Anthropic’s Latest Threat Report Reveals How AI Is Being Tested for Bioweapons, Cyberattacks and Espionage
Anthropic says it has disrupted a series of attempts to use its Claude artificial-intelligence models for potentially dangerous activities, including biological research that could contribute to weapons development, sophisticated cyberattacks, surveillance and political influence operations. The findings provide one of the clearest real-world examples yet of a concern AI researchers have warned about for years: […]
Georgia’s Voting System Faces New Scrutiny as AI Makes Secret Ballots Easier to Trace
Georgia is facing renewed concerns about the privacy of its elections after security researchers demonstrated that a known weakness in the state’s voting technology could potentially allow individual voters to be matched with their ballots—with artificial intelligence making the process substantially easier. The vulnerability does not allow anyone to change votes and does not call […]
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Plan to Cut FEMA Workforce in Half
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration acted unlawfully in developing a plan to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce by roughly half, delivering a significant victory to federal employee unions challenging efforts to dramatically reshape the government’s disaster-response system. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California concluded […]
Ancient Mastodon Tooth Discovered in California Creek Offers a Remarkable Window Into the Ice Age
A routine habitat restoration project in California has produced an extraordinary glimpse into North America’s prehistoric past after a scientist discovered an exceptionally well-preserved fossilized tooth belonging to a Pacific mastodon. The discovery was made by geomorphologist Brigid Lynch while she was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous section of the San Francisco […]
America’s Empty Offices Are Becoming Homes as Developers Turn a Post-Pandemic Problem Into Opportunity
The post-pandemic collapse in demand for traditional office space is creating an unexpected opportunity in some of America’s largest cities: turning underused commercial buildings into places where people actually live. Remote and hybrid work fundamentally altered the economics of downtown office districts. Millions of employees who once commuted five days a week now spend significantly […]
Amazon’s Record Growth Collides With a Troubling Reality: Thousands of Workers Still Depend on Food Assistance
Amazon has become one of the most financially powerful corporations in American history, but new government data is drawing attention to a striking contradiction: thousands of its employees still rely on public assistance to afford food and healthcare. A recent Government Accountability Office analysis found that across 11 states examined, 12,346 Amazon employees received benefits […]
How hot can the US-Canada trade war get?
The US-Canada trade war has escalated rapidly, rupturing what was once one of the world’s closest economic partnerships. But the conflict is a mismatch, with the $31 trillion US economy roughly 13 times larger than Canada’s, raising questions about the limits of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s defiance. Experts say if Carney sticks with targeted retaliation, […]
More Than 1,000 Forgotten Children Found in Graves Linked to America’s Early Youth Prisons
A sweeping new investigation has uncovered more than 1,000 graves belonging to children who died while in state custody, revealing a largely forgotten chapter in the history of America’s juvenile justice system. Researchers with Georgetown University’s Forgotten Children Initiative have identified at least 40 burial sites connected to former youth prisons and reform institutions across […]
Katie Miller’s Attacks on Leading AI Companies Draw Scrutiny Over Her Financial Stake in Rival xAI
Conservative podcaster and former government adviser Katie Miller is facing scrutiny over her extensive criticism of major artificial-intelligence companies after financial disclosures revealed that she owns a substantial stake in Elon Musk’s xAI, one of their most important competitors. According to data, Miller spent roughly nine months repeatedly criticizing ChatGPT, OpenAI, Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s […]
NIL Millions Are Turning College Football Stars Into Luxury Homeowners Before They Turn Pro
College athletes once typically spent their university years in dormitories, shared apartments or inexpensive housing near campus. Today, the explosion of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) compensation is creating a radically different reality for some of college football’s biggest stars: they are earning enough money to purchase expensive homes before ever becoming professional athletes. The […]
