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Vance, Bessent questioned tech giants on AI security before Anthropic's Mythos release, CNBC reports
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (173+ words) April 10 (Reuters) " U. S. Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned leading "tech CEOs about AI "model security and how to respond to cyber attacks a week before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, "CNBC "reported on Friday. Anthropic's…...
Statewide Torando Drills Set for Next Week
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (160+ words) Tornado damage in Colby, WI. Image courtesy: WAOW TV STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) " Statewide tornado drills are scheduled for next Thursday, April 16th. Sirens will activate in participating communities at 1: 45 PM and 6: 45 PM, allowing residents to practice their tornado action plans…...
Space X begins installing equipment at Texas facility, eyes year-end production, sources say
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (241+ words) TAIPEI, April 10 (Reuters) " Space X has begun installing equipment at its advanced chip packaging facility in Bastrop, Texas, as "the satellite and rocket company aims to "begin production there by the end of this year, two sources familiar with the…...
Artemis II astronauts hurtle home from moon toward splashdown
18+ hour, 31+ min ago (716+ words) By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman HOUSTON, April 10 (Reuters) " The four Artemis II astronauts, returning from the world's first crewed moon voyage in over half a century, hurtled back toward Earth on Friday aboard their gumdrop-shaped Orion spacecraft, headed for…...
Chinese startup Sheng Shu raises $293 million to advance artificial general intelligence
22+ hour, 3+ min ago (284+ words) BEIJING/SINGAPORE, April 10 (Reuters) " Chinese artificial intelligence startup Sheng Shu Technology has raised 2 billion yuan ($292. 59 million) in a funding round led by Alibaba Cloud, the "company said on Friday, as competition intensifies in China's "AI sector. Sheng Shu said the…...
Exclusive-Anthropic weighs building it own AI chips, sources say
1+ day, 34+ min ago (306+ words) By Max A. Cherney and Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (Reuters) " Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic is exploring the possibility of designing its own chips, three sources said, "as the company and its rivals respond to "a shortage of AI chips needed…...
Colorado State forecasters see below-average hurricane season
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (237+ words) HOUSTON, April 9 (Reuters) " Weather forecasters from Colorado State University said on Thursday the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season was expected to "fall below historical averages because of "an El Nino formation sending winds across the southern U. S. that could rip apart tropical storms....
Open AI pauses UK data centre project over regulation, costs
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (386+ words) LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) " Chat GPT-maker Open AI is pausing its main data centre project in Britain over an unfavourable regulatory environment and high energy costs, dealing a blow to the UK government's "push to position the country as a global…...
Intel and Google to double down on AI CPUs with expanded partnership
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (269+ words) April 9 (Reuters) " Intel and Google have expanded their partnership to advance the use of artificial intelligence-focused central processing units and to develop custom infrastructure processors, "as shifting use of AI drives renewed demand "for traditional computing chips. Companies are increasingly…...
Carney speaks with Artemis II crew as Canada's first lunar astronaut makes history
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (316+ words) TORONTO, April 8 (Reuters) " Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to astronauts on the Artemis II mission on Wednesday, celebrating the first Canadian to fly around the moon and marking a "lighter moment in U. S. -Canadian relations that have been strained under…...