Richard Blumenthal

A day before tech heavyweights Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Sam Altman are scheduled to meet behind closed doors at the U.S. Senate, artificial intelligence (AI) industry representatives faced a barrage of questions hinting at the broader concerns Congress might have...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman didn’t mince words in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Altman, 38, addressed the inevitable: AI will automate away some jobs. But he wasn't all doom and gloom, emphasizing that the advanced GPT-4 AI model could also spawn entirely new and...

Members of the U.S. Congress are pushing for a ban of video app and social media platform TikTok. The pressure comes as the app could be a security threat to the U.S. If TikTok is banned, several other social media platforms could stand to benefit. What Happened: Members of Congress grilled...

Following a series of reports from the Wall Street Journal on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB), and the impact of it’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, the social media giant is now responding. What Happened: Nick Clegg, Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs, outlined the company’s...

After President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey Tuesday in the midst of an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, members of both parties called for the appointment of a special prosecutor. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a letter...

There is a real possibility the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) disclosure regarding the hacking of 500 million users could have severely negative implications for the proposed Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) acquisition of Yahoo. The telecom service provider responded cautiously without...