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From Wednesday’s Justice Department press release: Kyle Andrew Edwards, 59, of Alexander, N.C., appeared in federal court today and pleaded…
In brief Claude Opus 4 tried to blackmail engineers up to 96% of the time in controlled tests—Anthropic now traces…
“ChatGPT advised the FSU shooter that a mass shooting would get more attention from media if it involved several children,”…
In brief Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink posted a Q1 net loss of nearly $686 million. The loss is significantly higher…
from the the-consequence-free-elite dept There are perks to spending over a quarter of a billion dollars getting your preferred candidate…
The Trump administration says the first two months of America’s war with Iran cost taxpayers about $25 billion—but the real…
In brief The OpenAI Deployment Company launches with more than $4 billion in committed capital and a $10 billion valuation,…
A couple of interviews I’ve conducted for Reason in the past few weeks have been rattling around in my head,…
In brief Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned that U.S. dollar tokens could flood Britain in a crisis. The…
From Justice Gerald Lebovits (Manhattan trial court) in Tuesday’s Garlington v. Austin; defendant Burstiner goes by “they/them,” but plaintiff had…
In brief Ripple secured a $200 million debt facility from Neuberger Specialty Finance to expand Ripple Prime, its institutional prime…
How worried should you be? The cruise ship on which hantavirus had been spreading—the MV Hondius—docked over the weekend and let off…