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The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That's being tested in Georgia

ATLANTA — Security researchers say rapid advances in artificial intelligence are making it more critical to address a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they have been cast.

Opinion

Solveig Lucia Gold is a senior fellow at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Joshua T. Katz is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Opinion

Shawn Regan’s Sept. 10 op-ed, “Grizzlies are thriving. The next step shouldn’t be controversial,” made some reasonable arguments about grizzly bear management, but it ignored massive flaws in the Trump administration’s recently proposed plan that would wreak havoc on this still-imperiled species.

He was close to a huge math breakthrough. Then he got scooped by AI.

Tristan Buckmaster thought he was on the verge of the most important discovery of his mathematical career when he heard that ChatGPT maker OpenAI was interested in the same problem — and had launched an intense effort to solve it, too.

Why AI researchers keep building something they think will kill humans

Why do AI researchers keep building technology they believe will kill? Inside the commercial, ethical, and psychological forces driving doomers.

I own a house rental business near a future Meta AI data center. Construction workers make up most of our tenants.

Angel Crawford and her husband launched their rental home business in northeast Louisiana just before Meta announced its Hyperion AI data center.

As Fears of A.I. Catastrophe Magnify, Washington Stirs, but Mostly Slumbers

President Trump has been in the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.

Every Word My Employee Writes Reeks of A.I.

Catch up on big news, and wind down to end your day.

10-Year-Old Children Predict the Future

Robot butlers. Underwater homes. Root beer perfume. Kids across the nation weigh in on what life will be like in the year 2050.

Industry Rallies Behind Anthropic CEO’s Call for AI Slowdown

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is calling on artificial intelligence companies to slow the development of their most advanced models, a proposal that has drawn support from several other industry leaders.

Wipro's Ivana Bartoletti on AI Content Governance

Ivana Bartoletti, Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer at Wipro, on why companies must move from technical detection to a governance-by-design approach

Obama Urges Democrats to Move A.I. Oversight to the Center of Their Agenda

During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.