US gathers allies to talk AI safety. Trump’s vow to undo Biden’s AI policy overshadows their work
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to repeal President Joe Biden’s signature artificial intelligence policy when he returns to the White House for a second term. What that actually means for…
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Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip for rocket launch
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump headed to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday to watch one of Elon Musk ’s companies test its Starship rocket, the latest sign of a…
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Bull doge! Dogecoin soars as Trump announces a government efficiency group nicknamed DOGE
NEW YORK — Wow, much bull market. Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency whose mascot is a super-cute dog that muses things like “much wow,” has been surging in value since Donald Trump…
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FACT FOCUS: Election officials knock down Starlink vote rigging conspiracy theories
As President-elect Donald Trump begins filling key posts in his second administration, social media users are pushing false claims that the 2024 election was rigged in his favor. One such…
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Bitcoin has topped $87,000 for a new record high. What to know about crypto’s post-election rally
NEW YORK — As money continues to pour into crypto following Donald Trump’s victory last week, bitcoin has climbed to yet another record high. The world’s largest cryptocurrency topped $87,000…
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House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips, a statement he quickly tried to walk…
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Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish
SAN FRANCISCO — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the…
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The US election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability
WASHINGTON — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn’t be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential…
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Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign’s last days
WASHINGTON — For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message…
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Biden calls out Musk over a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked in the US illegally
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden slammed Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the…
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