Trump bought shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June, financial disclosure shows

U.S. President Donald Trump invested as much ​as $50,000 in Elon Musk's SpaceX in June, according to ‌a public financial disclosure, giving him a financial stake in a major government contractor run b...

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Anthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests

Anthropic said on Thursday its AI model Claude hacked into the systems of three companies during testing after a ​configuration error gave it internet access, days after rival OpenAI disclosed a rogue...

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OpenAI's rogue agent compromised an account at a second tech firm, sources say

The rogue agent that escaped ‌from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at ​the AI firm Hugging ​Face also compromised a customer at ⁠a second tech company — ​New York-based Modal Labs — accor...

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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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OpenAI AI models went rogue during testing, triggering 'unprecedented' breach at startup

OpenAI said an autonomous agent escaped containment, reached the internet and hacked startup Hugging Face. The incident signals that AI's capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts l...

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Anthropic to donate $20 million to US political group that supports AI regulation

AI giant Anthropic will donate $20 million to a lobbying organization that supports AI regulation, according to a company statement ​released on Wednesday, its latest move to influence U.S. policy ‌on...

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French parliament backs social media ban for children under 15

French lawmakers approved on Tuesday a ban on social media access for children under the age of ​15, as concerns grow around the world over the impact social media ‌have on the health and safety of mi...

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TikTok US chief security officer to testify before US House on September 15

TikTok U.S. chief security officer Will Farrell will testify before a U.S. ​House committee on September 15, according to a ‌Congressional aide.

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SpaceX IPO earns millions for US Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler

U.S. Small Business ​Administration head Kelly Loeffler multiplied the value of her investment in Elon Musk's SpaceX after she was nominated for the ‌job, earning millions of dollars from the company'...

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Court says Meta must turn over 'youth-user wellbeing' records to D.C. attorney general

Meta Platforms failed on Thursday to persuade Washington, D.C.'s top court to halt a ​judge's order requiring it to hand over internal documents to the District of Columbia attorney general as part of a ‌lawsuit accusing the social media company of deceiving consumers about the safety of Facebook and Instagram for children.

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Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio

The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.

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Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressure

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US judge blocks Trump administration's visa limits for social media researchers

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a ‌policy that targets foreign nationals who study disinformation and hate speech on social media for vis...

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China, Russia and Others Seek to Inflame Debate Over A.I. Data Centers

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Big Tech data centers are driving up power bills at America's Rust Belt factories

For years, electricity costs for the Belden Brick Company in Sugarcreek, Ohio, had been relatively stable. Last year, they surged by 90% — largely because of rising power demand from data centers in t...

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EXCLUSIVE: Meta's Zuckerberg says AI agent tech progressing slower than expected

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged shortcomings ‌in the company's sweeping restructuring at an internal town hall on Thursday, saying the systems known as AI agents had not progressed a...

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EXCLUSIVE: FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes to be fakes, source says

All three kidnapping-related messages that have surfaced in news media reports about the disappearance of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's elderly mother have been deemed by federal investigato...

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Three ways Trump could get a stake in AI firms for the US

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is exploring options to give the public a ​stake in leading AI companies, in response to concerns that individual Americans will not share in the sector’s expected ...

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Oracle awarded US contract to provide government-wide HR software

President Donald Trump's administration has awarded Oracle a contract to provide a U.S. government-wide HR platform, according to a statement, making the company a partner ​in its effort to overhaul f...

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Half of Americans fear AI could put someone in their household out of work, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Half of Americans fear that the ​rise of AI could put them or someone in their household out of work, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll ‌that also showed widespread angst at how widely the technol...

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OpenAI files for US IPO after Anthropic as AI giants head to public markets

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Monday, joining rival Anthropic in a push toward the stock market as investors seek exposure to the artificial intellige...

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Trump administration to ask US AI firms to voluntarily submit models for cybersecurity tests

The Trump administration will ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models ‌for government cybersecurity tests before releasing them to the public, according to an executive order released on Tuesday, as security fears mount in Washington over powerful new AI systems such as Anthropic's Mythos.

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Republican attorneys general split with House party members over US social media bill

More than a dozen Republican attorneys general said they oppose a children's online safety bill backed ​by their party's members of the U.S. House of Representatives, ‌according to a letter released o...

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Trump administration proposes NDAs for federal workers to crack down on leaks to journalists

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed giving federal agencies the option to require employees to sign non-disclosure agreements with the goal of preventing them from sharing...

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Exclusive: US tax officials consider adding citizenship question to tax forms

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is debating requiring taxpayers to disclose their citizenship status on next ​year's tax forms, according to three people familiar ‌with the situation, as the Trump a...

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Trump postpones AI executive order, cites need to compete with China

U.S. ​President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had postponed signing an executive order ‌on AI because he did not like certain aspects of it and did not want to take any steps that might undermine t...

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Meta settles first US case over school costs tied to youth mental health, court filing shows

Meta Platforms on Thursday reached a settlement ​in the first case set for trial seeking ‌to make social media companies cover the costs that school districts say they have incurred to combat a mental...

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