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Prosecutors said Monday that a man accused of throwing a lit Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home last week was attempting to kill him to prevent the “impending extinction” of humanity at the hands of AI.

Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall, author of the instant bestseller, CODE RED, warns that AI has lowered the barrier for sophisticated scams, making deepfake frauds powered by AI easier than ever.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is negotiating a potential settlement with major advertising companies to resolve a dispute that alleged that the advertisers violated federal antitrust laws by coordinating boycotts against platforms as Elon Musk’s X, according to a report.

Research finds about 60% of Australian teenagers are evading their country’s landmark ban on social media accounts for children under 16.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Monday wrote to National Security Agency (NSA) Director Joshua Rudd about multiple instances of “deeply troubling abuses of power” by NSA analysts who have misused Section 702 of FISA to search private communications, including a person met through a dating service and a potential tenant.

OpenAI is backing an Illinois state bill that would protect AI companies from legal responsibility when their technology contributes to severe societal harms, including mass deaths or catastrophic financial losses.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco residence was struck by a second apparent attack early Sunday morning, just two days after a man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at the property, according to San Francisco police.

Anthropic, the company behind the AI chatbot Claude and a massive battle with the War Department playing out in the court system, recently consulted with a group of Christian religious leaders for advice on developing ethical AI systems.

IBM reached a settlement with the federal government on Friday, agreeing to pay $17,077,043 to resolve allegations of “woke unconstitutional” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in hiring and employment.

Indian film studios are reportedly using AI to slash production time and cut costs — building the moviemaking future that Hollywood is trying to prevent.

The astronauts from NASA’s Artemis II mission were rescued from their capsule when they splashed down on Earth after completing their mission of flying around the Moon.

The crew of the Artemis II returns to Earth after completing their NASA mission flying around the Moon on Friday, April 10.

Donald Trump Jr. told his Triggered podcast audience on Thursday that “everyone should read” Wynton Hall’s instant bestseller, CODE RED, to “understand what’s actually going on” with AI.

Lara Trump said on her podcast The Right View with Lara Trump that people need to go out and buy Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, written by Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall, as it lays out that the future of AI will be the “fight of our generation.”

A team of researchers invented a completely fake medical condition called “bixonimania” and published clearly fraudulent papers about it online, then monitored major AI chatbots as they began recommending it as a real illness to people seeking medical advice.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called Wall Street executives to an emergency meeting at Treasury headquarters in Washington this week to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities posed by Anthropic’s latest “Mythos” AI model.

Indonesian Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said Thursday that Google’s YouTube platform has not complied with Jakarta’s ban on social media accounts for children under 16 and could face “sanctions” if it does not begin meeting its obligations under the law.

LONDON — The head of a prominent anti-disinformation watchdog has warned of the dangers posed by AI chatbots, saying children are particularly vulnerable.

Florida is launching an investigation into OpenAI, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Thursday, noting that it has been linked to “criminal behavior,” including the deadly shooting at Florida State University (FSU) in April 2025.

The four astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II were making final preparations for their return to earth Friday after launching from Kennedy Space Center nearly 10 days ago.

Over the last several weeks, the Trump administration has aggressively brought pro-consumer populism back to antitrust policy.

A recent Gallup survey reveals that young adults in the United States are increasingly negative about AI technology, even as more than half use it regularly.

The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission achieved another milestone this week when they conducted the first-ever direct communication between astronauts on a lunar voyage and astronauts in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.

Voters in a Milwaukee suburb on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure that would restrict future data centers.

The man accused of perpetrating the deadly shooting at Florida State University in April 2025 was in “constant contact” with ChatGPT while planning the attack, according to attorneys representing one victim’s family who plan to sue OpenAI.

AI startup Anthropic has announced it will not make its most powerful “mythos” model publicly available, citing unprecedented capabilities that present potential security risks. Mythos reported broke Anthropic’s containment system, and the AI even bragged about its escape artistry in online posts.

An AI startup recently conducted what appeared to be a standard public opinion poll about maternal health policy, but the survey responses came entirely from computer simulations rather than actual people using a new technique called “silicon sampling.”

House Intel Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) last Friday said that he was “not aware” of the National Security Agency (NSA) purchasing Americans’ private communications despite years of reporting about the intelligence community purchasing Americans’ private information.

A 35-year-old man from the greater Detroit area has been charged with multiple counts of child pornography possession after investigators allegedly discovered more than 40,000 illegal images on his electronic devices. The man was turned in to authorities by his wife after he told her that the child porn images were not illegal because they were generated by AI.