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Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon warns AI could grow “smart enough to kill us”

Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said that artificial intelligence, while safe for people to use today, could one day threaten humanity as the technology grows more powerful. The development of AI “doesn’t look that different from say, ‘Terminator,’ or from science fiction films,” he told CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent….

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Iran-linked hackers blamed for taking down U.K. power plant for first time, reports say

London – Iranian-affiliated hackers successfully but temporarily took a power plant offline in the United Kingdom, according to multiple British media outlets.  The Telegraph and Financial Times reported the attack, which they say happened in July but is only now being reported, is believed to be the first time Iranian-linked hackers managed to shut down…

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Nevada energy company sues data center in first-of-its-kind fight over who should pay for AI buildout

The largest energy provider in Nevada, NV Energy, is suing data center developer Tract Capital Management, accusing the company of trying to pass costs onto consumers.  At issue is who pays to expand energy infrastructure when a data center needs as much electricity as a midsize city.  Tract’s two planned campuses near Reno would together…

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America’s water systems are getting hacked amid security gaps: “No one guarding these systems”

A wave of cyberattacks targeting U.S. public water systems is heightening concerns about security gaps at utilities, with government officials warning that hackers are exploiting a particularly vulnerable industrial computer, according to security experts. U.S. water systems in at least a dozen states have been targeted by the attacks, which officials suspect may be linked…

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At least 12 states report cyberattacks on water systems possibly linked to Iran-backed hackers, sources say

Cyberattacks on U.S. water systems that officials suspect may be linked to Iran-backed hackers have been reported in at least a dozen states, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News on Wednesday. Those states include Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia, New Jersey and South Dakota. In Minnesota specifically, more than 30 community water systems were impacted, CBS News…

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“Peanut butter” pay raises are out, as employers shift to merit-based hikes

More companies are moving away from broad “peanut butter”-style pay raises for workers in favor of merit-based and other kinds of compensation sweeteners for top employees, according to new insights from Payscale. The trend toward rewarding strong individual performers within a business marks a shift away from companies spreading pay hikes evenly across their workforces. Just…

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Rep. Turner says infrastructure should be “hardened” as U.S. probes if Iran is behind cyberattack on water systems

Washington — GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said on Sunday that critical infrastructure assets “need to be hardened” as federal investigators probe whether Iranian hackers were behind malicious cyber activity that affected technology at water systems in Minnesota and several other U.S. states last week.  The FBI said last week that at least seven states…

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