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Senior Trump administration officials have been meeting nearly every day in recent months to discuss possible guardrails for artificial intelligence policy. The internal deliberations reflect competing views within the administration on how much federal oversight AI development should face.
White House officials had drafted a preliminary framework for a FINRA-style body to oversee frontier AI models after Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed the idea in July. The plan collapsed after executives including David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Trump directly against it, leaving the proposal in limbo with no replacement under active consideration. Meanwhile Congress remains split among competing AI bills that lack sufficient votes to pass.
Apple TV's spy drama Slow Horses launches its sixth season tonight, and Apple has already greenlit an eighth season alongside the previously confirmed seventh. Season 8 will adapt Mick Herron's novel 'Clown Town,' pitting Jackson Lamb against Diana Taverner over a blackmail plot threatening MI5.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC that AI safety concerns are solvable and best addressed by companies themselves rather than through expanded government oversight. His remarks followed President Trump's dismissal of AI danger warnings as a 'hoax,' as the administration pushes to keep the U.S. ahead of China in AI development.
The US National Science Foundation will issue its fewest new grants in four decades after withholding roughly $1 billion for the White House's Grand Research Challenges initiative and pulling back recommendations for over 150 peer-reviewed proposals. Meanwhile, the National Natural Science Foundation of China is increasing its prestigious early-career grants by 50% this year, moving in the opposite direction as Washington retreats from research investment.
A White House spokesperson told The New York Times that Truth Social is the 'most powerful and popular' social media platform in the world, even though data shows it trails far behind giants like YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram in monthly users. Similarweb data cited by the NYT shows Truth Social's monthly visitors fell 36 percent in July compared to a year earlier, averaging around 25 million visits this year versus 28 million last year.
The National Science Foundation announced plans to restructure its funding model, moving away from its traditional practice of soliciting proposals shaped by the scientific community toward a 'portfolio-based' system blending investigator-driven research with agency-directed initiatives tied to White House priorities. The change was outlined in a September 10 letter from acting director Brian Stone, though specifics on the new directed programs were not disclosed. NSF staff, speaking anonymously, worry the shift will further erode funding for curiosity-driven basic research that has defined the agency since 1950.
Terry Eagle began working part-time at a McDonald's in South London in 1976 and was promoted to manager by age 19. He later became a franchisee, eventually growing his business to six McDonald's restaurants across South London, and celebrated his 50th anniversary with the company this July.
Bill Lewis, 58, a former Wall Street broker laid off in 2013, invested his entire $180,000 401(k) into a Nestlé Toll House franchise, believing the established brand would guide him through unfamiliar territory as a first-time business owner. Despite strong initial sales growth, high mall operating costs made the store unprofitable, and after four years he was forced to shut it down. Lewis now works up to 75 hours a week driving for Uber and Lyft in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains to rebuild his finances.
Over Labor Day weekend, President Trump and the White House posted a wave of AI-style memes depicting him as an all-powerful superhero, including building walls and factories with a Green Lantern ring, towering over Canada's prime minister on a hockey rink, and commanding a warship in battle. The imagery arrives as Trump's approval ratings decline amid struggles with inflation, the Iran conflict, and manufacturing promises.
The White House deleted a Tetris-style browser game called 'Build The Wall' from its website days after The Tetris Company publicly objected to the unauthorized use of its game mechanics and look. The company said on X it had no involvement in creating the game and takes copyright infringement seriously. The White House has not explained the removal or responded to media inquiries.
The White House removed a browser game called 'Build the Wall' from its website after the Tetris Company said it had no involvement in the title and takes copyright infringement seriously. The game, which used block-stacking mechanics resembling Tetris, tasked players with building a wall to stop a 'zombie border siege' and drew criticism for its racist framing. The page now returns a 404 error, though another game on the site, Rio Run, which involves deporting immigrant characters, remains live.