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AI safety researcher quits Anthropic, warning 'world is in peril'
A pair of researchers resigned from Anthropic and OpenAI this week, with one warning that the “world is in per...
DOJ antitrust head steps down
Gail Slater, the head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust division, announced Thursday that she is...
Anthropic says it will cover electricity price hikes caused by its data centers
Anthropic said Wednesday that it will cover increases in consumer electricity prices that result from its data...
Two xAI cofounders announce departures in quick succession
Two co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI resigned with little explanation, leaving the AI company with half of its o...
OpenAI opening ChatGPT access to Pentagon
OpenAI announced Monday it is bringing a custom version of ChatGPT to the Pentagon’s AI platform. It joins oth...
Russia, Iran blast Musk's Starlink during UN space meeting
Officials from Russia and Iran blasted Elon Musk’s Starlink at a Monday United Nations meeting held by the Com...
GOP senators grill telecom giants over phone record subpoenas
Republican senators grilled top executives from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon on Tuesday for handing over the pho...
Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for ha...
Landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek...
Musk offers to pay legal fees for any Epstein victim sued for speaking 'the truth'
Elon Musk on Sunday offered to pay the legal fees of any Epstein survivor sued for speaking the “truth” in reg...
Musk jumps back into political fray with big midterm donations
Billionaire Elon Musk is back in the political fray, giving Republicans a boost in the run-up to the 2026 midt...
Senate Democrats ask Pentagon to review SpaceX amid Chinese investor allegations
Two Senate Democrats are requesting the Pentagon to review SpaceX amid reports that Elon Musk’s aerospace comp...
Khanna launches investigation into Trump family dealings with 'spy sheikh'
Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on China, has launched an investigatio...
TikTok accused of 'addictive design' in Europe
The European Union (EU) on Friday accused TikTok of violating the bloc’s tech laws with its “addictive design”...
Dow closes above 50K for the first time in history
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 50,000 points for the first time in the 140-year history of the...
GOP launches new TikTok account
The Republican Party launched a new TikTok account Friday, a day after former vice president and 2024 presiden...
Comer: Bill Gates subpoena ‘highly likely’ if he refuses cooperation in Epstein probe
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said it is a “pretty good bet” that...
Senators introduce bill targeting social media scam ads
Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) unveiled legislation Wednesday that would require onl...