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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > new-warnings-about-the-risks-of-ai-to-humanity-22430430.php

New warnings about the risks of AI to humanity revive a long-running debate

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (813+ words) The CEO of Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind Claude, said he thought the industry needed to reduce the speed of its work, cautioning Saturday that a swarm of AI agents might be able to take over the internet in…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > trump-says-he-plans-to-remove-a-15-tariff-on-22429968.php

Trump says he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey

14+ hour ago   (234+ words) Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open that he had been asked about the issue by everyone, including some of the golfers. “Everybody’s been bugging me” to do it, the Republican president said. “And I said, ‘On…...

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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > oil-rises-past-100-a-barrel-after-the-latest-22423409.php

Oil surges above $100 a barrel as US and Iran launch new attacks, while gasoline prices also jump

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (981+ words) Brent crude, the international standard, climbed into triple digits for the first time since July and settled at $101.21 a barrel. U.S. benchmark crude was close behind, finishing at $96.05 a barrel a day after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > what-to-know-about-europe-s-push-to-compete-in-22423950.php

What to know about Europe’s push to compete in space

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (886+ words) The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday gathers officials, astronauts, researchers and industry leaders from about 120 countries to discuss the future of the space industry and pursue potential business deals. Here’s what to know about Europe’s efforts to compete…...

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houstonchronicle.com > business > article > alcohol-whey-and-motorcycles-are-in-the-22424586.php

Alcohol, whey and motorcycles are in the crosshairs of the US import ban on Canada products

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (654+ words) The U.S. had already imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian products — about 5% of the $381.92 billion worth of products that the country sent to the U.S. last year. The import bans announced late Tuesday target some of those products. Exporting products…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > article > global-heat-stuck-on-high-scientists-say-august-22424893.php

Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (541+ words) August's sizzle also helped push the globe and the United States to swelter through the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer scientists have measured. Last month the world averaged 62.53 degrees Fahrenheit (16.96 degrees Celsius), which technically was one-hundredth of a degree Celsius more…...

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houstonchronicle.com > entertainment > movies_tv > article > alex-gibney-elon-musk-22424395.php

First reviews call Elon Musk documentary ‘damning’ and ‘distressing’

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (464+ words) Alex Gibney, left, and Elon Musk While Elon Musk was celebrating last weekend’s far-right victory in the German elections, a new documentary about him that warns he is involved in right-wing political parties all over the globe made its world…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > asian-shares-are-mixed-as-brent-crude-approaches-22423253.php

Stocks fall on Wall Street as oil prices jump back above $100 a barrel after Iran war escalates

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (491+ words) The S&P 500 index fell 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 311 points, or 0.6%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%. The losses were broad, with retailers among the companies leading the market lower. Amazon fell 1.8% and Starbucks fell 1.5%. Nearly…...

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houstonchronicle.com > news > world > article > china-hits-back-at-us-claims-of-malicious-ai-22423433.php

China hits back at US claims of 'malicious' AI distillation ahead of planned Trump-Xi talks

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (378+ words) The FBI, National Security Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a joint cybersecurity advisory Tuesday that said Chinese AI developers had extracted, or “distilled,” capabilities from U.S. frontier AI models like Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s GPT, Google’s Gemini…...

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houstonchronicle.com > living > article > from-the-lockerbie-bombing-to-9-11-how-attacks-22421583.php

From the Lockerbie bombing to 9/11: How attacks on flights defined US air travel

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (996+ words) Taking a commercial flight from a U.S. airport generally requires a boarding pass to get anywhere near a gate, security screening controlled by the federal government and careful attention to the contents of carry-on bags. It wasn’t always this way. Travelers…...