After hackers stole more than $6 billion from Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange said Friday it is working to recover the assets, a multi-pronged process that experts said involves coordinating with law enforcement and tracking the movement of the stolen funds. “Binance has begun recovering affected assets for users and continues to work with law enforcement,…
When Anthropic registered for its widely anticipated initial public offering on Monday, the artificial intelligence developer framed its technology as potentially game-changing for all of humanity. A dangerous game. Nearly a third of the 335-page securities filing is devoted to outlining not only the routine risks any company might face as it seeks to grow its business,…
The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Oct. 25, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to North Carolina Republican Senator Tom Tillis, who joins us from Charlotte this morning. Good morning to you, sir. SENATOR THOM…
The Iran war is not only disrupting the global energy market but is also threatening the world’s supply of helium and aluminum, key materials used in products such as semiconductor chips, medical equipment and other everyday goods. Qatar, which accounts for roughly one-third of the world’s helium supply, stopped producing helium this month following Iranian strikes on…
The top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees say they are preparing for the possibility that President Trump makes claims of foreign interference to challenge next month’s midterm elections. The lawmakers said recent intelligence assessments show no indication of foreign efforts to manipulate voting machinery or vote counts. But Mr. Trump and his…
As artificial intelligence — and the conversation surrounding it — rapidly evolves, keeping up with the language being used to describe it has become essential to understanding its impacts. Here are some key terms to know: Abliteration Abliteration (a portmanteau of the words ablation, meaning to remove a part of something, and obliteration) is a…
It seems that almost daily, a big tech company releases a new AI-driven digital assistant. Muse by Meta, Gemini by Google, dots by OpenAI. By the time this article is published, a new one from [insert tech company here] will probably have a press release touting its ability to manage your work and life —…
Washington — In late December, two months before the U.S. war with Iran began, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George warned that his service was critically short on missile defense munitions and that the shortage would last another five years, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted…
An AI model downloaded over 3 billion times and used by U.S. firms like Airbnb and Uber is embedded with China-friendly narratives and programmed for censorship, new research shows. Qwen, a freely available model made by Chinese conglomerate Alibaba, doesn’t acknowledge the violent suppression of protests in Hong Kong in 2019 or Tiananmen Square in…
The revelation last month that Claude was used “in ways that could support biological weapons development” was made possible, in part, because Anthropic’s AI models operate on a closed system overseen by the company. Anthropic said it banned and reported accounts engaging in misuse of its AI and used the findings to strengthen safeguards. But…
