son of legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, won around 30% of the vote last month. And a third candidate, Rep. Buddy Carter, was eliminated from the race, coming in behind Collins and Dooley.

The two remaining candidates represent differing visions of the GOP — and what it will take to defeat Ossoff. While Dooley is backed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Collins secured President Trump’s endorsement over the weekend. Collins has positioned himself as a staunch ally of the president, while Dooley has kept more of a distance, billing himself as a political outsider though he’s pledged to work with Mr. Trump to deliver for Georgians.

The runoff sets up a key contest, as Republicans aim to flip the seat in their effort to maintain control of the Senate. Ossoff, who was elected to the Senate in 2021 by a 1.2-point margin, is the sole Democrat facing reelection in a state that Mr. Trump won in 2024. And while the dynamic has made him a top target of the GOP, the prolonged Republican primary process has been a boon for the Democrat, who’s amassed a significant warchest as he looks to combat the inevitable Republican attacks.

Georgia governor’s race GOP runoff

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire healthcare executive Rick Jackson are facing off in a Tuesday runoff after neither failed to secure 50% of the vote on May 19. Jones, who has Mr. Trump’s backing, received the most votes on primary day, coming out more than 50,000 votes ahead of Jackson.

But first-place finish doesn’t necessarily mean a win in the runoff — in 2018, Gov. Brian Kemp received 25% of the vote in the primary and 69% in the runoff. There had been several other Republicans on the primary ballot in May, including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who received 15% of the vote, and state Attorney General Chris Carr, who received nearly 12%. Both their voters could be crucial to winning the runoff, and Jackson won Carr’s endorsement.

But neither candidate has made a play for Raffensperger, who is most well known for his public role opposing Mr. Trump’s effort to overturn the election results in Georgia, or his voters, which could alienate Mr. Trump’s supporters. Jones was one of Mr. Trump’s alternate electors in 2020 and he has touted his endorsement from Mr. Trump, while Jackson has vowed to be “Trump’s favorite governor.”

The primary had already been expensive before the runoff, and the battle between Jones and Jackson has turned into a slugfest.

The winner of Tuesday’s runoff will go on to face the Democratic nominee, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who secured the nomination outright in the primary.

Alabama runoff in GOP Senate primary

A pair of Republicans are vying for the GOP nomination in Tuesday’s runoff in Alabama as they look to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

With Tuberville leaving the Senate to seek the governor’s mansion, Republicans have faced off for the nomination — which will put the winner on a glidepath to the Senate in the ruby red state that Mr. Trump won by 30 points in 2024.

The president has thrown his support behind Rep. Barry Moore, who’s represented Alabama in the House since 2021. Moore secured nearly 40% of the vote in the primary against U.S. Navy Seal Jared Hudson, who won almost 26%. Another candidate, state Attorney General Steve Marshall, was eliminated.

The race represents another test of the president’s continued influence over the party. While Moore has run as a staunch supporter of Mr. Trump, and touts being among the first to endorse the president in 2015, Hudson, a political newcomer, has positioned himself as an outsider and fighter, while also stressing his commitment to the president’s America First agenda.

Oklahoma Senate race

One of Oklahoma’s Senate seats is open after Markwayne Mullin vacated it to become Homeland Security Secretary. Gov. Kevin Stitt tapped energy executive Alan Armstrong, who had never held elected office before, to temporarily replace Mullin, but Oklahoma law prevents Armstrong from running in November.

GOP Rep. Kevin Hern quickly secured Mr. Trump’s endorsement, and he faces four primary challengers on Tuesday. Hern has also gotten the backing of Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Sen. Tim Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

There are five Democrats vying to be on the ballot in November: Jim Priest, N’Kyla Jasmine Thomas, Troy Green, Ervin Stone Yen and R.O. “Joe” Cassity Jr.

Oklahoma is a solidly Republican state, with Mr. Trump capturing 66% of the vote in 2024, so whoever wins the Senate primary is favored to win in November.

D.C. delegate

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton has represented Washington, D.C., as the non-voting delegate since 1991, only the second person ever to hold the job. Now 89 years old, the onetime powerhouse had retreated from the public view as she had gotten older and faced questions about her fitness for office before she announced in January that this term would be her last.

