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AI-generated imageA federal watchdog ruling now lets Democrats force a vote on ending a program that pays companies more for each medical claim they deny using AI.
AI-generated imageThe change means wildlife deaths that were foreseeable but not deliberate, from activities like logging or commercial fishing, would no longer count as unlawful under the Endangered Species Act.
AI-generated imageThe rollback removes the main federal tool for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from a sector that produces about a quarter of US climate pollution, and could block future administrations from regulating it at all.
AI-generated imageThe uranium, hidden inside cobalt shipments and never reported to nuclear regulators, is enough for hundreds to over a thousand nuclear weapons and also threatens miners' health.
AI-generated imageThe resignation comes as Anthropic itself has publicly called for a coordinated slowdown of frontier AI, arguing systems may soon be able to build their own successors.
AI-generated imageResearchers found Meta's ad review missed hundreds of AI-generated child abuse ads for months, some using identifiable real children, before regulators and lawmakers began pressing the company to act.
AI-generated imageSurveys conducted during a period of federal funding cuts and hiring freezes suggest the disruption is changing career plans, not just budgets, among the postdocs and PhD students the U.S. research system depends on.