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ICE plans to put electric-shock gloves on officers' hands

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin using electric shock gloves designed to cause pain and disrupt a person's ability to react.The big picture: The gloves could give ICE officers a new way to use force as their tactics face intense scrutiny after several de

Quantifying the AI boom crowding-out effect

When investment on the scale of the current AI boom occurs, it inevitably has to come at the expense of something. All the resources devoted to building data centers and developing AI models would otherwise go to something else.The big picture: This crowding out is smaller than you might expect, Goldman Sachs economists find in a new note.But it does ex

World Bank: Developing countries will be better off due to AI

Diesel desperation is mounting globally

The state of the global diesel market is getting even more precarious as the Russia-Ukraine war and the Iran crisis squeeze supply from multiple angles.Why it matters: Diesel prices ripple through economies here and abroad, affecting shipping costs, construction and plenty in between.The average U.S. price is up 44 cents over the last month to $5.32 per gallon, compared to $3.71 a year ago, per AAA.However, during the Iran crisis, it hasn't hit

Socialist fever breaks: Takeaways from Crowley's win

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated socialist Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes, dealing a blow to the progressive left's momentum Tuesday in Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor, after his own polling indicated he was behin

Why we should all be worried about AI in elections

Deepfakes dominate headlines, but the real danger lies in opaque AI systems that make up election infrastructure.

AI brings savings to clinical trials: study

Artificial intelligence isn't just speeding up early-stage drug development, it's starting to unlock millions of dollars' worth of new efficiencies in clinical trials on cancer treatments, research shared first with Axios shows.Why it matters: AI-powered tools could shave months off time-consuming processes like recruiting and enrolling patien

Tencent capex jumps 176% on AI push as revenue beats estimates

Tencent Holdings nearly tripled its capital spending in the second quarter to supercharge its AI push, as accelerating investments in computing power and models helped drive better-than-expected revenue. Revenue for the quarter ending in June reached 204.8 billion yuan (US$30.4 billion), up 11 per cent year on year from 184.5 billion yuan, the Chinese tech giant reported on Wednesday. The figure beat average analyst estimates of 202.8 billion yuan compiled by Bloomberg. Adjusted net income...

Anthropic's text watermarks signal new front in AI detection

Anthropic's new models will add machine-readable "watermarks" to Claude-generated text and files to comply with new European Union transparency regulations.Why it matters: Comms teams using Claude to simply clean up, translate, or format human-drafted press releases could stamp those documents with an AI signature.How it works: For models la

Kenya to host new Continental Centre as AUDA-NEPAD moves to close Africa's human capital gap