1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (706+ words) The Trump administration is preparing to sanction a “large bank” next week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Bessent did not reveal the name of the bank that could face the sanctions. He also did not say which country the bank…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (473+ words) Anthropic chief executive officer Dario Amodei's call for a slower pace of development in artificial intelligence citing risks in “superintelligent” computer systems received backing from OpenAI boss Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Amodei's post on his personal website,…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (92+ words) | Videos Hindustan Times New global oil shock: Iran warns Strait of Hormuz will remain unsafe despite Oman shipping deal? Iran says a regional meeting in Muscat will examine a temporary Iran–Oman arrangement for safer commercial shipping routes through the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (409+ words) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called on AI companies to slow the development of powerful artificial intelligence systems, warning that the technology could become difficult for humans to control. His call has received support from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (455+ words) Anthropic chief executive officer Dario Amodei on Saturday urged artificial intelligence (AI) firms to slow down the pace of development of newer models, amid fears over the risks of “superintelligent” computer systems. “We must slow the pace at which we…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (949+ words) Cryptocurrency billionaire Fred Ehrsam spent months living in a luxury hotel in Caracas, building a rolodex of connections in a long-shot bid to become one of Venezuela’s biggest oil producers. Without a track record in oil and gas, the 38-year-old…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (240+ words) The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday opposed the release and multiplication of patented seed technologies and gene-edited (GEd) rice varieties, saying they could threaten the country’s seed sovereignty, farmers’ rights and indigenous rice biodiversity. Jagmohan Singh Uppal, general secretary…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (264+ words) Amidst a strengthening El Nino, August was the joint warmest month ever recorded globally, tied with July 2023, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The global average surface air temperature was 1.65°C higher than the estimated pre-industrial baseline this…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (541+ words) A drone company backed by Erik Prince—the Blackwater founder and an ally to President Trump—is buying one of Ukraine’s leading makers of battlefield robots, an early sign of consolidation across the country’s sprawling drone industry. The deal comes…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (607+ words) U.S. security agencies on Tuesday accused six Chinese artificial intelligence companies of systematically exploiting American AI models to train their own systems. The agencies, including the National Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said the Chinese companies have engaged…...