Over 1,000 AI experts, researchers, and supporters, including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and Emad Mostaque, are urging a temporary halt to develop highly advanced AI systems. They propose pausing the creation of these “giant” AI models, such as GPT-4, for at least…
Jim McKee eagerly waits in a long queue winding through five aisles of fiction inside a Books-A-Million store in Florida’s capital city. He is excited to have his copy of a book signed by its author, Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor he…
President Joe Biden is set to visit a growing North Carolina semiconductor manufacturer, Wolfspeed, on Tuesday. He aims to emphasize the positive influence of his administration’s legislation on the U.S. economy and compare his and the Republican party’s budget priorities. Wolfspeed’s recent…
TikTok is intensifying its public relations efforts to prevent a potential nationwide ban by the Biden administration, enlisting the support of unconventional advocates: online influencers. Numerous TikTok creators, some with millions of followers, arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby on…
The Walt Disney World service workers’ unions reached a provisional agreement with the company on Thursday, which would increase the starting minimum wage from $15 to $18 per hour by year-end. This deal can potentially establish a new baseline for entry-level wages…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., expressed his growing concern on Tuesday regarding President Joe Biden’s reluctance to negotiate to increase the country’s borrowing limit. McCarthy wrote a letter to the president stating that the White House’s stance could hinder the US from…
A New York grand jury’s recent indictment of former President Donald Trump has generated numerous questions regarding the criminal case’s progression. Stemming from an alleged hush money payment scheme and cover-up involving adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election,…
NBCUniversal’s Peacock unveiled a seemingly new reality dating show, only to reveal it as an early April Fools’ Day prank. In a clever partnership with language-learning app Duolingo, Peacock introduced “Love Language,” a fake show supposedly featuring 10 “confident and flirty singles”…
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen confirmed the United States’ dedication to promoting corporate transparency in the partnership with over 20 countries attending the Summit for Democracy this week. The Biden administration is already working on creating a small business ownership database, and…
The atmosphere was strikingly similar to the financial crisis nearly 15 years ago, as concerned regulators and policymakers in Washington sought Wall Street’s assistance amid a burgeoning banking sector emergency. This time, the focus was on San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, once…