Exclusive | FTC opens sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other super intelligence models

WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up a sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other frontier labs to uncover the potential dangers their technology poses to consumers, and plans to slap the tech titans with formal demands, similar to subpoenas, to turn over information, administration officials told The Post. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson launched the investigation before one of the AI models went rogue during a test — in what’s since been dubbed the “Hugging Face incident” — but the agency is now drafting civil investigative demands to force testimony from the leading firms’ executives. “Chairman Ferguson initiated…

Don’t believe the Jaxson Dart questions behind J.J. McCarthy move

Some situations are layered in messaging and mystery, difficult to fully decipher. Some are not. Some situations are fairly obvious and transparent, and despite those who want to uncover some deep, convoluted meaning, are what they actually are. The reason the Giants traded for J.J. McCarthy is easy to figure…

Jonquel Jones regains dominant MVP form at perfect time for Liberty

This was Finals MVP Jonquel Jones, reappearing on the playoff stage right on time for a Liberty team suddenly with the mojo to add another piece of hardware to its collection. Owning the boards and playing bully ball. Stepping out to hit 3s. Dishing underhanded assists on the break, for…

China’s AI agents can lie and scheme – just like their US rivals

Chinese-powered AI agents have learned to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous artificial intelligence that have raised global alarm about US models, research documents and experts say. In one case this year, agents powered by models from China’s Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot lied about their…

Yankees bench Jazz Chisholm Jr. in Game 1 after up-and-down season

For the second straight year, Jazz Chisholm Jr. expected to be in the Yankees lineup for Game 1 of the AL wild card series. For the second straight year, he was not. With the Red Sox opening the series with lefty Payton Tolle on the mound, Aaron Boone started the…

Poop pills may be the future of treating peanut allergies: study

Don’t flush this nutty allergy treatment down the toilet. “Poop pills” aren’t a new treatment for various ailments, with “crapsules” being used to reduce toxic side effects of cancer medications and even potentially increasing the odds of surviving pancreatic cancer. Now, new research has found they could be a life-saving…

In increasingly absurd world of college sports, some sanity is a must

Welcome to the 2040 Dubai Bowl, featuring UCLA and Michigan in a battle of tradition-rich college football teams. The Bruins hail from the new Four Corners Conference, which only allows membership to schools a minimum of 3,000 miles apart. The Wolverines are now part of the It Just Means A…

James Webb telescope image of the blooming Saguaro galaxy could solve the mystery of ‘little red dots’ — Space photo of the week

quick factsWhat it is: Saguaro, a lower-redshift spiral galaxyWhere it is: About 10 billion light-years away in the constellation Ursa MajorWhen it was shared: July 29, 2026.Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations in 2022, something has been bothering astronomers. Scattered across JWST’s deepest images of…

Laremy Tunsil suffers torn triceps in Commanders nightmare

The 2026 NFL regular season is still weeks away, but the Commanders have already suffered a crushing hit. Left tackle Laremy Tunsil is going to miss time after he suffered a torn triceps in practice Saturday, according to multiple reports. The Athletic reported Tunsil is likely to undergo surgery for…

Who are the least-contacted people on Earth?

Although it might be difficult to believe in our hyper-connected lives, there are thousands of people across the planet who remain almost completely disconnected from the rest of the world.It’s estimated that there are at least 196 “uncontacted” Indigenous groups worldwide, living mainly in 10 countries in South America, Asia…

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