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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, introduced legislation Thursday seeking to hit American artificial intelligence developers with a "corporate death penalty" and up to 20 years in prison— a move critics warn will hand a crucial edge in the global AI arms race to Beijing and Moscow.The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would temporarily halt advanced AI development and establish a Cabinet-level federal agency authorized to oversee the […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing backlash after giving a ceremonial pen from a 9/11 remembrance ceremony to a top aide who once represented a convicted al Qaeda member whose brother-in-law hijacked the plane that struck the Pentagon.Mamdani signed executive orders Friday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, designating the date a citywide day of remembrance and service and strengthening efforts to prevent future […]

Data centers are the largely unseen infrastructure behind modern life, powering everything from the apps on your phone and shows you stream to online shopping, banking and artificial intelligence.Inside these warehouse-sized facilities, thousands of servers store data, process digital requests and keep online services running around the clock. Most Americans may never see one, but they rely on them constantly, often without realizing it."Data centers have been around for as […]