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NBC News Oct. 15 Rundown: Federal Inquiry Into Rep. Ilhan Omar, and Cleo Abram’s Case for AI Optimism
Two very different stories anchor Thursday’s briefing NBC News framed its Oct. 15 rundown around two threads that, on the surface, have little in common: a federal investigation involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democrat who has been one of the most closely scrutinized members of Congress since her 2018 election, and a conversation with…
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When the Machine Remembers for You: AI and the Rise of False Memories
Memory has never been a recording. Psychologists have understood for decades that recollection is an act of reconstruction â the brain assembles a plausible version of the past each time we reach for it, patching gaps with expectation, suggestion and whatever story feels right. That flexibility is why eyewitness testimony can be unreliable, and why…
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Penn State Moves to Close 47 Academic Programs as Budget Pressures Mount
Pennsylvania State University is moving to shutter 47 academic programs, according to live financial coverage from The Chronicle of Higher Education, in what amounts to one of the more sweeping curricular contractions announced by a major public research university in recent years. The decision lands amid a broader reckoning across American higher education, where institutions…
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Tech Slumps as AI Financing Worries Grow, Investors Flock to Bonds
Technology stocks came under renewed pressure this week as investors grew increasingly uneasy about how the artificial intelligence buildout is being paid for, with money rotating out of high-flying growth names and into the relative safety of the bond market. The selling has been concentrated in the corner of the market that has driven returns…
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New Columbia Heights Businesses See Bright Future on 40th Avenue
New Columbia Heights Businesses See Bright Future on 40th Along 40th Avenue in Columbia Heights, a stretch of storefronts that has long served as the Minneapolis suburb’s downtown is drawing a new wave of entrepreneurs â and they say they like what they see ahead. The corridor, anchored near Central Avenue, has been the civic…
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Video Shows Smash-and-Grab Burglars Hit at Least 15 Chicago Businesses
Chicago business owners are cleaning up shattered glass and counting their losses after a string of smash-and-grab burglaries struck at least 15 storefronts across the city, with surveillance video capturing the break-ins as they happened. Among the businesses hit were Terra Coffee, a Subway sandwich shop and a location of the local fried chicken chain…
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Senate Moves to Put Anthropic’s Claude in Staffers’ Hands
The U.S. Senate appears ready to expand the roster of artificial intelligence tools available to its staff, with Anthropic’s chatbot Claude poised to join the list, according to a report from Politico. The move would mark another step in a steady, if cautious, embrace of generative AI on Capitol Hill, where thousands of aides handle…
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The Big Problem Every Artificial Intelligence Company Faces
The Big Problem Every Artificial Intelligence Company Faces For all the differences between the companies racing to build artificial intelligence â different models, different business models, different philosophies about safety and openness â they all run into the same wall eventually. Building an impressive AI system is one thing. Making it pay for itself is…
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Russian National Extradited to Albany in Alleged U.S. Technology Smuggling Scheme
A Russian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges in federal court in Albany, where prosecutors allege he took part in a scheme to illegally funnel American technology to Russia, according to a report from WRGB. The defendant was brought to New York’s Northern District, which is headquartered in Albany, after…
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Living with a Stink? Technology Might Help
Living with a Stink? Technology Might Help For people who live near a landfill, a sewage works, an intensive farm or a busy industrial estate, bad smells are more than an occasional nuisance. They can seep into homes, interrupt sleep, spoil gardens and, over months and years, wear down a community’s patience. Now a growing…