SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 28 – Nvidia has introduced a new security platform designed to keep increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence agents within controlled limits, as a series of recent incidents involving AI systems independently carrying out cyberattacks has intensified concerns over how much freedom such technology should be given. The chipmaker announced the Open Agent Safety … Read more
NEW YORK, Sep 28 – Taylor Swift added another record to her already extensive collection of MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, becoming the most-awarded artist in the ceremony’s history while using one of the night’s biggest moments to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton. Swift received the inaugural Artist Director Honors, an award … Read more
BOSTON, Sep 27 – A powerful nor’easter continued to batter the northeastern United States on Sunday, sending seawater into coastal neighborhoods, knocking out electricity for tens of thousands of customers and disrupting air travel from New Jersey to New England. The slow-moving storm brought another round of flooding to communities that had already been hit … Read more
FAIRFORD, England, Sep 27 – British police arrested five men near a U.S.-used military air base in southwestern England on Sunday after authorities received an early-morning report about three suspicious vehicles heading toward the installation, prompting a major security operation, the evacuation of dozens of homes and the deployment of bomb disposal experts. Counter Terrorism … Read more
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 – Iran was waiting Saturday for a formal response from Washington after The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump had rejected a proposal from Tehran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting fighting across the wider Middle East. The proposal, presented by Iranian officials during the United … Read more
WASHINGTON, Sep 25 – Chinese President Xi Jinping ended his three-day state visit to Washington on Friday with plans for two more meetings with President Donald Trump before the end of the year, giving the leaders of the world’s two largest economies several more opportunities to manage a relationship marked by trade disputes, technology competition … Read more
WASHINGTON, Sep 24 – President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the White House on Thursday for high-stakes talks aimed at managing one of the most consequential relationships in the world, as Washington and Beijing remain divided over trade, Taiwan, artificial intelligence and the war in Iran. The meeting was wrapped in … Read more
WASHINGTON, Sep 24 – A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, ordering the administration to restore the news organizations’ press credentials while the court considers their legal challenge. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued the temporary restraining order early Thursday after hearing … Read more
WASHINGTON, Sep 23 – President Donald Trump gave Chinese President Xi Jinping an unusually personal welcome on Wednesday as the Chinese leader arrived in Washington for a three-day visit, with the two countries also agreeing to extend their fragile trade truce until Jan. 10. Trump and first lady Melania Trump met Xi and his wife, … Read more
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 23 – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to portray Iran as the victim of the nearly seven-month war with the United States and Israel, rejecting accusations that Tehran is responsible for terrorism and saying his country had acted in self-defense. Pezeshkian’s appearance … Read more