Sep 29 Watch 6:37 Self-regulation 'not enough' for AI safety, Gary Marcus says By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Genesis Magpayo Top tech executives met with President Trump on Tuesday to discuss the future of artificial intelligence amid growing concerns over AI models losing control. Researchers and lawmakers are calling for stronger safeguards, but Trump said the technology is transforming the… Continue watching
Sep 29 WATCH: Trump announces accord signed by top AI companies to 'self-police' development By Christopher Rugaber, Will Weissert, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Many of the executives gathered in Washington have called for a slowdown in the development of the technology after several hgh-profile incidents where AI agents have gone rogue. Continue reading
Sep 26 China and U.S. agree to establish AI safety channel and continue trade and military talks By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press The summit produced no major breakthroughs, but analysts said the steps toward greater cooperation were important because they established working groups that could help prevent disputes from escalating. Continue reading
Sep 25 Pope opens France trip with warning that a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity By Nicole Winfield, Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Associated Press Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, a nuclear arms… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 5:09 AI, trade, Iran and Taiwan top agenda at Trump-Xi summit By Nick Schifrin, Daniel Okay President Trump hosted Xi Jinping at the White House on the Chinese leader's first trip to Washington in more than 10 years. The pair held two meetings, and while the status of the press pool was still in doubt, they… Continue watching
Sep 24 Energy Department will spend nearly $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from the nation's aging power grid By Matthew Daly, Marc Levy, Associated Press The money will go toward 31 projects across 26 states that are expected to produce more than 23 gigawatts of additional electricity capacity — enough to power 16 million homes. Continue reading
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