There are five candidates running for the seat: Holmes’ former staffer Trent Holbrook, Councilmembers Brooke Pinto and Robert White, former Justice Department official Kinney Zalesne and Greg Jaczo, a a physicist and former chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Holmes Norton has not endorsed a successor.

Looming over both the race for delegate and the mayor’s race is Mr. Trump’s push for a federal takeover of Washington and the district’s push for statehood. Congress retains the authority to amend or block D.C. laws, and did so in 2023 when it nullified a crime bill that would have eliminated most mandatory minimum sentences. Mr. Trump also commands the D.C. National Guard — the only unit of all 54 states and territories which reports only to the president.

All of the candidates running are supporters of D.C. statehood, which passed the House six years ago but died in the Senate.

D.C. mayor

Washington, D.C., residents will be choosing their mayor using ranked choice for the first time after approving a ballot measure in 2024. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced last year that she would not be seeking a fourth term, and the winner of Tuesday’s primary is heavily favored to win in November given D.C.’s Democratic leaning.

There are two leading Democrats in the race: Councilmembers Kenyon McDuffie and Janeese Lewis George, the only member of the D.C. council who is also in the Democratic Socialists of America. Last week, Mr. Trump weighed in on the race, saying he “wouldn’t like it” if Lewis George won, since she is focusing on democratic socialist policies.

“And maybe we’d take back Washington and run it on the federal basis,” he added. “We won’t put up with it.”

下午察：SpaceX上市热潮下的中国舆论场

2026年6月16日 17:56 / 联合早报 察客

SpaceX上市引爆全球资本热潮，中国舆论场却冷眼审视，折射出中美航天竞争背后的战略博弈与模式之辩。

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美国太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）高管于当地时间6月12日，齐聚纽约纳斯达克交易所，庆祝公司正式挂牌上市。 （路透社）

全球首富马斯克麾下的太空探索公司SpaceX在上周如愿以偿，成功缔造人类资本史上规模最大的首次公开募股（IPO）。

当全球投资者正为这场资本狂欢沸腾时，位于太平洋彼岸的中国舆论场却呈现出一种截然不同的复杂心态。

SpaceX的资本狂欢

尽管马斯克为太空产业勾勒的宏大愿景尚未实现，但这套叙事已成功在资本市场兑现2.3万亿美元（2.96万亿新元），让SpaceX一举跻身全球第七大上市公司，仅次于英伟达、谷歌、苹果、微软、亚马逊和台积电。

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美建国250周年前夕 近四成民众不信国家长久维持统一

2026年6月16日 18:39 / 联合早报

美建国250周年前夕 近四成民众不信国家长久维持统一

美国总统特朗普6月14日生日当天，在白宫举行终极格斗冠军赛，赛事结束后，国家广场上空绽放烟花。 （法新社）

美国下个月将迎来独立250周年纪念日，但最新民调显示，美国社会对国家未来前景的信心正在减弱。近四成受访者认为，美国250年后将不再是一个统一国家；另有64%认为美国民主制度正面临失败风险。

路透社与益普索于6月12日至15日进行全国在线民调，共访问1537名美国成年人。结果显示，38%的受访者认为，美国250年后不会继续以统一国家形式存在；62%则相信国家能够延续下去。

在党派划分方面，持上述看法的民主党支持者占40%，共和党支持者占26%。

民调出炉之际，美国正准备迎接7月4日独立250周年纪念活动。

总统特朗普近来频频把自己置于庆祝活动中心，并称将成为华盛顿独立日庆典的主要焦点。当天活动也将兼具共和党政治造势性质，为11月国会中期选举铺路。

特朗普将执政定位为拯救美国免于遭民主党“摧毁”；民主党人则反指特朗普才是美国民主面临的最大威胁，并批评他利用联邦执法机构打击政治对手。

调查显示，约三分之二受访者认同“美国民主正面临失败风险”这一说法，其中包括85%的民主党支持者和50%的共和党支持者。

与去年8月的同类调查相比，担忧美国民主前景的比例已从57%升至64%，增幅主要来自共和党支持者。

调查也显示，美国人对国家地位的认同感正在下降。

仅30%的受访者认为美国是“世界上最伟大的国家”，低于2017年11月调查时的38%。其中，持这一看法的民主党支持者比例从26%降至11%；共和党支持者则维持在约六成。