16+ min ago   (139+ words) “Well I’ll say this, we’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI, wins. We can put guardrails in, we can do this…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (451+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson referred to President Donald Trump’s $5,000 giveaway pledge as “brainstorming” for the American people when questioned by NBC News’s Kristen Welker on Sunday. Trump made the pledge at last week’s GOP midterm convention in Texas, saying his…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (173+ words) GOP economic advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin told Fox News on Saturday that President Donald Trump’s pledge to give $5,000 to every American adult would be “disastrous” for the U.S. economy. Trump made the pledge at the GOP midterm convention in Texas…...

3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (128+ words) “President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to dismiss calls from top artificial intelligence leaders to slow down development of AI models, saying that the United States needed to maintain its competitive edge over China,” the Washington Post reports. Said Trump:…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (135+ words) “The mismatch is striking. On one side, warnings of existential risk, maybe a 10 percent chance of the end of civilization. On the other, government paralysis,” the New York Times reports. “The drumbeat about unpredictable, out-of-control artificial intelligence agents increased dramatically…...

15+ hour, 32+ min ago   (185+ words) “Republicans are moving to shore up Ken Paxton’s faltering Senate bid, as party donors’ and leaders’ concerns mount and they privately call for the Texas attorney general to step up fundraising and campaign appearances,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “A…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago   (307+ words) Dario Amodei, who was the first to call for restraint on Saturday, warned that recent advances have begun to outpace the industry's ability to fully understand and control the technology. Posted by lamplighter at 10:31 PM | 3 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This…...

17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (151+ words) ISTANBUL, Sept 13 — Accounts of more than a dozen Turkish LGBTQ organisations have been blocked on the X social media platform at the request of authorities advocating traditional family values, a watchdog said on Saturday. Among the blocked accounts are that…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago   (325+ words) Bill Maher was an equal opportunity offender on Friday’s Real Time where he slammed Democrats plenty, but also delivered a blunt message to his right-wing admirers still loyal to MAGA. During a discussion about the midterm elections, Maher argued Democrats…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (495+ words) Screenshot via Anthropic YouTube Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is warning “we must slow down the pace” of AI, just days after an Anthropic researcher quit and predicted the tech could “kill us all” within a decade. Amodei argued in favor…...