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As the U.S. military expands its use of AI tools to pinpoint targets for airstrikes in Iran, members of Congress are calling for guardrails and greater oversight of the technology’s use in war.

The company had clashed with the military over how officials wanted to use its cutting-edge A.I. model. The order could vastly complicate intelligence analysis and defense work. By Julian E. Barnes ...

For years, “human-in-the-loop” has provided the default reassurance when it comes to how artificial intelligence is governed. It sounds prudent. Responsible. Familiar. It is no longer true. We’ve ...

Workdays without busywork are closer to reality than ever, thanks to artificial intelligence. AI tools that can sort and summarize emails, take meeting notes and file expense reports promise to free ...

In the fast-moving world of AI development, it is rare for a tool to be described as both "a meme" and AGI, artificial generalized intelligence, the "holy grail" of a model or system that can reliably ...

A research group from China has investigated the long-term stability of using two-butted-well horizontal (TWH) located in low-grade, dipping salt layers for compressed air energy storage (CAES).

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Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on platforms called ahu. Scholars have puzzled over the moai on Easter Island for ...

An Office Depot worker who was caught on camera refusing to fulfill an order for flyers advertising a vigil for slain conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk has been fired, the company said. The Boca ...

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The Minnesota Star Tribune is closing its Minneapolis printing facility at the end of the year and shifting print production to Iowa, ending a 158-year run of locally printed newspapers. About 125 ...