1+ week, 6+ day ago (33+ words) "GMA" looks at the rise of artificial intelligence and how some major brands are pushing back on the technology to win over customers. Baltimore high school football player Taki Allen had a crumpled ......

2+ week, 6+ day ago (1271+ words) WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump says his $300 million White House ballroom will be paid for "100% by me and some friends of mine." The White House released a list of 37 donors, including crypto billionaires, charitable organizations, sports team owners, powerful financiers, tech and tobacco giants, media companies, longtime supporters of Republican causes and several of the president's neighbors in Palm Beach, Florida. It's incomplete. Among others, the list doesn't include Carrier Group, which offered to donate an HVAC system for the ballroom, and artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia, whose CEO, Jensen Huang, publicly discussed its donation. A senior White House official said the list has grown since it was first released in October, but some companies don't want to be publicly named until required to do so by financial disclosure regulations. No foreign individuals or entities were among the donors, according to the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (892+ words) Cities and states in the U.S. are turning to AI to improve road safety As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will use AI to automate inspections of guardrails, road signs and pavement markings, instantly discerning between minor problems and emergencies that warrant sending a maintenance crew. "This is not something where it's looked at once a month and then they sit down and figure out where they're going to put their vans," said Richard Browning, chief commercial officer at Nextbase, which developed the dashcams and imagery platform for Hawaii. After San Jose, California, started mounting…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (517+ words) New Jersey's highest court has ruled that expert testimony about shaken baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and inadmissible in two upcoming trials New Jersey's highest court ruled Thursday that expert testimony about shaken baby syndrome is scientifically unreliable and inadmissible in two upcoming trials, a decision that comes as the long-held medical diagnoses have come under increased scrutiny. The New Jersey Supreme Court determined that a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome, which is also known as abusive head trauma, is not generally accepted within the "biomechanical community" and is therefore not "sufficiently reliable" for admission at the trials. The 6-1 ruling deals with the trials of two men facing charges in separate cases, where the young victims showed symptoms that have come to be associated with shaken baby syndrome. The justices, using an abbreviation for the syndrome, concluded in their lengthy…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago (810+ words) Marc Buoniconti said his father, the late NFL Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, explained the secret to the success of their nonprofit and its fundraising efforts simply: "We're just not good listeners." In the 40 years since Marc Buoniconti, then a college football linebacker at the Citadel, was paralyzed during a routine tackle, they have been told countless times that it was a problem that couldn't be fixed. The Buonicontis didn't listen. Instead, through the fund that bears their name, they have helped raise more than $550 million for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, and improved the lives of millions with spinal cord and brain injuries. That drive has also led The Miami Project to expand its work beyond curing paralysis. Its research center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine now also studies neurological diseases and disorders including…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago (437+ words) Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker in Thailand who is wanted by the FBI for alleged cyberattacks on U.S. and European government agencies BANGKOK -- Police have arrested a suspected Russian hacker on the Thai resort island of Phuket who was wanted by the FBI on allegations he was behind cyberattacks on U.S. and European government agencies, officials said. The 35-year-old, who entered Thailand on Oct. 30 at Phuket Airport, was taken into custody earlier this month at his hotel and is now being held pending possible extradition, Thai police said. The suspect's name was not released but Russian state-run news agency Russia Today identified him as Denis Obrezko, a native of Stavropol. It reported that his relatives confirmed the Nov. 6 arrest and were planning to fight his extradition to the United States. In an e-mail Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice refused to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (443+ words) India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams The center, known as KK Park on the outskirts of the border city of Myawaddy and said to house a major cybercrime operation, was raided by Myanmar's army in mid-October to suppress cross-border online scams and illegal gambling. An Indian air force transport plane left Thailand en route to India and another plane was to leave later in the day, with about 270 out of 465 Indians who are to be repatriated. The remainder will leave Thailand next Monday, according to Maj. Gen. Maitree Chupreecha, commander of the Thai army's northern region Naresuan Task Force. In March, India repatriated 549 nationals after an earlier crackdown on cybercrime operations at the Myanmar-Thai border....

4+ week, 21+ hour ago (601+ words) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for tripling government spending artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology in a budget speech to the legislature SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for tripling the government spending on projects for expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure and technology in a budget speech. Lee also called for lawmakers to approve a planned 8.2% increase in defense spending next year, which he said would help modernize the military's weapons systems and reduce its reliance on the United States, as the allies' military chiefs met in Seoul for annual security talks. Most conservative opposition lawmakers boycotted Lee's speech amid an ongoing rift over a criminal investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law in December. Lee's speech came after South Korea last week hosted the leaders of major Pacific…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (451+ words) President Donald Trump is again expressing support for skilled immigrants training U.S. workers in high-tech factories WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has made hardline immigration policies a signature issue, but acknowledged on Wednesday that he's been criticized for recently saying some skilled immigrants should be allowed into the country from his "Make America Great Again" supporters. Trump told an audience of business executives that the U.S. needs immigrants who can train domestic workers in high-tech factories " and insisted that doing so is not inconsistent with his core political beliefs. "I love my conservative friends. I love MAGA. But this is MAGA," Trump said during an address to the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum, which he attended with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "Those people are going to teach our people how to make computer chips, and in a short period of time, our people…...

5+ day, 16+ min ago (1032+ words) Ukrainians in the southern city of Kherson live in constant fear of Russian drone attacks KHERSON, Ukraine -- When Olena Horlova leaves home or drives through town outside the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, she fears that she's a target. She believes that Russian drones could be waiting on a rooftop, along the road or aiming for her car. To protect herself and her two daughters, the girls stay indoors, and she stays alert " sometimes returning home at night along dark roads without headlights so as not to be seen. After living through the occupation, refusing to cooperate with Russian forces and hiding from them, Horlova, like so many other residents, found that even after her town was liberated in 2022, the ordeal didn't end. The United Nations' Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine says the attacks leave little doubt about…...