Trump's AI safety cuts

NIH funding cuts imperil lifesaving drugs and US prosperity

Capping indirect funding will decimate biomedical research, which has been the engine of the U.S. economy and the envy of the world.

The Hill - 1d

2,000 USAID staff to be cut, others put on administrative leave

The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave beginning Monday at midnight, according to a notice ...

The Hill - 1d

Starbucks is laying off 1,100 workers and cutting drinks from its menu

Starbucks said the layoffs and slimmed down menu will help stores operate more efficiently.

CBS News - 18h

'Hard choices are necessary' - Man Utd to cut up to 200 more jobs

After 250 members of staff were made redundant last year, Manchester United announce up to 200 more redundancies to "return the club to profitability".

BBC News - 19h

No, the DOJ didn’t cut a ‘good’ quid pro quo with Eric Adams

Almost everyone wants Adams to have a jury trial — at least everyone except Trump’s Justice Department and Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School.

The Hill - 16h

Starbucks asks office workers to stay at home as it announces 1,100 job cuts

Corporate lay-offs are the first for coffee shop chain since 2018

Financial Times - 13h

DOGE need to be more 'targeted' and 'thoughtful' with cuts, says GOP lawmaker

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss how House Republicans plan on passing a budget resolution containing President Trump’s tax and spending priorities.

NBC News - 14h

People will starve because of US aid cut to Sudan, humanitarian worker warns

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

BBC News - 12h

Europe must cut electricity taxes, warn Iberdrola and EDP bosses

Energy company chiefs say EU must ‘urgently’ remove various taxes and simplify bills

Financial Times - 7h

L.A. County has cut homelessness, but wildfires threaten to erase gains

As Los Angeles looks to recover from historic wildfires, previously unsheltered and chronically homeless people are facing even greater instability.

CBS News - 2h

Taiwan catches Chinese-owned ship in act of cutting subsea cable

Confrontation comes after Taipei launched crackdown on Beijing’s ‘shadow fleet’

Financial Times - 1h

As Israel uses US-made AI models in war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies

U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services

ABC News - Feb. 18

Xbox Pushes Ahead With Muse, a New Generative AI Model. Devs Say ‘Nobody Will Want This’

One developer responds to the release of Muse: “We are implicitly empowering a class of people who own these tools and don’t give a fuck about how they reshape our lives.”

Wired - 5d

The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)

Cybersecurity insurance is increasingly critical, particularly as AI transforms (and simplifies) hackers' methodologies.

VentureBeat - 4d

How Cisco’s AI defense stacks up against the cyber threats you never see

Cisco AI Defense is purpose-built to address the security paradox AI creates with its exponential growth in enterprises

VentureBeat - 4d

AI vs. endpoint attacks: What security leaders must know to stay ahead

Why enterprises must embrace an AI-first strategy that unifies endpoint, identity and network security within a zero-trust framework.

VentureBeat - 4d

Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand

The demands of DeepSeek's advanced reasoning capabilities are pushing enterprises toward Together AI's optimized infrastructure platform.

VentureBeat - 4d

Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand

The demands of DeepSeek's advanced reasoning capabilities are pushing enterprises toward Together AI's optimized infrastructure platform.

VentureBeat - 4d

Google, Meta execs blast Europe over strict AI regulation as Big Tech ups the ante

Executives at Google and Meta said that Europe's artificial intelligence industry is being held back by excessive regulation.

CNBC - 4d

This Chinese AI Bet Has Outperformed Magnificent Seven Names Like Meta and Google This Year

Alibaba stock soared after a strong earnings beat, bringing its year-to-date gains to 60 percent.

Inc. - 4d

We're buying the dip in an AI data center play still under pressure post-DeepSeek

We see this as an opportunity.

CNBC - 3d

How Google’s New AI Co-Scientist Tool Gives Us a Taste of Tomorrow’s Workplace

Scientists often use sophisticated technology, so an AI tool designed to help them begin new investigations may see broad take-up among the community. It’s also a hint of how many other workplaces ...

Inc. - 3d

Gabby Petito's AI-faked voice in new Netflix documentary sparks viewer backlash

Netflix's “American Murder: Gabby Petito” is facing backlash from some viewers who are questioning whether the filmmakers' decision to use AI to recreate Petito’s voice is ethical.

NBC News - 3d

Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them | John Naughton

The tech firms’ efforts to change copyright laws and gain free access to intellectual property is patently wrong. There are decades when nothing happens (as Lenin is – wrongly – supposed to have ...

The Guardian - 2d

UK develops AI CV-writing tool to ease pressure on job support staff

Plan will free up work coaches for more ‘valuable’ employment as ministers seek to cut welfare bill

Financial Times - 1d

AI still has a hallucination problem: How MongoDB aims to solve it with advanced rerankers and embedding models

How MongoDB's Voyage AI is helping enterprises move more mission critical operations into production with gen AI.

VentureBeat - 22h

A New AI Worry: Many Young Coders No Longer Know How Their Code Really Works

Research recently showed that using AI may impact workers’ long term critical thinking powers. Another alarm bell raises worries that overreliance on AI to help write code will also have a ...

Inc. - 18h

Apple to open AI server factory in Texas as part of $500 billion U.S. investment

Apple said it will work with partners to open a 250,000-square-foot AI server manufacturing facility in Houston.

CNBC - 20h

Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet takes aim at OpenAI and DeepSeek in AI’s next big battle

Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet AI with groundbreaking 'thinking time' controls, challenging OpenAI and DeepSeek while reshaping enterprise AI with unified reasoning capabilities and new ...

VentureBeat - 18h

Anthropic says it's released its 'most intelligent' AI model yet as competition ramps up

Anthropic unveiled its latest frontier model, Claude Sonnet 3.7, on Monday and claims it's the company's "most intelligent" version yet.

CNBC - 17h

Microsoft reiterates plan to invest $80 billion in AI, but may 'adjust our infrastructure in some areas'

Microsoft hasn't backed off its plan for the current fiscal year but acknowledged that it may makes some infrastructure adjustments.

CNBC - 15h

Current and Former Scale AI Contractors Allege ‘Wage Theft’ in Letter to U.S. Senators

Scale’s former managing director will appear this week in a Senate confirmation hearing for the White House’s top science role.

Inc. - 15h

Voyage AI Just Sold for $220 Million—After Launching Less Than Two Years Ago

Here’s why acquirer MongoDB found the anti-hallucination tech particularly valuable.

Inc. - 14h

It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would suffer. We are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and ...

The Guardian - 6h

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