53+ min ago   (778+ words) Amodei is one of the leading voices in AI, and he offered a plan in a post on his website to increase checks on the industry. He said Anthropic is already undertaking one part of it on its own, while…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (892+ words) Anthropic said Thursday it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons. As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (267+ words) Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 0.2% from July to August, the same as the previous month. Compared with a year ago, core prices rose 4.6%, up from 4.2% in July. Other items that jumped in price include airfares,…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (690+ words) The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.4%. In Germany, the DAX fell 0.2% to 25,535.88. The CAC 40 in Paris edged 0.2% higher, while Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.2% to 10,651.40. The price of Brent crude jumped…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (669+ words) President Donald Trump has pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections. The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (242+ words) FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank raised interest rates Thursday to cool inflation that is being fed by high oil prices from the Iran war. The decision was supported by a stronger-than-expected economy that suggests businesses can weather the higher borrowing…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (408+ words) BEIJING – China and the U.S. hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon, a Chinese government spokesperson said Thursday, fueling expectations that an announcement could come when the leaders of the two countries meet in two weeks. Negotiators…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (610+ words) President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (715+ words) LOS ANGELES – After her parents went missing under the rubble of their Venezuela apartment building, Kelly Granado Montano spent her days here “lost, worried, on the phone,” her body in one country, her mind in another. “The desperation, the pain,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (112+ words) The conference will open with leadership expert Pegine, who will explore strategic leadership in the midst of chaos and communicating with command presence. Carolyn Hayden-Garner, global executive at Tesla, will close the conference with a session examining the systems that…...