Economy

DuckDuckGo AI Tells Users Donald Trump and JD Vance Have Died from Rabies

DuckDuckGo’s AI search feature has been caught spreading the outrageous claim that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance both died earlier this month from rabies, in what appears to be a successful campaign by internet pranksters to manipulate artificial intelligence systems using a technique known as “poisoning.”

robot in a dunce cap

Mamdani Antoinette: NYC Mayor Celebrates Rent Freeze with Cake

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani touted the fulfillment of one of his campaign promises Friday after the Independent Rent Guidelines Board approved a rent freeze, saying more than two million New Yorkers living in rent-stabilized apartments will have their rent frozen next year.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives with congressional candidate Brad Lander after

Ford Hires Back Former Engineers to Fix Errors Caused by AI

Ford is acknowledging the challenges it faced with AI production and design systems after the automaker recently claimed the top spot in JD Power’s initial quality ranking for mainstream brands for the first time in 16 years. According to Ford, attempting to replace highly-skilled employees with AI-powered systems was a mistake.

Ford factory workers

GDP Growth Unexpectedly Revised Higher for First Quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a significantly swifter pace than previously estimated during the first three months of the year. Gross domestic product, the government’s broad economic scorecard, rose at a 2.1 percent annual rate in the January through March

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 24: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretar

Gasoline Pushes Inflation To Three Year High

The personal consumption expenditures price index climbed 4.1 percent last month from a year earlier, the largest year-over-year price increase since April 2023. Compared with the prior month, prices rose 0.4 percent.

Young woman refueling her car

Bessent: Our Strength Comes From What We Can Build

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday laid out a doctrine of “economic statecraft,” telling the Economic Club of New York that the United States would wield its economic power “in service of our sovereignty” and warning that a country unable

Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, during an Economic Club of New York (ECNY) event in