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 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…
A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab,…
A growing body of research suggests GLP-1 drugs can do more than just help people lose weight by curbing addictive behaviors. Now, experts at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania want to see whether the drugs can benefit people’s bank accounts by reducing risky financial decisions, such as gambling or compulsive shopping. “We…
This past Wednesday, they were strangers on a plane. By Friday, they were family. It was the first time hero passengers Daniel Schlichter, Zvika Manes, Tal Samuel and Asaf Rajuan had seen each other since those terrifying moments on FlyDubai’s Flight 1073. “That minute is probably the longest minute of my life,” said Schlichter about…
Last February, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck an Iranian elementary school, killing more than 150 people, most of them children. President Trump initially suggested that it could have been somebody else’s Tomahawk: “Whether it’s Iran or somebody else, the fact that a Tomahawk – a Tomahawk is very generic, it’s sold to other countries, but…
For U.S. consumers, soaring oil prices due to the Iran war don’t just mean pain at the pump — the impact is also likely to be felt by shoppers both in stores and online. Global oil prices have jumped more than 40% since the conflict effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway in…
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…
Strasbourg, France — Canada and its Prime Minister Mark Carney have drawn regular scorn from President Trump as the two nations remain locked in an escalating trade war, but European leaders gave the visiting Canadian premier a standing ovation on Thursday. Carney embraced the prospect of his country becoming the European Union’s first associate member, shrugging…
Washington — The Senate is returning to Washington Monday from a five-week recess, with several priorities to address before leaving town next month to take to the campaign trail. After successfully pushing off a government funding fight until after November’s midterm elections, and avoiding a possible government shutdown for the time being, the chamber is…
