Top executives at OpenAI and Microsoft admitted they knew artificial intelligence poses an “existential threat” to news publications as the New York Times sues the technology companies over copyright infringement. Brent Hecht, Microsoft’s director of applied science, warned about the damaging effects that AI models will have on the internet and the company’s own business. […]

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) announced Thursday that four Republicans, including him, have signed the Epstein Files II discharge petition and expressed confidence it will pass the House. The news comes after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) sent lawmakers home for a seven-week recess ahead of the midterm elections. Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) are […]

A federal audit has found that UnitedHealthcare, the country’s largest health insurance company by revenue, likely inflated its Medicare billing claims by at least $46.9 million between 2020 and 2021. The Medicare compliance review, conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s inspector general’s office, concluded that UnitedHealthcare upcoded various diagnoses during the […]

The man who sprayed apple cider vinegar at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) earlier this year was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Thursday as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Anthony Kazmierczak, 56, attacked the Minnesota lawmaker in January when the Minneapolis-St. Paul area was experiencing a massive surge of federal immigration enforcement […]