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AI leaders sign statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential slowdown of sorts for frontier AI development – or at least a speed-up of global coordinated governance efforts. “Al could help create a dramatically better…
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Trump remembers Graham as ‘giant of the Senate’ in eulogy
The article’s full text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its specific claims and details cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline alone, it concerns Donald Trump delivering a eulogy for Graham, whom he described as a “giant of the Senate”. The headline suggests the event was a funeral held…
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Double Fine cuts staff weeks after separating from Xbox
Double Fine has laid off around two dozen staff, just three weeks after Microsoft’s Xbox division formally separated the studio from the company. Founder Tim Schafer personally confirmed the cuts, describing them as a last resort and stating that “only the survival of our studio would make us consider such a painful action.” The move…
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Is it illegal to trick the US government into wiping your phone during a questionably legal search?
A Georgia man, Samuel Tunick, has been charged with a felony after allegedly using a “duress password” to wipe his phone while it was being searched by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP told Tunick, an activist connected to the Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta, that his device needed to be searched for…
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AI’s finally expensive enough to make Wall Street nervous
Google has unsettled investors by raising its capital spending forecast to as much as $205 billion, up from a previous top estimate of $190 billion, sparking concern that the company cannot accurately predict its AI-related costs. This matters because Google is spending more than it earns while facing pricing pressure from competitors and cheaper Chinese…
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White House responds to John Mellencamp criticizing ‘Gulf of America’ name change
The White House has responded after musician John Mellencamp criticised President Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” during recent concerts. The exchange highlights continuing political and cultural disagreement over the federal name change, which applies to US government usage but is not universally accepted. At a New Jersey performance,…
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Waymo, robotaxi operators face fresh scrutiny over emergency response failures
Waymo and other robotaxi operators are facing growing regulatory pressure after a string of incidents in which autonomous vehicles blocked ambulances and fire trucks, entered active crime scenes, or failed to recognise safety signals like traffic cones and flares. US Representative Kevin Mullin plans to introduce the AV Emergency Response Coordination Act this week, which…
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Marcus Mumford says Bible camp sparked decades-long love story with wife Carey Mulligan
Marcus Mumford, frontman of Mumford & Sons, has revealed that his relationship with actress wife Carey Mulligan traces back to a chance meeting at a Bible camp when they were children. He shared the story on the “SmartLess” podcast, offering a rare glimpse into the origins of a romance that the pair, known for keeping…
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Retaining Rodri is key to Manchester City success under Enzo Maresca
Enzo Maresca’s priority as Manchester City’s new manager is to convince Rodri to sign a new contract, with the Spanish midfielder’s current deal running until next June and Real Madrid reportedly circling. Maresca, who previously worked under Pep Guardiola at City including during the 2022-23 treble season, faces the challenge of succeeding a hugely decorated…
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‘Biological War’ TV Adaptation in the Works at Universal Global Television and Patrick Macmanus’ Littleton Road Productions (EXCLUSIVE)
Universal Global Television and Patrick Macmanus’s Littleton Road Productions have acquired television rights to “Biological War: A Scenario,” the new novel by journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, following a competitive bidding war. The project matters as another high-profile move by studios to adapt Jacobsen’s speculative, non-fiction-style scenarios for television and film, building on…