Who is Zico Kolter? A professor leads OpenAI safety panel with power to halt unsafe AI releases

Zico Kolter leads a panel that can stop OpenAI from releasing new AI systems if they're deemed unsafe. The computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University first took on the oversight ...

Government shutdown could become longest ever as Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats

The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has ...

Judge again bars Trump administration from deploying troops to Portland

A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to ...