US Sanctions Chinese Businessman in Fiji Over Alleged Bribes for Beijing
The United States has sanctioned a prominent Chinese-born businessman in Fiji, accusing him of bribing local officials and advancing the interests of the communist...
Venezuela’s Maduro and wife Flores tortured US citizens to stay in power: US prosecutors
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores both were hit with an additional US criminal charge on Thursday stemming from accusations...
Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect
Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect...
The long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln returns home to San Diego from Middle East
The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Bay Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record-long deployment of 265 uninterrupted...
US probes Harvard, Yale, MIT, other universities over alleged visa fraud, with China focus
The Trump administration is launching an investigation into nine US universities over alleged J-1 visa fraud, with officials raising concerns about Chinese scholars and...
German official killed, another injured during firearms inspection
A local government employee was shot dead and another seriously injured during a routine firearms inspection in southern Germany on Thursday, police said. The...
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his...
Popular AI leaderboard Arena nearly doubles valuation to $3.1B valuation in 10 months
The company behind the popular LMArena leaderboard has raised $200 million led by Lightspeed and Khosla, and is now measuring AI models on alignment...