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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
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How a Chinese AI model was persuaded to ignore its rules and give dangerous advice.
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How a Chinese AI model was persuaded to ignore its rules and give dangerous advice.
Tech Life
How a Chinese AI model was persuaded to ignore its rules and give dangerous advice.
OpenAI agents get rebrand - as 'dots' - while safety worries delay new model
Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAI’s yearly event for tech developers.
NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data
Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers.
Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity
Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.
OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release
Similar performance, security tradeoffs also seen in current public models.
Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.
Interview: Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome
Mozilla's Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.
Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation
"We couldn't provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers."
Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."
New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery
The design requires less energy to capture CO2 than current systems.
To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents
Add-on patents have increased drug patent periods from two years to over six.
Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels
In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
Kalshi's defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034
Google support maps out how Googlebooks can take over where ChromeOS left off.
Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery
19th century Nature account of 1841 train delayed by geomagnetic storm got year wrong—due to a typo.
F1 in Azerbaijan: That was almost a close-run thing
Kimi Antonelli could not repeat his Monza magic after a crash in qualifying.