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Climate change can’t anticipate our next move. An asteroid can’t dodge us. And while humans can be adversaries in a nuclear war, the fallout that follows isn’t trying to outsmart anyone.For Business Insider’s video series “AI Architects,” Ramana Kumar told Business Insider in May 2025 that superintelligent AI could be…
Seniors face distinct disadvantages when it comes to covering the cost of dental care: Seniors typically have a fixed income, so money can be tight. Original, aka traditional, Medicare typically doesn’t cover dental care. Retirees typically don’t have employer-sponsored dental insurance to help with their dental bills. These out-of-pocket dental…
AI safety fears have recently moved from an abstract Silicon Valley argument to a series of unnerving real-world episodes.Jay Kreps, a former Anthropic board member and a cofounder of data-streaming software company Confluent, says it is important to take them seriously.In a Thursday night X post, he argued that AI…
My first stop in Italy was Venice. I’d heard of the ancient city’s canals and car-free streets, but I didn’t expect to feel like I’d entered a storybook upon arrival.It didn’t matter how many photos I’d seen of the over 1,000-year-old city — standing above the canals dotted with gondolas…
Michael Burry has turned from water to wine.The star of “The Big Short,” who made waves for investing in water after calling the collapse of the mid-2000s US housing bubble, explained why he’s betting on fine wines in a Substack post on Thursday.Burry, who pivoted from running a hedge fund…
Anthropic found Russian and Chinese threat actors using its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude as a weapons engineering assistant, helping develop drone software, anti-torpedo weapons systems, and more.The extensive report, published Thursday, also detailed activities by a Yemen-based weapons engineering cell and an unspecified Iran-nexus threat actor. The latter used Claude…
You pull up to the pump, watch the numbers spin, and wonder if there is a better way to manage this recurring expense. Gasoline takes a significant bite out of your budget, but you have more control over your fuel efficiency than you might realize. By tweaking how you drive…
Weeks before moving home from college, my mom told me my grandfather was sick.Although I saw my grandparents as often as I could, it was challenging to see them regularly because they split their time between Florida — where I lived — and New Jersey. Plus, I got used to…
Today is the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes, crashing two into New York’s Twin Towers and killing 2,977 people.Another plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the passengers on…
Even the most experienced traveler can run into trouble every now and then. But how do you get out of trouble? I needed to think quickly when I checked in for a recent flight from Doha, Qatar, to Auckland, New Zealand. I had taken care of the visa for New…
