The bill to require TikTok to separate from its Chinese parent company or face a nationwide ban made it to President Joe Biden’s desk on Wednesday as part of a huge foreign aid package that passed through Congress this week. And Biden, as he previously promised, signed the bill into law. ByteDance now has nine …
WASHINGTON (TND) — China could be preparing to meddle in the upcoming U.S. election according to a new report by Microsoft. Allegations of foreign governments attempting to influence U.S. presidential elections are nothing new. In 2016, allegations focused on Russia. “They looked at what the Russians are alleged to have done and they’re envious,” explained …
LeFLORE COUNTY, Okla. (KOKH) — A $22 million grant investment to provide high-speed internet to Choctaw Nation in LeFlore County has been announced. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced on Tuesday at the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Reservation Economic Summit in …
Deepfake detection: Have you been tricked by fake Obama? Deepfakes are video manipulations that can make people say seemingly strange things. Barack Obama and Nicolas Cage have been featured in these videos. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY Days before New Hampshire’s Jan. 23 primary, a robocall sounding a lot like President Joe Biden went out …
The alleged theft involved the building blocks of Google’s supercomputing data centers, which develop applications to generate responses to tasks or questions. WASHINGTON – A Chinese citizen was charged with stealing trade secrets from Google about artificial intelligence technology, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday. Linwei Ding, who is also known as Leon Ding, was …
A bill that would have prohibited deceptive artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertisements didn’t pass by the turnaround deadline in the Kansas House, but the rapidly evolving technology is already in use in campaigns in several different ways. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, introduced House Bill 2559, along with House Minority Leader Vic Miller, D-Topeka. The bill wouldn’t ban …
Washington — The Biden administration said Thursday it plans to investigate the national security risks posed by internet-connected vehicles from China, a probe that could result in a ban on Chinese vehicles in the United States. Administration officials noted that a potential ban on connected vehicles — or CVs — resulting from the investigation is …
With the 2024 election cycle in full swing, a bipartisan House task force was announced Saturday that could tackle the emerging challenges of artificial intelligence and its potentially destructive impact on a wide range of issues. But its focus won’t be on the 2024 election. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and House Minority Leader …
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: The unleashing of powerful Artificial Intelligence into the world, with little to any regulation or guardrails, has put many people on edge. It holds tremendous promise in all sorts of fields from healthcare to law enforcement, but it also poses many risks. How worried should we be? To …
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Apple has finally come up with a workaround for the recent ban on two of its watches: the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2. It will ditch the blood oxygen measurement feature on its watches altogether. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for Halloween The Cupertino giant has …