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EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Sept. 14 it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from regulating climate pollution from power plan ... (full story)
Microsoft commits to sweeping AI privacy rules for students. Will other tech giants follow?
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How that data is used — and schools' role in protecting it — is a growing concern for educators, parents and kids as artificial intelligence becomes a ubiquitous part of the school day, embedded in many of the classroom tools students are required to use.
As the school year started, the country's two largest sch ... (full story)
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half
Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America, a bipartisan campaign founded by philanthropists Olivia and Tom Walton, announced a $100 million pledge Sept. 10 to make giving birth in the United States safer.
The five-year commitment aims to cut the maternal mortality rate in the United States in half by 2031.
“For millions of ... (full story)
New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity’s survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent such a scenario.
The CEO ... (full story)
Anthropic says it blocked misuse of its AI that could have supported biological weapons
Anthropic said Sept. 10 it has blocked efforts by bad actors to use its artificial intelligence models for malicious activity such as cyberattacks, surveillance, and research that could have led to biological weapons.
As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks no longer require sophisticated skills and even lone ind ... (full story)