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Obama pushes Jeffries to move AI oversight to center of agenda: Report
Former President Obama reportedly urged House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) to make AI oversight a central tenet of his caucus’s agenda earlier this week. Obama told Jeffries at a Thursday fundraiser that Democratic lawmakers should develop a framework for a “public conversation” on the technology if they take back the House, The New York...
Jeffries says Congress should 'act urgently' on AI safeguards
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said Sunday he supports immediate congressional action on regulating the development of artificial intelligence. “We certainly need to begin to act urgently to address the challenges that exist,” Jeffries told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s "This Week." Jeffries noted “action” on AI will be a “high priority” during his...
Former AI researcher: 'Not enough time' for employees to consider safety of models
Days after he resigned from Anthropic, former AI researcher Jacob Coxon said Sunday there is “not enough time” for employees to consider the risks of the technology they are working on. During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Coxon said safety risks are “definitely not top of mind” for employees of AI firms. “If you're...
Trump says he would allow Chinese automakers to build cars in US
President Trump said Friday he would permit Chinese automakers to move manufacturing to the U.S. over the protest of American automakers. “If China wanted to come in and open a plant to build their cars here, I’d be OK with it,” the president told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle.” “Japan does it,...
Trump pledges $5K checks if Republicans do well in the midterms. Can he legally do that?
President Trump's pledge to give $5,000 to every U.S. adult if Republicans keep control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections has raised questions over whether the plan could cross legal lines. The president announced the so-called "Trump dividends" on the first night of the Republican National Committee's (RNC) midterm convention in Dallas this...
Want to Entice New Residents? Offer Cash, for a Start.
Relocation incentives have a mixed record of helping cities and towns stand out as people return to rural America.
Elevated Inflation Keeps Pressure on Fed to Raise Rates
The odds of a quarter-point rate increase at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week surged to 90 percent after August’s Consumer Price Index report.
Stubborn inflation raises prospect of Fed rate hike
The Federal Reserve appears increasingly likely to hike interest rates next week, as inflation remains stubbornly elevated amid the war with Iran. New data out Friday showed annual inflation remained unchanged in August, still well above the central bank’s target 2 percent rate. This is raising expectations of a rate hike, even as President Trump pushes...
AARP Projects 2027 Social Security COLA at 3.6%
If the AARP’s projection holds, the cost-of-living adjustment would be the largest since 2023.