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View: How the AI apocalypse story escaped containment
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (557+ words) The “AI is going to kill us all” news cycle continued into the weekend, as OpenAI’s Sam Altman and XAI’s Elon Musk joined Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to invite independent reviewers into AI labs to ensure the world’s smartest…...
Republicans’ midterm promise is more populism, and more cash
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (471+ words) DALLAS – Republicans arrived at their first midterm convention ready to sell their wins for “working class” Americans, including hundreds of billions of dollars for tax cuts, refunds, and savings accounts.They left it ready to spend another trillion dollars in…...
NATO allies foil Russian operation to cut undersea cables
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (153+ words) A joint operation between the US, UK, and Norway thwarted a Russian operation to sabotage undersea cables with a “secret weapon” near the Arctic’s Svalbard archipelago. A joint operation between the US, UK, and Norway foiled a Russian operation to…...
Experts warn of new terrorism threats from AI, drones
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (144+ words) 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Western societies face resurgent terrorism threats from drones and AI. The global jihadi movement is fractured 25 years after the Sept 11 attacks and lacks the capacity to launch similarly sophisticated operations, analysts said, but societies face…...
AI loses a Dallas debate
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (332+ words) A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration. “You look at the data center, this incubator for algorithmic immigrants,” he said. “They’ve already broken…...
Top AI pioneers reaffirm Anthropic researcher’s human extinction warning
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (155+ words) Author Paul Christiano said he now sees “meaningful risk” of “catastrophic and irreversible loss of control in the very near term.” Top AI pioneers backed an Anthropic researcherâs warning of potential human extinction Paul Christiano â author of an…...
Trump pledges $5,000 voter payout if Republicans win the midterms
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (71+ words) Trump’s unpopularity has weighed heavily on his party’s chances of retaining a majority. Trump pledges $5,000 voter payout if Republicans win the midterms Beyond broad rejection of the war in the Middle East, voters have soured on the Trump administration over…...
Exclusive: Bipartisan AI safety bill gains momentum on the Hill
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (285+ words) An AI safety bill may be introduced by senators from both parties as early as next week. The ScoopCongress isnât back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a…...
Sitting RNC member breaks with Trump on data centers
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (314+ words) An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure with growing voter opposition — and it’s being spearheaded by a…...
Anthropic skirts UK safety review amid rising AI transparency concerns
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (137+ words) Anthropic declined to submit its latest model for testing to a top British AI safety institute. Anthropic declined to submit its latest model for testing to a top British AI safety institute, sparking fears in the UK that reviews of…...