China’s ascendance in biotech is raising alarm bells among some lawmakers and investors in the West. Eli Lilly entered into its latest agreement with a Chinese drugmaker Monday, while Pfizer last week announced a tie-up with a Chinese firm to develop drugs. The licensing deals have prompted concerns that the ...
Month: June 2026
Sheinbaum decries US ‘interference’ in Mexico’s politicsSheinbaum decries US ‘interference’ in Mexico’s politics
Mexico’s president on Sunday delivered her harshest rebuke yet of US “interference,” following Washington’s indictment of 10 Mexican officials for alleged cartel ties. Claudia Sheinbaum later clarified that her comments were not directed at US President Donald Trump — a reflection of a common regional balancing act amid his efforts ...
Florida sues OpenAI over safety concernsFlorida sues OpenAI over safety concerns
Florida on Monday became the first US state to sue OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker ignored safety concerns. The wide-ranging lawsuit argued that OpenAI was driven by an “insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amass large fortunes,” and accused the AI startup of aiding mass shooters, ...
Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees CheatedAmazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated
Amazon has shut down an internal company leaderboard which ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work. Amazon’s official announcement said that it ended the leaderboard because it had accomplished its goal of encouraging employees to use AI tools, but multiple Amazon employees told me they ...
Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedHackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
Hackers say that they used Meta’s AI support chatbot to break into a host of high-profile Instagram profiles by asking the support bot to change the email address associated with the target account. The claims coincide with a series of high-profile Instagram account takeovers, including the Barack Obama White House ...
We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially EverythingWe Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted with a spyware company that tells customers it ensures they can use the tool without the agency being caught doing so, according to documents obtained by 404 Media through our ongoing lawsuit against ICE. In September, we sued ICE for documents related to its ...
AI Grifters Are Making Anti-Data Center Slop With AIAI Grifters Are Making Anti-Data Center Slop With AI
If you want a barometer of American political concerns you could do worse than checking what spam accounts are turning into AI-generated slop on Facebook. There are now hundreds of pages with names like “Life in Texas,” “History of Wisconsin,” and “Life Is Idaho” churning out dozens of AI-generated images ...
Lebanon says Hezbollah agrees reciprocal halt to attacks on IsraelLebanon says Hezbollah agrees reciprocal halt to attacks on Israel
Israel’s PM Netanyahu warns that strikes on Beirut will go ahead if Hezbollah does not abide by the US proposal. ...
Bowen: Trump needs this war to end but Iran is not backing downBowen: Trump needs this war to end but Iran is not backing down
Under pressure from the polls and Gulf allies, the White House is pushing for a deal but Iran wants concessions, writes BBC’s international editor. ...
Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fearsThree Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines. ...