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Clayton to create report outlining AI risks and opportunities after being named czar

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will serve as the Trump administration’s AI czar and lead a three-month effort to establish the “risks and opportunities” of the technology.

A Statement review

New York film festival: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Tatiana Maslany lead an excellent ensemble in this dramatization of a failed conference on climate change

Trump taps Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as AI czar: WSJ reports

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton will lead the administration's AI policy, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

OpenAI Safety Leader Quits, Warning AI Company's Culture Is 'Broken'

David Robinson joins other insiders in urging the industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology.

US Coast Guard searches for missing air ambulance off coast of Massachusetts

The plane was undertaking a medical evacuation from Bermuda with six people onboard when it lost contact

Judge rules Flock cameras violate the Fourth Amendment

A federal judge has ruled that a Tulsa County sheriff’s deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he used Flock license plate reader technology to access weeks of a driver’s travel history, warning that the system risks creating a nationwide “dragnet” of mass surveillance.

California’s new laws target workers’ biggest fear of AI taking their jobs

The state, which is home to many AI companies, is one of the first to roll out workplace regulations targeting the technology

Novig credits Sydney Sweeney-backed campaign for platform’s surge in growth

Novig's "Just Sports" campaign drew backlash from some female athletes but also brought in a rush of trading volume.

Private capital is reshaping Hollywood moviemaking

As Hollywood's financing structures diversify, private capital is increasingly funding the big screen and changing the types of movies that are being made.

Meta's Muse can shop and check out for you. Here's how it works

Meta announced a slate of Muse partnerships with Walmart, Gap, Sephora, Expedia, Wayfair, Best Buy and others.

They're profiting off your panic: How AI fear became a business model

In early September, a 27-year-old researcher quit Anthropic and posted a seven-part warning on X. The big AI labs, he wrote, were “racing straight to self improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” The thread drew more than 100 million views in about a day. Within the week, Anthropic’s chief executive called for slowing the pace of AI progress, and the heads of OpenAI and xAI voiced support. On Sept. 14, the main index of chip stocks fell 5.9% in a single session.

Activist network wants you scared of AI

Former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon made a splash in early September for resigning and claiming artificial intelligence could one day kill humanity. One American anti-capitalist group was especially happy to see it.