Judge denies Elon Musk's request to block OpenAI for-profit conversion but...
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has denied Elon Musk's request for a court order blocking OpenAI from converting itself to a for-profit company but said she could expedite a trial to consider...
View ArticleAI pioneers who channeled 'hedonistic' machines win computer science's top prize
EMBARGOED UNTIL 5:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one...
View ArticleUK watchdog drops competition review of Microsoft's OpenAI deal
LONDON (AP) — Britain's competition watchdog said Wednesday it has dropped its review of Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, saying it's satisfied that the deal doesn't need a closer investigation...
View ArticleUtah becomes the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah on Wednesday became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices. The...
View ArticleAriane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying a French military reconnaissance...
PARIS (AP) — An Ariane 6 rocket roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard Thursday in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher. The rocket took off...
View ArticleSiemens announces $285 million investment in US manufacturing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Siemens plans to invest $285 million in manufacturing in the United States, the tech company said Thursday, including two new facilities in California and Texas. The U.S. is the...
View ArticleAlbania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian Cabinet decided on Thursday to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the popular video-sharing platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among...
View ArticleHomeland Security overhauls its asylum phone app. Now it's for...
The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows people living illegally in the U.S. to say they want...
View ArticleElon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down
Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.” “We get attacked...
View ArticleTrump says TikTok deal is in the works. Here's where things stand with the...
In less than a month, TikTok could have one or a few new owners, be banned again, or simply receive another reprieve to continue operating in the United States. Questions about the fate of the popular...
View ArticleKenya-based content moderators mourn Nigerian colleague who 'was desperate to...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Technology workers in Kenya have held a vigil for a colleague who died in unclear circumstances after she was unable to travel to her home in Nigeria for two years. Ladi Anzaki...
View ArticleFrench publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training
French publishers and authors said Wednesday they're taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model. Three...
View ArticleMeta to start testing crowd-sourced fact-checking, based on X example, next week
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. said Thursday it will begin testing its crowd-sourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, on March 18. It will initially based on a...
View ArticleGreece says ambitious Mediterranean power cable project is on track despite...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The future of an ambitious electricity cable linking the power grids of Greece, Cyprus and Israel by the end of the decade is on track despite a series of setbacks, Greece’s...
View ArticleVance hopeful 'high-level' TikTok deal will be completed by early April
Vice President JD Vance said Friday that he was hopeful a deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S. will be wrapped up by the early April deadline. “There will almost certainly be a high-level...
View ArticleDriverless 'bus of the future' is tested in Barcelona
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Commuters in downtown Barcelona have been able to ride the bus for free this week. There’s just one catch: this mini-bus has no one at the wheel. The bus pulls away from the...
View ArticleCybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme. In an advisory posted earlier this week, government...
View ArticleKashmir's Sufi music lovers are sticking with the audio cassette
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Farooq Ahmad Shaksaaz presses a button on his 1970 Sharp cassette player, and with a hefty clack the machine whirrs to life. As the Kashmiri tailor stitches, the machine...
View ArticleAmid 2028 speculation, California governor's podcasts with Trump loyalists...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As a wounded Democratic Party struggles to regroup, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is holding mostly chummy conversations with prominent conservatives on a new podcast he's touting as...
View ArticleArizona Supreme Court taps AI avatars to make the judicial system more...
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices, marking what is believed to be the first example in the U.S....
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