13+ hour, 50+ min ago   (378+ words) By RHEA MAKKUNI and ADITYA SANKAR | September 14, 2026 FOTO: FORTEPAN / PUBLIC DOMAIN One year on, The News-Letter interviewed several Hopkins researchers again to learn more about the ongoing impacts and concerns regarding federal funding. During the initial period of funding changes,…...

14+ hour, 37+ min ago   (943+ words) San Francisco: Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, whose warnings led to debate over the pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development, has called for stronger safeguards around advanced AI systems, including the possibility of a “kill switch”. He made the comments…...

14+ hour, 46+ min ago   (239+ words) US lawmakers are now pushing AI safety laws, including an AI kill switch, after warnings that advanced systems could put people at risk. The move follows research and recent incidents showing AI models breaking out of test setups and hacking…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (184+ words) ATLANTA — Communities across Georgia that were hit hard by Hurricane Helene will begin learning in November whether they will get a share of federal relief funding earmarked for water projects. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the state nearly $500 million…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (405+ words) House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday warned that moving too quickly to curb AI development could cost the United States the tech race to China. Johnson's comments come amid a growing chorus of AI leaders and experts sounding the alarm…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (225+ words) According to @CNBC, Congress accelerates AI guardrails amid shrinking window, weighing model reporting, compute thresholds, and safety funding. Washington is scrambling to implement AI guardrails as leading companies including Anthropic and OpenAI urge swift congressional action before regulatory windows narrow…...

17+ hour, 38+ min ago   (659+ words) The world’s top AI executives are joining a growing chorus o… Millions in the I-95 corridor from Massachusetts to Delaware… Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said that artificial intelligence developers, not Congress, bear responsibility for ensuring their products are…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (344+ words) He ratted himself out to the city when it was clear his water diversion plan had worked. When you live in a hot, desert city that only gets 11 inches of rainfall per year, water is a precious resource. And yet,…...

19+ hour, 20+ min ago   (846+ words) California lawmakers are calling for emergency legislation and criminal penalties for creators of rogue AI systems after top AI executives publicly claimed that their technology poses existential threats to humanity. After Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei wrote in a Sept....

21+ hour, 10+ min ago   (874+ words) The United States has announced a Space Academy, but nobody can apply to it. There is no campus, budget, course catalogue or opening date. President Donald Trump's executive order creates a commission that has 120 days to design the institution and…...