national affairs – Page 2

Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety

2025-08-07

At a computer security conference in Arlington, Virginia, last October, a few dozen AI researchers took part in a first-of-its-kind ...

Charter Planes and Bidding Wars: How Bitcoin Miners Raced to Beat Trump’s Tariffs

2025-08-06

For companies importing goods from Southeast Asia, like Luxor, the timing of Trump’s announcement was particularly unhelpful, coinciding with Eid, ...

Trump’s Anti-Bias AI Order Is Just More Bias

2025-07-26

On November 2, 2022, I attended a Google AI event in New York City. One of the themes was responsible ...

Trump’s AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against ‘Bias’—and Regulation

2025-07-23

On Wednesday, the Trump administration unveiled its new artificial intelligence action plan geared at keeping US efforts competitive with China. ...

‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

2025-06-26

During visits in recent months, Emelie says her husband, who was detained at Stewart until he was deported last month, ...

A Helicopter, Halibut, and ‘Y.M.C.A’: Inside Donald Trump’s Memecoin Dinner

2025-05-24

As US president Donald Trump left the stage at his golf club near Washington, DC, on Thursday night, he pointed ...

The Trump Memecoin Dinner Winners Are Getting Rid of Their Coins

2025-05-17

Next week, a coterie of crypto investors will share an extravagant dinner with US president Donald Trump at his golf ...

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know

2025-02-19

After months of congressional wrangling that saw the elimination of Ervin’s proposed independent privacy oversight board, President Gerald Ford signed ...