Leading voices in AI, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, agree that AI development needs to slow down. This consensus follows a former researcher’s warning about AI's threats to humanity.
First lady Melania Trump visited an elementary school in northwestern North Carolina Tuesday, where she said the U.S. must lead on artificial intelligence. Her trip Tuesday comes as tech and political leaders debate about how best to regulate the AI industry.
Parents are speaking out after a repeat offender is accused of secret peeping in a South Charlotte Target store. Police say the suspect followed several young girls around the store and recorded videos under their skirts. He’s now facing one count of secret peeping and 3 counts of indecent liberties with a child.
The Rock Hill Police Department is investigating a shooting incident at a Rock Hill residence.
The son of a Huntersville Town Commissioner is behind bars, charged with first-degree murder.
Governor Josh Stein announced on Monday the incentive to track down those responsible for killing four people during a Juneteenth celebration on Beatties Ford Road.
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the brutal 2020 murder of 20-year-old Mary Collins.
Charlotte City Council appears to be divided on the next step to ease congestion on 77 South, but voting against the project could cost citizens up to $69 million dollars.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that they won't pursue the death penalty for Nick Reiner in the killings of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, who were stabbed at their Los Angeles home late last year.
A Paris court has awarded Kim Kardashian 1 euro in compensation for an armed robbery she experienced in 2016. The court found eight people guilty last year for their roles in the robbery, which Kardashian described as “the most terrifying experience of my life.”
President Donald Trump is assailing the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms. He said in a social media post Tuesday that the justices who opposed him were “not the people I interviewed.”
In response to a growing AI and screentime backlash, Microsoft announced last week it had agreed to adopt guardrails and privacy standards for its AI in schools, as negotiated with the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-largest teachers union.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to limit mail voting by imposing new Postal Service regulations for the midterm elections. The decision announced late Monday allows mail voting to continue as usual.
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has returned to the Senate after a long absence. The 84-year-old senator has not been to the U.S. Capitol since June 14, when he was hospitalized for a fall in his home.
President Donald Trump will speak in Gastonia next Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would remove more than $300 billion in costs for the industry and help “unleash” American energy.
Fashion designer Bob Mackie has died at 87. A statement on his social accounts said he died Monday. His designs defined the 1970s, dressing stars like Carol Burnett and Cher in iconic outfits. Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony, and was nominated for three Oscars.
President Donald Trump says he is a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the technology is part of a “SICK conspiracy.”
First Lady Melania Trump will visit Ashe County on Tuesday.
The suspect accused of shooting a CMPD officer earlier this week, and his brother, now face nearly 200 charges across multiple jurisdictions.
A South Carolina man is behind bars without bond after police say he targeted teenage girls inside a local department store.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board has moved from one problem to the next. Now, the board has decided that a change in leadership is necessary.
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