
Newsom talks climate with world leaders in New York, accuses Trump of abdicating that responsibility
Read full article: Newsom talks climate with world leaders in New York, accuses Trump of abdicating that responsibilityCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with world and business leaders to advance climate action and clean energy in New York.

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created
Read full article: Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we createdThe heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people.

FBI investigates hackers' claim to have stolen sensitive employee data, compromised jobs website
Read full article: FBI investigates hackers' claim to have stolen sensitive employee data, compromised jobs websiteThe FBI says it is investigating a criminal hacking group’s claims that it had stolen “very sensitive data” belonging to thousands of agents and applicants and that it had compromised the bureau’s jobs website.

Prince Harry warns that AI chatbots may be more dangerous than social media for young users
Read full article: Prince Harry warns that AI chatbots may be more dangerous than social media for young usersPrince Harry says that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media.

Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios
Read full article: Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenariosIn a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence’s rapid development, researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another.

Is it 'killer robots' or 'super intelligence'? At the UN, leaders see both
Read full article: Is it 'killer robots' or 'super intelligence'? At the UN, leaders see bothWorld leaders are painting quite different views of the future of artificial intelligence at the United Nations, with colorful phrases such as killer robots and super intelligence.

China's Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans
Read full article: China's Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plansChina's Alibaba has unveiled new plans for its AI model and new chip technologies, including what it claims is China's most powerful AI chip.

Trump and Xi see tensions flare over AI, trade and Iran but still seek stability
Read full article: Trump and Xi see tensions flare over AI, trade and Iran but still seek stabilityU.S. President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington this week as economic and tech competition escalates between the two countries.

Trump says US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, shortly after warning he may 'annihilate' Iran
Read full article: Trump says US and Iranian officials met Tuesday, shortly after warning he may 'annihilate' IranPresident Donald Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours Tuesday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war.

Bill Gates pushes for 'smart use' of AI as his foundation builds more representative language data
Read full article: Bill Gates pushes for 'smart use' of AI as his foundation builds more representative language dataThe Gates Foundation is convening Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and dozens of other organizations to help make artificial intelligence more accessible in underrepresented languages.

Climate Week talks balance hope for clean energy against uncertainty over artificial intelligence
Read full article: Climate Week talks balance hope for clean energy against uncertainty over artificial intelligenceWorld and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change.

A raccoon boot camp in Mississippi teaches abandoned kits survival skills
Read full article: A raccoon boot camp in Mississippi teaches abandoned kits survival skillsA Mississippi wildlife rescue gives abandoned and injured baby raccoons their best chance of survival through a program they call “raccoon boot camp.”.

Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown
Read full article: Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdownA new lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google illegally agreed to slow their AI development.

Italy sees mosquitos spread the West Nile virus farther and longer as Europe warms
Read full article: Italy sees mosquitos spread the West Nile virus farther and longer as Europe warmsItalian health authorities are seeing evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year.

Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon
Read full article: Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbonFor years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation.

The Iran war is driving clean energy development. It's not enough to help the planet, yet
Read full article: The Iran war is driving clean energy development. It's not enough to help the planet, yetCountries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran.

The king and AI: UK monarch Charles meets artificial intelligence leaders as safety concerns swirl
Read full article: The king and AI: UK monarch Charles meets artificial intelligence leaders as safety concerns swirlKing Charles III has urged AI leaders to keep artificial intelligence under control and beneficial for people and the planet.

Huawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with Nvidia
Read full article: Huawei unveils new chip technologies as Chinese firm steps up the AI race with NvidiaChinese technology giant Huawei has launched new chip technologies as it challenges leading global companies such as Nvidia.

A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem
Read full article: A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problemAs concern rises over the risks of artificial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach on safety depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China.

Zuckerberg distances Meta from calls for a coordinated approach on an AI slowdown
Read full article: Zuckerberg distances Meta from calls for a coordinated approach on an AI slowdownMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it's up to each AI company to ensure its technology is safe, distancing himself from calls for a coordinated slowdown in AI development.

Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
Read full article: Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis showsAn analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.

There's one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll finds
Read full article: There's one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll findsA new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI.

Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years
Read full article: Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 yearsA major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979.

Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act
Read full article: Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to actThe technology industry is urgently warning about the potential harm of artificial intelligence, but political inaction in Washington poses a challenge.

Gates Foundation warns AI could widen inequality as foundation pledges $1B to expand access
Read full article: Gates Foundation warns AI could widen inequality as foundation pledges $1B to expand accessBill Gates is warning technology companies and world leaders that they must act now to ensure artificial intelligence combats social inequities.

Trump calls AI risks a 'hoax,' says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers
Read full article: Trump calls AI risks a 'hoax,' says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centersPresident Donald Trump says he is a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology are part of a “SICK conspiracy.”.

China bristles at Anthropic CEO’s 'fearmongering' about its AI development
Read full article: China bristles at Anthropic CEO’s 'fearmongering' about its AI developmentChina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs bristled at the Anthropic CEO’s call for the U.S. to curb China’s artificial intelligence capabilities as part of a wider argument for a global slowdown on AI development.

New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate
Read full article: New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debateNew warnings from the artificial-intelligence industry have revived debate over whether advanced AI models could escape human control and threaten humanity.

Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China
Read full article: Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to ChinaPresident Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up
Read full article: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch upThe CEO of Anthropic says the artificial-intelligence industry should slow its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up.

Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino might bring record slow storm season
Read full article: Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino might bring record slow storm seasonThe Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet this year due to a strong El Nino, which disrupts storm formation over that ocean.

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area
Read full article: Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay AreaBrigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area on a habitat restoration project when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye.

Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face
Read full article: Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging FaceLawmakers are demanding information from OpenAI with separate queries that underscore growing concerns in Washington about the potential for artificial intelligence programs eluding human control.

Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.
Read full article: Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.

In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed
Read full article: In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyedScientists and investors are restoring a 23-square-mile tract of peatland in North Carolina to help curb climate-warming emissions and restore native habitat.

China hits back at US claims of 'malicious' AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks
Read full article: China hits back at US claims of 'malicious' AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talksChina has dismissed U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers extract capabilities from frontier American AI systems.

As midterms approach, new poll finds that few Americans trust campaigns or Trump
Read full article: As midterms approach, new poll finds that few Americans trust campaigns or TrumpA new AP-NORC/USA Facts poll finds that Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections, foreign affairs or the environment.

New Apple CEO unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called Duo
Read full article: New Apple CEO unveils latest iPhone lineup, including a foldable model called DuoApple on Wednesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, including a widely anticipated foldable version called Duo.

Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon Musk
Read full article: Ashley St. Clair and Alex Gibney on AI and the dangers of Elon MuskA new documentary about Elon Musk uses a CGI avatar and artificial intelligence voice syncing to simulate an interview with the SpaceX and Tesla CEO using things he’s really said in interviews.

Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons, IAEA chief says
Read full article: Assad-era Syrian reactor was configured for nuclear weapons, IAEA chief saysThe Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easing
Read full article: Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easingIndonesia is maintaining closures at several airports and shifting schools to remote learning though the eruption of Anak Krakatau is easing.

Chimpanzees once used for vaccine research get health checks as part of long-term care
Read full article: Chimpanzees once used for vaccine research get health checks as part of long-term careChimpanzees once used in hepatitis B vaccine experiments are getting health checks at their new home in Liberia.






















