A nonprofit’s study of how OpenAI’s A.I. agents were able to break into Hugging Face’s infrastructure wasn’t allowed to look at the incident’s full scope.Hjalmar Wijk, METR chief scientist, left, and Ajeya Cotra, METR researcher, at their research center in Berkeley, Calif.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
Also, Gloria Steinem died at 92. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Higher costs for home loans have put a squeeze on the housing market, adding pressure to consumers already struggling with elevated inflation.
After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, the Treasury secretary said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to a global energy shock driven mainly by the U.S. war with Iran.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing a complicated challenge as he tries to cool global e
The Netherlands moved some 90 tons of gold out of the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, the second European nation this year to announce it had decreased or eliminated U.S. gold holdings.Olaf Sleijpen, president of the central bank of the Netherlands, in Amsterdam in March. “We have improved the tra
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.President Trump has said that the 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery must be taller than the Arc de Triomphe in Par
In the first White House press briefing since Karoline Leavitt left as press secretary, the vice president suggested that when the conflict would end was up to Tehran.Vice President JD Vance took questions from reporters in the White House press briefing room on Thursday, the first briefing held by
The move came days after the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, who had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the purge of top generals in the Army.Adam R. Telle, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, will take over as the acting Army secretary.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer spent Labor Department funds on personal travel and tolerated harassment in the agency, its inspector general found.A Labor Department report followed an investigation of a whistle-blower’s allegations against Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who resigned as labor secretary in April.
Facing growing competition from China and rapidly advancing technology, the German auto giant said its board had approved a “comprehensive” overhaul.Facing intense pressure and Chinese competition, Volkswagen has slashed its annual production targets and plans to cut its model lineup.
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.Ms. Steinem at a rally in 1968. “The truth will set you free,” she liked to say, “but first it will piss you off.”
Following Ms. Steinem’s death on Wednesday, her foundation said her Upper East Side home would become a permanent space for organizing and activism.Gloria Steinem, left, sits with Ms. magazine co-founder Patricia Carbine in 1987.
After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.Gloria Steinem “pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her,” Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential c
Tim Andrews was the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney as a “bridge” to a human organ transplant.Tim Andrews lived with a kidney from a genetically modified pig for nine months. The pig kidney gave him a reprieve from dialysis treatments.
The court said a map redrawn to benefit Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries. The state attorney general vowed to appeal the decision.The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.Administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for a new rule that prohibits the Postal Service from delivering ball
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.
Medical aid in dying is now legal in New York. A team of clinical professionals decided to create a practice to help their clients die on their own terms.
The host, who appeared on Fox Business and Fox News, had been with the network for more than 12 years.Fox did not give a reason for Maria Bartiromo’s abrupt departure. She has been an ardent supporter of President Trump.
The new Cybercab embodies Elon Musk’s vision of cars that drive themselves, but it is not clear when the vehicle will be widely available.The Cybercab embodies the longtime ambition of Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, to create cars that could steer, brake and navigate autonomously.
Exit, Trump. Enter, what?
Gloria Steinem got to be who she was because of a pre-Roe abortion.
The wealthy enclave of Bratenahl, Ohio, has been aflutter after learning that Travis Kelce purchased a Lake Erie mansion.Bratenahl is a wealthy suburb on Lake Erie near Cleveland.
