President Trump says he has offered the open White House press secretary role to UFC CEO Dana White. The president said Saturday in a Truth Social post, “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States.” “I…
Google on Thursday unveiled a new AI agent tailored for workplace tasks, positioning it to compete with other technology giants racing to offer their own virtual office assistants. Called Gemini, the AI is a “universal agent” that can write and run code, create images and media and integrate with Google products like Gmail, Docs, Drive…
Washington — The Food and Drug Administration says its ongoing safety review of the nation’s main abortion pill will continue into next year, a timeline that was quickly condemned by abortion rights opponents hoping to see the drug’s use curtailed. The FDA gave a court-ordered update on its progress in a legal filing late Wednesday,…
Walking across the gritty New Jersey ball field for the first time since he played here as a boy, Samuel Alito couldn’t help but stop to analyze the playing surface. The pebbles were bigger back then, he said, the field more uneven. These sounded like minor details for anyone to notice, but Alito saw something…
OpenAI unveiled a personal AI agent at its annual developer conference on Tuesday, joining a growing number of companies promising to make consumers’ lives easier with virtual assistants. The company’s new AI agents, called “dots,” will help perform workplace and other tasks such as scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, budgeting, debugging computer systems and writing…
Technology companies are bringing a slew of artificial intelligence-powered gadgets to market — never mind the apocalyptic risks. The advent of generative AI, ushered in by the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, is now spawning a range of “intelligent” consumer products, from bag charms and smart speakers to digital work badges, that companies say will…
Shoppers have seen the future, and many of them have decided it looks like Muse. Meta’s new personal artificial intelligence agent now sits atop Apple’s App Store, ahead of No. 2 ChatGPT, as more consumers put their faith in AI to save them time and money — existential AI fears be damned. Neil Saunders, managing…
Kyiv — Ukraine’s most important weapons manufacturer wears mismatched earrings and a black knit dress. “The good thing about being the boss is that you get to set the dress code,” Iryna Terekh, the 34-year-old CEO of Fire Point, one of Ukraine’s largest drone makers, told CBS News, grinning as she took a seat next to…
Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday said the top federal prosecutor in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully serving in his role when he subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of two investigations into her last year. A Justice Department spokesperson quickly said the Trump administration intends to…
There is no way to verify full disclosure of tools. The Higher Education Commission has taken two big steps on artificial intelligence. It has notified a compulsory three-credit-hour AI course for every undergraduate and postgraduate degree in the country, starting from Fall 2026. It has also circulated a draft policy on the use of generative…
