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Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.

CA bill could bar police from working for the feds

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His conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds.

President Donald Trump and his administration are continuing to take steps in his second term to punish and intimidate news …

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The Interior secretary is quietly meeting with AI hyperscalers while seeking to accommodate them on his department’s land.

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Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.

Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.