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The leading Democrat on the House's China Select Committee is calling on the U.S.'s leading AI labs for information on Beijing's alleged efforts to steal model weights from their firms. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Select Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, reques...
British authorities on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man with dual United Kingdom and Iranian nationality in connection to the alleged thwarted terrorist attack earlier this week on a U.S.-operated air base owned by the U.K. The man was arrested in the Borough of Westminster, London, “on suspicion...
President Trump is in Denton, Texas, to tour the Peterbilt Motors factory on Thursday afternoon, set to deliver remarks about manufacturing and his economic agenda. He will then attend a rally in Durant, Okla., to urge voters to cast their ballots for Republicans. It's the first of three red-state c...
British police said a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national was arrested Thursday. British officials have said they believe Iran played a part in planning the incident at R.A.F. Fairford.
Nick Bostrom is no longer worried about the apocalypse. Now he’s worried about utopia.
The winner of a cybersecurity contest prevailed by relying on an ‘open weight’ Chinese model — another sign that available A.I. systems could already be too powerful to easily regulate.
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy
The communications were revealed as part of a lawsuit challenging the rent freeze on rent-stabilized units in New York City, which went into effect on Thursday.
David Ellison is negotiating to keep CNN’s chief executive, Mark Thompson, in place without oversight from Bari Weiss, the CBS editor in chief, when the networks’ parent companies merge.
Some City Council members are losing an informal veto power over new projects in their districts after voters approved a measure aimed at eliminating roadblocks to development.