Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models

Google's DeepMind says it will use AI models to power physical robots

Google is taking its DeepMind artificial intelligence technology models into the physical world to power robots.

CNBC - 6d

Harvard researchers sue the Trump administration for removing their work from public website

Two Harvard researchers said in a lawsuit that the Trump administration removed their work from a public website because it referenced the LGBTQ community.

NBC News - 4d

OpenAI urges Trump administration to remove guardrails for the industry

OpenAI on Thursday submitted its proposal for the U.S. government's coming "AI Action Plan," to be submitted to President Trump by July 2025.

CNBC - 5d

Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence

On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress to the Trump White House.

The New York Times - 4d

Majority of Americans have used AI models like ChatGPT: Survey

A majority of Americans have used ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence (AI) models according to a new survey. In the survey from Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center, 52 percent ...

The Hill - 5d

Pictured: Rangers fans unfurl ‘keep woke foreign ideologies out’ banner

Rangers fans are under scrutiny after unveiling a series of banners – that included the message “Keep woke foreign ideologies out – defend Europe” – at Thursday’s Europa League victory against ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

L.A. faces flooding and power outages from heavy rain as burn scar areas told to evacuate

The West Coast is braced for an atmospheric river event that threatens flash flooding and power outages from heavy rain and snow, making travel conditions hazardous or even impossible for some ...

NBC News - 5d

What you need to know about Manus, the new AI agentic system from China hailed as a second ‘DeepSeek moment’

Manus AI is designed as a multi-agent system, meaning it combines several AI models to handle tasks independently.

VentureBeat - Mar. 10

Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything

From video game developers to a nuclear power plant, companies across China are adopting DeepSeek’s AI models to boost stock prices and flaunt their national pride.

Wired - 6d

OpenAI urges U.S. to allow AI models to train on copyrighted material

OpenAI is asking the U.S. government to make it easier for AI companies to learn from copyrighted material, citing a need to “strengthen America’s lead” globally in advancing the technology.

NBC News - 5d

Inside Zoom’s AI evolution: From basic meeting tools to agentic productivity platform powered by LLMs and SLMs

Zoom's CTO explains how the web conferencing vendor’s technology has evolved and expanded into agentic AI capabilities.

VentureBeat - 1d

What to know about Trump's court-defying deportations under Alien Enemies Act

The Trump administration says 261 people were deported to El Salvador on Saturday, 137 of whom were removed under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 over alleged gang ties. The move came despite a ...

CBS News - 1d

Federal Judge Blocks Government From Removing Mahmoud Khalil From the U.S.

Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many ...

The New York Times - Mar. 10

AI vs. AI: 6 ways enterprises are automating cybersecurity to counter AI-powered attacks

AI-powered cybersecurity threats include deepfakes, automating breaches, and morphing malware in real time, challenging cyberdefenses.

VentureBeat - Mar. 11

Big Tech's big bet on nuclear power to fuel artificial intelligence

Faced with the need to cut carbon emissions, and an increasing energy demand to power AI, companies like Microsoft, Google and Amazon are investing in nuclear, from restarting Three Mile Island, to ...

CBS News - Mar. 9

Champagne and Parmigiano under threat from Trump’s tariffs

Producers warn Europe’s finest foods and wine could become unaffordable for ordinary US consumers

Financial Times - Mar. 10

March Madness legend Tobin Anderson, two years removed from 16-over-1 win, fired by new school Iona in stunner

Iona basketball is set to undergo an 'overhaul of our entire business model'

CBS Sports - 1d

Inside Google's Gemma 3 AI model

Google says its new Gemma 3 AI model can tackle more challenges while using just one GPU. Emilia David, senior AI reporter for VentureBeat, joined CBS News to discuss the new product.

CBS News - 4d

Trump threatens 200% tariff on alcohol from EU

Wine and spirits will be taxed, Trump says, if the EU does not remove tariffs on US whiskey.

BBC News - 5d

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

The New York Times - 19h

Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil

Federal agencies are removing topsoil from burned areas but will not test it for contaminants. So scientists and residents are testing fire-affected properties themselves.

The New York Times - Mar. 10

Spotify removes an Andrew Tate podcast from its platform

Audio streaming platform Spotify said it has removed a podcast from influencer Andrew Tate for violating the company's policies.

Los Angeles Times - 4d

Google’s Gemini Robotics AI Model Reaches Into the Physical World

Google has developed an AI model that gives humanoids and other robots more intelligence—and a tool designed to give them a moral compass too.

Wired - 6d

Trump backs down on 50% steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada

U-turn comes after province of Ontario removes surcharge for power exports to the US but 25% levies to still take effect

Financial Times - Mar. 11

Trump to invoke wartime power from 1798 for Guantanamo deportations

President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants.

CBS News - 5d

Democrats ask Trump to remove Patel as acting ATF director

A group of Democrats are calling on President Trump to remove FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Fourteen Democratic ...

The Hill - 1h

Schumer on voting for funding bill: Trump, Musk 'damage' could be 'much worse' under shutdown

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a Sunday podcast episode that “damage” from President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk could be “much worse” under a government shutdown. ...

The Hill - 2d

Nvidia debuts Llama Nemotron open reasoning models in a bid to advance agentic AI

At GTC, Nvidia is rolling out an open source reasoning model family to help advance agentic AI for enterprise deployments.

VentureBeat - 2h

Scientists at Antarctic base rocked by alleged assault

A spokesperson for the South African government told the BBC there had been an assault at the station.

BBC News - 13h

Judge blocks Trump administration from implementing Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge expanded his ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 on Saturday preventing the removal of Venezuelan undocumented ...

The Hill - 2d

French industrial giant Schneider Electric hails the significance of China’s ‘DeepSeek moment'

China's "DeepSeek moment" is likely to be good news in the global race to develop AI models, according to French power-equipment maker Schneider Electric.

CNBC - 6d

Europe's response to the threat from Trump

Post-war security and trade framework crumbles under new US leadership

Financial Times - 5d

Kremlin told U.S. it didn't want Trump's Ukraine-Russia envoy at peace talks

President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia was excluded from high-level talks on ending the war after the Kremlin said it didn't want him there, a U.S. administration official ...

NBC News - 5d

Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars

Scientists are conducting experiments to generate clean energy through fusion, the same sub-atomic reaction that powers our Sun, with the aim of constructing plants that produce more energy than ...

CBS News - 2d

Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won’t build

Nous Research's new API for "unrestricted" Hermes 3 and DeepHermes-3 AI models features toggle-on reasoning and a developer-first approach.

VentureBeat - 6d

Baidu shares jump 10% following release of new free-to-use AI models

Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10% in trading in Asia, as investors reacted positively to a spate of AI model releases over the weekend.

CNBC - 14h