Sep 24 Trump praises U.S.-China ties, talks up White House ballroom during state dinner for Xi By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sat where and what was on the menu marked the softer — often and glitzier — details of diplomacy as Donald Trump threw a Thursday night state dinner… Continue reading
Sep 23 Voters don't like data centers. They really don't like them close to home By Matt Loffman Fifty-eight percent of U.S. voters say the construction of new data centers by tech will mostly have a negative effect on the country. And 65% of voters oppose construction in their communities. Continue reading
Sep 21 As China and U.S. compete for AI dominance, both have shared concerns over safety By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to meet this week to discuss artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Sep 19 Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown By Kaitlyn Huamani, Associated Press The lawsuit argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts, and that doing so would reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 10:12 As AI behavior raises concerns, ex-researcher Jacob Coxon warns what may lie ahead By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris OpenAI announced it had discovered six new instances of “concerning or unexpected” behavior by its artificial intelligence models. It follows repeated warnings about how rapid advances in AI threaten to outpace the ability to develop the tech safely. One of… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 9:07 Sen. Mark Warner says U.S. can strengthen AI safety without losing race to China By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris The warnings about artificial intelligence are growing more urgent, and increasingly, they’re coming from inside the industry. AI researchers have resigned over safety concerns, while some of the field’s prominent leaders are calling for stronger government oversight. But Congress has… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 8:34 Trump pushes back as AI leaders fuel calls to rein in rapidly advancing technology By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Amalia Huot-Marchand President Trump rejected calls for greater oversight of artificial intelligence despite the dire warnings of some in the industry. The president's pushback comes after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay arguing for a slowdown across leading AI companies, warning… Continue watching
Sep 13 Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China By Darlene Superville, Didi Tang, Associated Press While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify. Continue reading
Sep 12 Anthropic CEO says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up By Stan Choe, Associated Press “I believe that if slowing down bought us even an extra year or two before models reach critical levels of capability, and we used that time to advance alignment, we could greatly reduce the risk that something goes seriously wrong,”… Continue reading
Sep 11 Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. Continue reading