US authorities are getting decidedly twitchy about frontier AI models. Just a couple of weeks after ordering Anthropic to prevent foreign companies from getting hold of its latest release, ...

America’s stance on gun rights has always been complicated. On the one hand, people fight vociferously for their Second Amendment rights. On the other, 47,000 people died due to gun-related injuries ...

Senators seek to restrict social media use for minors, target ‘most addictive features’ Formal proposals drew criticism for requiring minors to submit government-issued ID, but the Senate's bill takes ...

After previous legislative efforts by the Massachusetts House and Gov. Maura Healey to restrict minors’ social media sparked criticism, the state Senate is advancing a proposal that targets platforms’ ...

A federal judge ruled that the Agriculture Department lacked the authority to approve state waivers that restrict what SNAP participants can buy with their benefits. By Linda Qiu Reporting from ...

The Ohio Department of Transportation is keeping an eye out for pavement buckling as the state endures a days-long heatwave, ODOT spokesperson Matt Bruning said at a July 1 press event. Roads buckle ...

The White House has requested OpenAI limit the release of its upcoming GPT 5.6 model to a small number of government-approved partners because of its advanced capabilities, a source familiar with the ...

Ohio can implement a law requiring social media companies, including Meta Platforms’ Instagram, to obtain parental consent before allowing children under 16 to use their platforms, a U.S. appeals ...

Families in Tennessee with critically ill or severely disabled children who are undocumented are being asked to make a difficult choice: leave the state program that pays for lifesaving medication and ...

In eight high-income countries — several of which are currently experiencing extreme heat worsened by global warming — the share of people reporting “very serious” concerns about climate change has ...

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted world leaders and tech chiefs earlier this year in New Delhi, he declared that AI must be “democratized” and a “medium of inclusion and empowerment, ...

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