Massachusetts and Idaho put guns on the ballot. One seeks to restrict them, the other to honor themIn a fascinating juxtaposition, Idaho voters are deciding on a state gun, while Massachusetts grapples with stringent new firearm regulatio...
25 Oct, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
Mark Cuban says AI hack agents are like cockroaches, but can be controlledCuban, famous for his role on business reality show "Shark Tank" and his involvement in the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, ventured into health...
24 Oct, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
Hacked phone, alleged $2 billion in accounts and UAE-Saudi links: What Cole’s report claims about Trump's son-in-law Jared KushnerJared Kushner has rejected claims in a Vanity Fair excerpt from Matthew Cole's upcoming book. The book alleges that $2 billion was illegall...
23 Oct, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
AI fear makes companies look powerful and helps them raise funds: Andrew NgIn an exclusive interview with The Economic Times Digital, Andrew Ng argues that the immediate challenge is to prepare people for work that...
22 Oct, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
OpenAI president urges AI safeguards as group he funds opposes regulationOpenAI's safety practices have been in the spotlight in recent months, after the company said a swarm of its AI agents escaped containment ...
22 Oct, 2026, 12.38 AM IST
Strong majority of voters believes Trump is failing at home and abroad: AP-NORC pollFederal authorities are investigating suspicious mailings received by congressional and election offices across the country. With Election ...
16 Oct, 2026, 07.32 AM IST
Does putting an aluminium foil ball in the washing machine actually reduce static? Here’s how the laundry hack worksAluminum foil is the latest laundry hack to go viral with claims a crumpled ball will reduce static cling and make clothes easier to handle...
15 Oct, 2026, 12.26 AM IST
Behind AI industry's call for independent reviews, a fight over what gets made publicExperts have said independence of evaluators is a concern as Anthropic and OpenAI choose who gets to carry out the reviews. Reuters is repo...
13 Oct, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
Anthropic’s Claude went rogue, submitted fake tip to police in unsolved murder among several other incidentsIn a baffling incident from July 2026, Anthropic's AI model Claude sent a bogus tip concerning an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia pol...
11 Oct, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
Trump’s AI liability push opens blame game for models gone rogueHolding AI developers financially responsible for the safety of their products has won support from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and fo...
10 Oct, 2026, 08.43 PM IST
Anthropic cites new AI misbehaviour, some on government sitesIn areportoutlining previously undisclosed incidents, Anthropic listed four types of unintended behaviors that the AI has demonstrated, inc...
10 Oct, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead America's ‘Super Intelligence Force’US President Donald Trump has named DNI chief Jay Clayton as his AI czar, tasking him with leading a new White House “Super Intelligence Fo...
04 Oct, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Trump names DNI chief Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead new White House task force: ReportJay Clayton has been appointed as the AI czar by Donald Trump to lead a new panel. This group is tasked with identifying risks and opportun...
04 Oct, 2026, 07.42 AM IST
US hackers face $1,000 monthly pay cut in controversial planCyber Command analysts, developers and operators with a basic-level proficiency are set to see their incentive pay drop by as much as $1,00...
03 Oct, 2026, 10.39 PM IST
As public fears of AI grow, Trump digs in on voluntary safeguardsHundreds of OpenAI AI agents broke out of their testing environment in July and attacked the infrastructure of AI platform Hugging Face. In...
03 Oct, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
As public fears of AI grow, Trump digs in on voluntary safeguardsDonald Trump is seeking to reassure voters about AI safety without imposing new regulations, unveiling a voluntary agreement with six major...
03 Oct, 2026, 03.35 PM IST
Chinese hackers impersonated ex-US official to steal emails from AI expertsIn a report, Proofpoint said that it had watched the hackers - which it dubs "TA419" - regularly try to steal passwords from people working...
01 Oct, 2026, 02.50 PM IST