Hawley and Blumenthal’s AI Bill Is a Brazen Executive Power Grab That Puts National Security at Risk
Juan Londoño On September 29, Senators Josh Hawley (R‑MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D‑CT) introduced a bill to create a risk evaluation program within the Department of Energy (DOE). The bill would charge the DOE with conducting various assessments and tests on “advanced” artificial intelligence (AI) systems, with a special emphasis on the potential of regulating hypothetical artificial superintelligence systems. In their press ...
Britain’s car manufacturing output has slumped to its lowest point in more than seven decades after a devastating cyber attack brought Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) assembly lines to a standstill for more than a month. According to new figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), total UK vehicle production collapsed by 35.9 per cent in September, falling ...
Entrepreneur Reedah El-Saie, founder of the educational technology company Brainspark Games, has secured a £30,000 investment on BBC’s Dragons’ Den after an impressive pitch that earned her the rare support of three Dragons. The London-based founder convinced Sara Davies, Deborah Meaden and Touker Suleyman to each invest £10,000 in her AI-driven learning platform, designed to make education fun, inclusive and ...
NatWest has delivered one of its strongest quarterly performances since the financial crisis, posting a 30.4 per cent surge in pre-tax profits to £2.2 billion for the three months to the end of September — far exceeding City expectations. The FTSE 100 lender said income rose almost 16 per cent to £4.3 billion, driven by widening deposit margins and a ...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering breaking one of Labour’s key election pledges by raising income tax in next month’s budget to help plug a £30 billion fiscal shortfall, according to senior government sources. Three figures close to the budget process told The Guardian that discussions between the Treasury and No 10 have intensified in recent weeks, with officials exploring how ...
Two federal judges admitted that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to prepare court orders over the summer that contained errors. The admissions, which came from U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals in New Jersey and U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate in Mississippi, came in response to an inquiry by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary ...
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is requesting to testify in open, public hearings before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Fox News Digital has learned. Fox News Digital exclusively obtained a letter Smith’s attorneys sent to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Thursday afternoon, after both panels signaled interest in testimony from the ...
President Donald Trump is ‘not interested’ in making peace with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the White House said Thursday, as tensions between Washington and Bogotá continue to escalate. ‘I don’t think we’re seeing de-escalation from the unhinged leader of Colombia right now,’ press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters during a White House briefing when asked what Petro could do to ...
Mayor Eric Adams endorses Andrew Cuomo as his successor as Zohran Mamdani maintains lead in NYC race
Mayor Eric Adams formally endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to replace him as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, less than one month after Adams suspended his re-election campaign. The endorsement followed Wednesday night’s final mayoral debate, where Cuomo, who is running as an Independent, faced off against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa. ...
President Donald Trump called off his meeting in Budapest, Hungary, with Russian President Vladimir Putin because he didn’t see enough progress toward peace — although a future summit hasn’t been ruled out, according to the White House. While Trump and Putin spoke over the phone Oct. 16, plans for the meeting were scrapped after Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call ...