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US cybersecurity agency's future role in elections remains murky under the Trump administration

Jan. 30, 2025 12:25 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s cybersecurity agency has played a critical role in helping states shore up the defenses of their voting systems, but its election mission appears uncertain amid sustained criticism from Republicans and key figures in the Trump administration. ...

Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US

Jan. 30, 2025 06:29 AM EST

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its “aggressive and coercive behavior” in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. Army installed the Typhon...

Japanese automaker Nissan says it plans job and production cuts in the U.S.

Jan. 30, 2025 00:27 AM EST

TOKYO (AP) — Nissan is slashing production at its U.S. plants and offering buyouts to factory workers there as part of the Japanese automaker’s urgent efforts to return to profitability. The move is part of Nissan Motor Corp.’s plans, announced two months ago, to slash 9,000...

Tesla Q4 results fall short of forecasts. Musk sees unsupervised full self-driving in Texas in June

Jan. 29, 2025 19:40 PM EST

Tesla’s fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts. The electric vehicle, battery and robotics company run by Elon Musk...

Things to know about the Trump administration order on miles per gallon for cars and pickups

Jan. 29, 2025 16:11 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it regulates air pollution and addresses climate change. Duffy...

Did DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make new AI chatbot? Trump adviser thinks so

Jan. 29, 2025 14:19 PM EST

Did the upstart Chinese tech company DeepSeek copy ChatGPT to make the artificial intelligence technology that shook Wall Street this week? That's what ChatGPT maker OpenAI is suggesting, along with U.S. President Donald Trump's top AI adviser. Neither has disclosed specific evidence...

Trump's Commerce Secretary nominee, Howard Lutnick, vows to sell his business interests in 90 days

Jan. 29, 2025 12:33 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Commerce Department, said Wednesday that he would sell all of his business holdings within 90 days. “I will divest, I will sell all of my interests, my business interests, all of...

General purpose AI could lead to array of new risks, experts say in report ahead of AI summit

Jan. 29, 2025 11:23 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Advanced artificial intelligence systems have the potential to create extreme new risks, such as fueling widespread job losses, enabling terrorism or running amok, experts said in a first-of-its-kind international report Wednesday cataloging the range of dangers posed by the...

DeepSeek has rattled the AI industry. Here's a quick look at other Chinese AI models

Jan. 29, 2025 10:15 AM EST

HONG KONG (AP) — The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced computer chips and consuming less energy. DeepSeek’s emergence has raised concerns...

After talking tough during campaign, Trump appears to ease up on China at start of presidency

Jan. 29, 2025 00:16 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the campaign trail last year, President Donald Trump talked tough about imposing tariffs as high as 60% on Chinese goods and threatened to renew the trade war with China that he launched during his first term. But now that he's back in the White House, Trump...