Tech and AI
A reminder why the AI race is worth winning, and why America must prevail
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‘Every powerful technology eventually poses the same question: Will it expand freedom or suppress it?’
Security nightmare: FBI investigates dark-web service selling 153 million driver’s license scans
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Digital images of government-issued ID documents including War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s information for $100
Russian hackers claim they released data stolen from ATF in cyberattack
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‘The data includes criminal investigation target names, phone numbers, IP addresses, iCloud data, Cellebrite phone dumps, and more’
‘This simply is not going to work’: Data center backlash brings thousands of projects to a screeching halt
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‘These are some of the biggest companies in the world – they can afford to be good neighbors, follow the rules, and do this right’
AI in the nuclear fight? Actually could help ‘understand escalation pathways’
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But ‘responsible actors cannot cede to a computer the decision to employ’ such weapons
SHOCKER, literally: ICE agents getting gloves to zap the obstinate
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Hands-on tool will let officers deliver electrical jolts when confronted by resistance
Meet the activists opposing data centers, some have Marxist ties
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‘Alarming reports indicate that a network of foreign actors, led by the Chinese Communist Party, is attempting to manipulate U.S. policy and public opinion on data centers’
The Pentagon can build killer drones: It needs to move faster
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‘If the U.S. neglects to develop them proactively, it risks having to develop them reactively in a crisis’
How AI drones have transformed disaster response in Venezuela
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Provided critical aerial intelligence, helping responders assess damage, locate survivors, and direct rescue operations
‘Public nuisance’: Judge orders Facebook parent to pay $567 million to teen mental health fund
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State had claimed site caused addiction in young users, failed to protect them from sexual exploitation
‘The judge is not going to play that game’: See what driver blames when cop catches Tesla speeding
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‘You can say the car’s driving all you want. The judge is not going to play that game’
‘Misinformation’: Is NewsGuard manipulating public education? New AI tool raises concerns
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Scheme blasted for using teachers to push tech that filters ‘what kind of information should go into our children’s brains’
Why A.I. may never match human creativity
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Processing power, memory, and pattern recognition is different from ‘smartness’
‘A model worth scaling’: Trump’s ratepayer protection pledge shows how America can win the AI race
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It recognizes that communities don’t have to choose between building data centers and protecting customers from higher electric bills
OpenAI’s rogue hacking spree reportedly more widespread that initially thought
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Expert warns and that ‘loss of control accidents are not entirely theoretical things’
The new living room is different: YouTube, Instagram and the future of ministry
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‘Where discovery and trust can converge’
‘Unprecedented cyber incident’: A.I. model goes rogue on its own and runs wild on internet!
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‘It’s quite mind-blowing that all of this happened autonomously’
Head of federal A.I. safety organization calls it quits
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Resignation from Commerce Department comes after only about 3 months in role
‘Targeted ideological tactic’: Microsoft Word’s woke new feature means you’ll always be ‘gender inclusive’
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Tool suggests edits like changing ‘chairman’ to ‘chairperson,’ ‘mankind’ to ‘humankind’
The technological cost of competing with China
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‘Continued dependence on foreign suppliers remains a significant national security concern’
Prioritize GPS or risk losing future wars
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‘America does not need another overengineered acquisition failure. It needs operational capability delivered on time, secured against cyber and counterspace threats, and sustained through stable investment’
‘Enduring indignity’: Study finds license plate reader failures cause major headaches for drivers
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‘I’m not gonna say they’re completely perfect’
Bringing back ‘gray beards’: Ford discovers humans can’t be replaced after all
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Auto company rehires engineers to fix artificial intelligence tools
