Sep 04 Regulators turn to math to determine when AI is powerful enough to be dangerous By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press How do you know if an artificial intelligence system is so powerful that it poses a security danger and shouldn’t be unleashed without careful oversight? For regulators, it’s mostly about the arithmetic. Continue reading
Sep 04 Sybil Morial, civil rights activist and wife of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, dies at 91 Civil rights activist Sybil Haydel Morial has died at age 91. Continue reading
Sep 04 4 killed and 9 others wounded in shooting at Georgia high school By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said two school resource officers encountered the shooter within minutes after a report of shots fired went out. The suspect, a student at the school, immediately surrendered and was taken into custody. Continue reading
Sep 04 TikTok creator Jools files ‘very demure, very mindful’ trademark application By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press Lebron filed to trademark “very demure very mindful” for various entertainment and advertising services, including the promotion of beauty products, last week with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch 12:48 Ketanji Brown Jackson reflects on her groundbreaking path to Supreme Court in new memoir By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is out with a new memoir chronicling her family’s rise from segregation to her confirmation as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court, all in a single generation. Geoff Bennett sat down… Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch 3:30 D.C. youth volunteer to preserve long-neglected and historic Black cemeteries By Marie Cusick, Ashley Porter and Claire Baek, Trinity Smith, Stella St. Clair, Cody Finnegan, PBS Student Reporting Labs Fellow Last year, Congress passed a measure to find and protect historic Black cemeteries nationwide. But the money to do the work hasn't been allocated. Some aren't waiting for lawmakers to act. Earlier this summer, dozens of people came together to… Continue watching
Sep 03 Endless summer? Phoenix swelters in 100-plus degree temps for 100 straight days By David Brandt, Associated Press It doesn't look like a break is coming any time soon. Continue reading
Sep 03 Ex-aide to 2 New York governors accused of working as agent of Chinese government By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press Federal prosecutors say a former deputy chief of staff to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has been charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government. Continue reading
Sep 03 Colorado supermarket massacre trial expected to focus on shooter’s mental state By Colleen Slevin, Associated Press The man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is going on trial this week. Continue reading
Sep 03 Fed celebrates end of inflation surge, but many Americans don’t feel like cheering By Chris Rugaber, Associated Press Most Americans are not in the same celebratory mood about the plummeting of inflation in the face of the high borrowing rates the Fed engineered. Continue reading