World Dec 04 Solar system with 6 planets orbiting in-sync discovered in Milky Way Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving in sync with one another. Estimated to be billions of years old, the formation 100 light-years away may help unravel some mysteries of our solar system. Miles O’Brien reports…
World Nov 30 U.N. climate conference opens amid skepticism world will move away from fossil fuels The United Nations Climate Conference, COP28, began Thursday in the United Arab Emirates. Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are hoping to hammer out agreements to limit the pollution that’s warming the planet, and to agree on aid for the nations…
Nation Nov 23 ‘The World in a Wineglass’ explores state of wine production and future of industry Many Americans likely paired their Thanksgiving meals with a nice bottle of wine. That's something that shouldn't be taken for granted because climate change is threatening wine production across the globe. Geoff Bennett spoke with one wine expert about the…
Nation Nov 20 What led to the OpenAI leadership shakeup and what it means for the future of AI Microsoft announced that it hired Sam Altman, the co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, after he was unexpectedly fired from that company days earlier. Microsoft is a financial partner in OpenAI. Altman had kicked off a global race for artificial intelligence…
Politics Nov 17 Jonathan Karl explores Trump’s grasp on GOP in new book, ‘Tired of Winning’ With a year before Election Day, polls show former President Trump continues to lead the Republican field and could likely be the party’s nominee to challenge President Joe Biden. Jonathan Karl is ABC's chief Washington correspondent and the author of,…
Nation Nov 14 Jewish Americans share views on conflict as Israel-Hamas war continues Tuesday in Washington, tens of thousands of people marched near the Capitol in support of Israel as its war with Hamas enters a second month. But some Jewish Americans are torn over how the Israeli government is conducting the war…
Nation Oct 30 Biden signs order establishing standards to manage artificial intelligence risks President Biden signed the government’s first executive order to establish new standards and rules for the use of artificial intelligence. It’s a wide-ranging set of rules and recommendations to address concerns about national security, privacy, equity and the labor market.
Nation Oct 20 Michael Lewis on his controversial book documenting the rise and fall of Sam Bankman-Fried The man at the center of a major fraud trial in New York right now, Sam Bankman-Fried, is also the subject of a new book by the best-selling author Michael Lewis. Economics correspondent Paul Solman talked with him about “Going…
Nation Oct 06 Nobel laureate Maria Ressa on defending truth and the danger of A.I. in the wrong hands Veteran journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa has a dire warning about the defense of truth in the digital age. She says we risk losing the information war to adversarial artificial intelligence and to authoritarian governments who can…
Nation Oct 02 Child care centers face funding gap as pandemic-era grants expire Key funding for child care centers dating back to the pandemic ended on Saturday. More than 220,000 centers counted on those grants to help pay the bills and raise wages. With the loss of funding, one progressive think tank projects…