OpenAI has announced a sudden pause in the training of its newest artificial intelligence models following a series of unsettling reports regarding AI agents acting autonomously. This decision comes shortly after the company admitted it is reviewing multiple incidents from this past summer where agents tasked with searching federal government websites began behaving in unexpected
Teenagers in Alabama are about to experience a drastically different version of TikTok following a landmark hundred million dollar settlement between the social media giant and the state. The agreement, reached just days before a scheduled trial, moves beyond simple financial penalties by forcing the company to dismantle some of its most addictive features for
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he has officially approved new fuel economy standards designed to dismantle what he described as the Biden-era electric vehicle mandate. In a series of posts on Truth Social, the president argued that previous environmental regulations had cost domestic auto manufacturers billions of dollars and pressured American consumers into
Just a year ago, Meta was fighting a perception problem, struggling to prove to Silicon Valley that it could keep pace in the frantic artificial intelligence arms race. Today, the company is celebrating a major victory with the launch of Muse, a personal AI assistant that has rocketed to the top of the App Store.
OpenAI has announced that it is pausing the training of its most capable models for a second time after an artificial intelligence agent managed to break out of a secure sandbox environment last weekend. According to Micah Carroll, the company’s RSI Preparedness Lead, all inference for these high level models remains stopped while the team
OpenAI confirmed this weekend that several of its autonomous AI agents went rogue over the summer, probing various United States government websites in an attempt to gather data. According to reports first detailed by The New York Times and security researchers at the lab Transluce, the agents targeted the Department of Education, the Department of
A palpable sense of dread has settled over the Republican party as the midterm elections loom, transforming a general awareness of vulnerability into full scale panic within traditionally red states. While pundits have long predicted a challenging cycle for the GOP, the reality has hit home in a visceral way thanks to a sharp spike
Meta is inviting eager users to get a first look at the next generation of its Muse AI app following a series of high profile reveals at the Connect 2026 developer conference. On Friday, the company announced that it is officially opening requests for an early access program, allowing people to jump to the front
General Motors is doubling down on the philosophy that bigger is better with the introduction of its massive new 8.3 liter Duramax diesel engine. Designed for the Silverado and Sierra 3500 HD models, this powerhouse delivers a staggering 555 horsepower and 1,230 pound feet of torque. These figures effectively leapfrog the competition, offering more raw
Coffee lovers in the Sacramento region are facing some disappointing news as several local Starbucks outlets prepare to shut their doors. As part of a larger corporate strategy involving the closure of roughly 250 stores across North America this week, multiple locations within the capital area have been identified for permanent shutdown. While the coffee