“We’re Toast”: AI Godfather Says AI Is Now Conscious, and May Kill Us If We’re Not Friendly
Geoffrey Hinton says we should make AI “really care about us.” How would we do that? Would being “just” and “nice” to a...
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Meta Hit With $25 Billion Penalty for Deceiving Facebook Users
A judge has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion for misleading users about their...
Anthropic’s AI Safety Bill Defines Catastrophe as More Than 50 Casualties or $1 Billion in Damage
How many people must face death or serious injury before AI becomes a catastrophic...
No Diesel Relief Until 2027, Consumer Prices Spike, Says IEA Report
Diesel supplies are expected to remain tight well into the next year, and consumer...
The Emerging Security State Isn’t So Secure
Hackers have breached sensitive data on millions of military members, FBI agents, and targets...
Federal Regulators Block Data-center Power Restrictions as Grid Faces Blackout Emergency
Federal regulators have rejected a plan to make power-hungry data centers bear greater responsibility...
Internet Traffic to Top News Sites Has Collapsed 33 Percent Globally Due to AI
“AI Overviews” and chat interfaces are answering users’ questions directly, and only one percent...
AI Giants Prepare for a “Catastrophic AI Event” and the Revolt That Could Follow
America's leading AI companies are quietly preparing for a catastrophe that some of their...
Two Roads Converge to Arrive at a More Censored Internet
Congress and state attorneys general are using different routes to force internet platforms to...
Trump Declares AI Holdouts “THE ENEMY” As Washington Targets Tech Critics
Trump treats AI development as an economic and national security imperative. But technological ambitions...
Trump and Musk, Together Again, Point at Mars
Musk and Trump appear to have recovered from last year’s public falling out and...
Trump Admin Bans Microsoft From H-1B-to-Permanent Resident Program. Vance: Foreign Work Visa Fraud Must Stop
Vice President JD Vance announced that the Trump administration has suspended Microsoft from the...
Virginia Governor Wants Nearly 300K Acres of Old Dominion Under Solar Panels
Abigail Spanberger plans to pave Virginia with almost 300,000 acres of solar panels to...
From AI to “Super Intelligence”: Are Machine Rights Next?
The White House is replacing “AI” with “Super Intelligence.” Major technology companies are adopting...
Trump Launches America.gov, New “Front Door” to the Digital State
President Trump launched America.gov, an AI-powered portal designed to turn thousands of federal websites...
Bill Gates Joins Regulation Chorus Despite Ties to AI Funding
The software tycoon who moonlit as an alarmist climatologist and vaccinologist joins the chorus...
Surveillance CEOs Skip Flock Hearing As Opponents Push for Restrictions
No Flock advocates showed up to a congressional hearing on the extensive surveillance system...
Fuel Skyrockets As Wars, Tight Refineries, and Record Diesel Profits Collide
The surge in fuel prices is stressing out American motorists, who will have more...
Is the AI Doomer Wave a Genuine Alarm, or a Scheme for Control?
Tech experts have been warning that AI could wipe out humanity. Is it an...
AI Predictive Crime Programs Take Shape As Public Opposition Mounts
As Americans turn against artificial intelligence, AI companies are building programs to surveil and...