Biden launches AI competition to tackle cybersecurity challenges — and hackers are being offered $20 million in prize money to compete

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US President Joe Biden discusses his Administration's commitment to seizing the opportunities and managing the risks of Artificial Intelligence, in San Francisco, California, June 20, 2023.
President Joe Biden.

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Elon Musk is paying for a few of his favorite celebrities to stay on Twitter Blue, even after they dissed the new blue checks

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Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.
Elon Musk controls SpaceX and is the CEO of Twitter.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: Letter from Elon Musk, others calling for AI development pause 'lacked technical nuance'

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Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, and an illustration of GPT-4.
Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, and an illustration of GPT-4.

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Meet Blake Resnick, a 23-year-old college dropout who went on to win a Peter Thiel-backed fellowship, supplies drones to Ukraine, and is now worth over $100 million

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BRINC founder Blake Resnick holding one of his startup's drones
Meet Blake Resnick, the 23-year-old college dropout who won a Peter Thiel-backed fellowship, supplies drones to Ukraine and is now worth over $100 million.

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Failed crypto exchange FTX's spectacular collapse was due to 'hubris, incompetence, and greed,' says first debtors' report

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Failed crypto exchange FTX's spectacular collapse was due to 'hubris, incompetence, and greed,' says first debtors report.

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I was sick of racist comments and scammers posing as my business online. Here's why I paid to get verified on Instagram.

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Adella Colvin sits in front of a brick wall with colorful yarn around her.
Adella Colvin is the owner of LolaBean Yarn Co. in Grovetown, Georgia.

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Goldman Sachs was fined $3 million after it mixed up millions of 'short' sale orders as 'long.' The culprit was one missing line of code.

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Goldman Sachs was fined $3 million by industry-backed regulator Finra.

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Bill Gates says pausing the development of AI systems will not 'solve' challenges ahead, days after Musk and others cautioned about 'risks to society' from the tech

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Bill Gates doesn't think a call to halt advanced development for six months would be easy to enforce.

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A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut

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A woman takes pictures with a smartphone standing on the pedestrian Patriarchal Bridge over the Moskva river, with the Kremlin seen in the background, in central Moscow on March 21, 2023, ahead of a meeting of Russian President and his Chinese counterpart.
A $200 Russian smartphone aiming to replace the iPhone isn't getting much love — fewer than 1,000 units have been sold since its debut.

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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says those in AI industry have to 'make sure' the technology 'doesn't harm but just helps'

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Eric Schmidt , former chairman and CEO at GOOGLE visits Fox Business Network Studios on April 16, 2019 in New York City.

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