Former researchers from Anthropic and Google are warning that advanced AI systems could become harder to control and are calling for more transparency from frontier AI labs. Anthropic and OpenAI say they are strengthening safeguards while acknowledging that current governance is limited.
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Cilia Flores de Maduro asked a New York federal judge to release her to home detention before trial, citing a worsening heart condition. Her lawyers say she needs cardiac treatment and recovery conditions unavailable at the Brooklyn detention center where she and Nicolás Maduro are being held.
Joe diGenova, the Trump ally overseeing a Justice Department probe into alleged conspiracies against the president, resigned Thursday after five months. His exit comes as the Florida-based inquiry had begun issuing new grand jury subpoenas, though no charges have been filed.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals refused to lift an injunction blocking new Postal Service requirements for mail ballots before the November 3 midterms. The court said the rules could cause chaos and disenfranchise millions of voters.
Yemen’s Houthis have taken the Red Sea port city of Mokha after clashes with Saudi-backed pro-government forces. The advance heightens concern over shipping near the Bab al-Mandab Strait, though the Houthis say Red Sea navigation remains safe.
Federal investigators said one pilot repeatedly warned that an Amazon cargo plane was going too fast before it overran a Miami runway and crashed, killing five people. The NTSB is examining cockpit coordination, aircraft configuration, weather and operator records.
David Morales, a Bernie Sanders-backed democratic socialist, defeated Providence Mayor Brett Smiley in the Democratic primary. Morales campaigned on rent caps, affordable housing, higher taxes on polluters and landlords, and stronger protections for immigrants.
North Carolina investigators have identified skeletal remains found in 1977 as those of 15-year-old Cindy Marcell Blizzard, who ran away from her Maryland home earlier that year. Her death remains unsolved and is being treated as a possible homicide.