Central to the dire warnings about artificial intelligence’s potential danger to humanity is the risk that a “swarm” of AI agents could collaborate in nefarious ways, like hordes of digital extras from The Matrix. Such fears have intensified following an attack by OpenAI bots this summer on another AI developer, Hugging Face, in which roughly…
South African police said Monday they had arrested three people over the killing of one of nine women found dead in a neighborhood east of Johannesburg in a series of murders that have alarmed the nation. The discovery of the nine bodies in Kempton Park over two months has fueled fear and anger, as authorities…
Calls for a slowdown in artificial intelligence development sparked a global sell-off in technology stocks on Monday, as investors fretted over the sustainability of spending in a sector that has driven financial markets to record highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index slumped roughly 1% in early trading, with the broader S&P 500 falling 0.6%. The blue-chip…
More than 75 million Americans rely on Social Security checks each month to help them get by. But sometimes recipients get a financially painful surprise: a notice from the Social Security Administration that their retirement or disability benefits were overpaid — often by thousands of dollars — and that they need to repay the money….
Seoul — North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said Thursday, hours after President Trump said he would meet again with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un later this year. The latest launches by the nuclear-armed North came after Mr. Trump ordered a reduction in the ongoing joint South Korea-U.S. Ulchi Freedom Shield military…
23m ago Ship hit by “unknown projectile” on Strait of Hormuz A ship on its way out of the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an “unknown projectile” on Tuesday, according to a British maritime agency, resulting in one casualty and damage to an engine room. “The impact caused damage to the engine room…
Nardiz Cooke was alarmed when she felt a lump in her right breast in late 2018. Her OB-GYN wasn’t: Cooke was 38 and had no family history of cancer. Cooke’s doctor diagnosed her with fibrosis, a common condition that causes tissue to feel lumpy. Cooke was reassured, but almost two years later, new symptoms…
Two drones were spotted flying over a German military base earlier this week, just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found at a cargo airport, the German Armed Forces said on Saturday. Security surveillance at the Bundeswehr base in Mechernich reported seeing two drones around 10 p.m. on Thursday, according to a statement…
