Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned, warning that competitive pressure is pushing AI labs toward superintelligent systems before safety challenges are solved, and estimating a greater than 10% r…
The Bitcoin Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, proposes 'data center dividends' that would return part of the property tax revenue from AI data centers directly to households, pote…
Jacob Coxon, a former AI researcher at Anthropic, resigned on Tuesday, warning that Anthropic and OpenAI are 'gambling with our lives' because researchers 'earnestly believe that it could kill us all …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it is imperative for the U.S. to win the AI race against China, warning that 'there is no day after tomorrow' if Beijing prevails, and that 'if they were to pull …
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki and other AI leaders are publicly urging governments and rivals to impose restraint on the AI race, warning that no lab has solved alignment and monitoring suffic…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Tuesday (Sep 8) that 'nothing else would matter' if China wins the artificial intelligence race, saying 'there is no day after tomorrow if China wins at t…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Economic Club of New York on June 24 that China's advancements in artificial intelligence are the 'biggest risk' facing American technology, warning tha…
The United States and China are preparing for their first official bilateral talks devoted exclusively to artificial intelligence in mid-September, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expected to le…
The United States and China are preparing for their first official bilateral dialogue devoted exclusively to artificial intelligence safety, tentatively scheduled for mid-September, according to two s…
Workers' share of U.S. income fell to a record low of 52.8% in the second quarter, while corporate profit margins hit a record 14.9% of GDP, according to EY-Parthenon chief economist Gregory Daco, who…
The Trump administration proposed a rule on Thursday that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on race, affecting up to 1…
The Treasury Department's Aug. 19 bond market intervention plan, which includes at least doubling buybacks of long-term bonds, highlights concerns that financial markets may struggle to digest bloated…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on June 24 that China's rapid progress in artificial intelligence is the 'biggest risk' facing the United States, warning that Chinese firms copying US AI mode…
In a recent episode of the Prof G Pod, Ed Elson and Financial Times commentator Robert Armstrong discussed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's unsuccessful attempt to rescue the bond market, while Deir…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged Group of 20 finance leaders on Monday to prioritize economic growth as the primary remedy for record global debt levels of nearly $353 trillion, saying 'the…
President Donald Trump claimed in an AI-generated video post on Truth Social that Iran's Kharg Island, which handles about 90 percent of Iran's oil exports, is being 'blown to smithereens,' though the…
U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on Truth Social claiming to show Iran's Kharg Island being destroyed, with no evidence of an actual attack, as confirmed by Reuters using AI-de…
Bank of England Governor and Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey warned G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in an August 31 letter that frontier AI models pose the most immediat…
A commentary by Chinese state-aligned outlet Yuyuan Tantian argues that Anthropic's role in defining AI safety risks placing competitors on the 'unsafe' side and calls for a jointly agreed scientific …
The tech industry fears that President Donald Trump's planned semiconductor tariffs could 'doom' US AI innovation, with the Computer and Communications Industry Association estimating $90 billion in a…