Cornell fraternity Snapchat messages could be key in Jane Doe rape case

Industry experts on Wednesday will face questioning from members of a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee panel about the national security risks posed by rogue AI. The hearing will focus on how autonomous AI agents — including OpenAI's model that unsuccessfully attempted to breach federal agency websites — could be used to launch...

The letter detailing President Trump’s pact with key AI leaders posted Tuesday following his meeting with technology leaders contains a typo, misspelling his title as “President of the Unites States." The letter, which Trump posted on Truth Social, outlined the voluntary agreement to implement certain guardrails following several high-profile cybersecurity incidents where AI chatbots escaped...

Alleged messages between Cornell University students accused of rape could become crucial pieces of evidence.

Political commentator Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday called for a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to artificial intelligence, arguing that the AI industry’s ability to police itself would not go far enough to address the technology’s potential dangers. “I think you’re going to have a new police agency, federal, that all they do is look...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is becoming one of President Trump’s fiercest allies on AI at a critical juncture for the industry. In the face of mounting concerns over the future of AI, Huang is one of the few tech executives standing fully behind the president’s push to continue full steam ahead on AI, while others...

There’s snake-oil being sold to us and much of the world is falling for it.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introduced a “remarkably capable, always-on” artificial intelligence agent at an appearance Tuesday, a day after the company halted the rollout of a more advanced model over safety concerns. At the company’s annual developer conference, Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including OpenAI's new agents, called Dots. The agents,...

President Trump and Republicans are seeking to reclaim control of the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence as Democrats use the issue to go on offense ahead of the midterms. Numerous tech leaders joined Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at a Tuesday luncheon on “super intelligence” — the president’s new term for AI — where they...

President Trump launched America.gov on Tuesday, a website that uses artificial intelligence to help Americans find information across government websites with a single search. Trump said the website has been in the works since the early days of his second term and that it’s still a work in progress. The website's unveiling took place at...

Key AI industry leaders signed onto a pledge Tuesday to self-police development, President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced following a meeting at the White House. The agreement, called "The White House Accord on Superintelligence Joint Commitment on Frontier SI Responsibilities,” lays out a series of voluntary commitments for AI developers, Johnson explained. Trump...

Sen. Jon Husted’s (R-Ohio) Ratepayer Protection Act aims to mitigate high electricity costs associated with data centers, but even if it passes, it’s not clear if the bill would have any impact. The legislation, which easily cleared the House 417-3, requires states and some electric utilities to consider a standard under which data centers would...