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OpenAI Accuses Nonprofit of Violating Lobbying Laws, Having Ties to Musk
OpenAI this week filed a complaint with the California Fair Political Practices Commission accusing a nonprofit organization of violating state lobbying laws and having hidden ties to billionaire Elon Musk, reports Politico.
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MLB All-Star Game to Have Umpire Challenge System
Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday's All-Star Game at Atlanta, another step toward possible regular-season use next season.
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Google Secures Landmark Fusion Energy Deal
Google has committed to purchasing 200 megawatts of carbon-free electricity from Commonwealth Fusion Systems' planned fusion plant in Virginia, marking a significant step toward commercializing fusion energy and supporting the company’s climate goals, according to Energy, Oil & Gas Magazine.
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Space Industry Urges Congress to Save Satellite Safety System
Hundreds of U.S. companies on Tuesday urged Congress to back off a plan to kill a small federal office tasked with managing satellite traffic in space, a badly needed civilian effort initiated by President Donald Trump's first administration...
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Dean Cain to Newsmax: AI 'Amazing' in Movies, But Concerning
Actor Dean Cain told Newsmax he's conflicted about the use of AI in Hollywood. "It's amazing" how good AI is, Cain told Newsmax's "National Report" Friday." I could have used some AI back in the day on 'Superman' sets...
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Judge Rejects Free Speech Shield for AI Chatbot in Teen Suicide Case
A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment does not protect the output of an artificial intelligence chatbot accused of contributing to the suicide of a 14-year-old boy, marking a pivotal moment in the legal battle over the rights and responsibilities of generative AI.
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ICE Chief Accuses CNN of Promoting Tracking App
The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement criticized CNN on Newsmax on Monday, saying the network promotes a smartphone app that tracks ICE activity, calling it "disgusting" and warning that the platform puts law enforcement officers in danger.
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Tesla Delivers First Driverless Car in Texas Milestone
Tesla has completed its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery, with a driverless Model Y navigating from the company's Austin factory to a customer's home, a milestone as the company faces a downturn in sales and increased competition in the electric vehicle market.
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Astronauts From India, Poland, Hungary Launched on 1st Space Station Mission
NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on Wednesday, joined by crewmates from India, Poland, and Hungary heading for their countries' first visit to the International Space Station.
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Study: Popular AI Models Will Blackmail Humans in Up to 96% of Scenarios
Several leading AI models show they'll resort to blackmail or other unethical means to protect their interests, according to a new study by AI company Anthropic, after tests of several top developers.
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Lawmakers Seek Sterilized Fly Facility to Repel Invasive Screwworm
A government agency spending $300 million in taxpayer dollars to produce sterilized flies sounds like a dream scenario for a DOGE team looking to cut waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Musk's Tesla Rolls Out Robotaxis in Austin
Tesla deployed a small group of self-driving taxis picking up paying passengers on Sunday in Austin, Texas, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the "robotaxi launch" and social-media influencers posting videos of their first rides.
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Gallup Survey: Use of AI in the Workplace Accelerating
The number of people who are using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace has almost doubled in the last two years.
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Massive White Shark Bears Down on N.C. Outer Banks
Scientists call him Contender. He's the largest white shark ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean, and he's making his way toward North Carolina's Outer Banks. The last telemetry recording showed the big shark a short distance off Pamlico Sound along the state's coast.
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Trump-Musk Showdown Threatens US Space Plans
SpaceX's rockets ferry U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband. And the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon's most sensitive projects, including tracking hypersonic missiles. So when...
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Musk's Threat Would Leave NASA With 1 Option: Russia
As President Donald Trump and Elon Musk argued on social media on Thursday, the world's richest man threatened to decommission a space capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX Will Decommission Dragon Spacecraft, Musk Says Amid Feud With Trump
Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately, the billionaire said on Thursday in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's statement that the government should cancel Musk's federal contracts.NASA relies on SpaceX's Dragon...
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Report: Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ads With AI
Meta Platforms aims to allow brands to fully create and target advertisements with its artificial intelligence tools by the end of 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Nvidia CEO: China Trade Barrier Boosting AI Competitors
Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang said preventing Nvidia from selling artificial intelligence computer chips to China means foreign producers of AI technology are getting stronger.
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FAA Seeks Probe of Failed SpaceX Starship Flight
The Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into this week's out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.
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Dean Cain to Newsmax: Hard to 'Replicate Human Emotion' With AI
Actor Dean Cain told Newsmax on Friday that artificial intelligence (AI) programming is improving, but it's still hard to "replicate human emotion." Cain told Newsmax's "National Report" that some AI programs...
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US Cancels $590 Million Contract With Moderna for Bird Flu Shot
President Donald Trump's administration Wednesday canceled a $590 million contract with Moderna to develop an avian flu vaccine, the U.S. biotech company said.
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Judge Orders Release of Harvard Scientist
A U.S. District Judge in Vermont has ordered the release of Harvard University researcher Kseniia Petrova from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention in Louisiana after she had been held for smuggling frog embryos into the country.
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States Sue Over Trump Cuts to Research Funding
A group of U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from making massive cuts to federal funding for scientific research and projects focused on increasing diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.
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SpaceX Starship Rocket Tumbles Out of Control
After back-to-back explosions, SpaceX launched its mega rocket Starship again Tuesday evening, but fell short of the main objectives when the spacecraft tumbled out of control and broke apart.