Will Thibeau, a former Pentagon AI official, warns that "doomer"-driven AI regulation could hand China an edge and entrench an OpenAI-Anthropic duopoly.
The Chinese threat of economic coercion has been effective, but the U.S. has leverage over China due to its reliance on supplying U.S. companies, and can leverage the imbalance in China's export relationship with the U.S. to prevent coercion.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday it is opening a review into Boeing's safety processes to ensure they meet the administration's requirements. "The review will focus on key areas of Boeing’s safety processes, such as response time, risk-assessment quality, resource allocation, and adherence to regulatory requirements and FAA policy," the FAA said in a...
More than 1 million votes have been cast in the critical battleground state of Georgia just days after early voting opened in the state. Georgia shattered records with more than 300,000 ballots cast on the first day of early voting this Tuesday, which top Georgia elections official Gabriel Sterling reported was 123 percent higher than...
Kamala Harris's campaign is saying "Yeah!" to a double dose of star power, with Usher and Lizzo appearing in back-to-back swing state events in support of the vice president's White House bid. "Good as Hell" singer Lizzo will appear alongside the presidential hopeful at a campaign event in Detroit on Saturday, ITK has confirmed. The...
As millions of young Americans prepare to vote in a presidential election for the first time, our country has an opportunity to spark lifelong civic engagement.
The non-partisan Cook Political Report has shifted Rep. Scott Perry's (R-Pa.) race toward Democrats, calling the contest a toss-up on Friday. Perry is in a competitive race with Democrat Janelle Stelson in a battle that Cook previously had rated as lean Republican. "While the political environment should still favor Perry, his unique vulnerabilities, coupled with...
The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against a former Indian government employee in the murder plot against dual U.S.-Canadian citizen Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh separatist. In a statement, the Justice Department announced the filing of murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against Vikash Yadav, who it described as an Indian government employee. India says he's no...
More than 350,000 ballots have been cast in North Carolina on the first day of early voting, according to data reported by the state's elections board. The North Carolina State Board of Elections reported on its website that 353,166 ballots were cast Thursday as early voting began in the state. That surpasses the 348,599 ballots...
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) said he voted for Vice President Harris in the 2024 presidential election and went after her opponent, former President Trump, saying he was “unfit” to serve as commander in chief since “day 1.” "From day 1, I thought that Donald Trump was unfit to be president of the United States,"...
North Korea is sending around 10,000 troops to Ukraine to fight alongside Russian forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday. Zelensky, speaking at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, said North Korea has already sent tactical personnel and officers to Ukraine and is "preparing" to send 10,000 soldiers. "But they didn't move them to...
Prosecutors in Arizona have dropped all charges against a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was beaten by Phoenix police in August after he didn’t respond to their orders, authorities announced Thursday. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell dismissed criminal charges against 34-year-old Tyron McAlpin after community outrage, including from the local NAACP. "I promised...
