Senators Josh Hawley and Richard Blumenthal are once again stepping into the AI spotlight, this time with a bill that aims to create a federal program to evaluate the risks of advanced artificial intelligence systems. According to Axios, the Artificial Intelligence Risk Evaluation Act would set up a program at the Department of Energy to

Whoopi Goldberg didn’t mince her words this week on The View when she called out the growing fascination with AI-generated performers, singling out the so-called “actress” Tilly Norwood. In her characteristically wry style, Goldberg warned that audiences simply won’t have “any connection” with a character stitched together from algorithms rather than lived experience, as reported

You know that feeling when you’re halfway through a creative project and suddenly realize you’ve been going about it all wrong? Yeah, that happens with AI video tools too. They’re powerful, they’re fun, and they’re unpredictable—but if you go in unprepared, the results can be more facepalm than masterpiece. Mistake #1: Thinking It’ll Read Your

Work on the Safe C++ extensions proposal, forged a year ago to address memory safety in the language, has ceased, according to Harry Bott, the CEO of the C++ Alliance, which oversaw the proposal. The plan lost out to safety profiles from C++ founder Bjarne Stroustrup. “Yes, work on Safe C++ within ISO has been

Until I see Arnold Schwarzenegger showing up at my door in a leather jacket looking for Sarah Connor, I’m not going to worry about AI trying to destroy humankind. What I am worried about? This unusual movement to eliminate the role of the junior developer role.   There is a lot of ink being spilled these

Nitro.js is a JavaScript-based HTTP server. It builds on state-of-the-art components, focusing on performance, convention, and deployment. As a JavaScript developer, you want to know about Nitro because it’s built from the ground up for modern, full-stack web development. It brings together a wealth of good ideas and is becoming a go-to server option. Nitro

Modern Python developers use virtual environments (venvs), to keep their projects and dependencies separate. Managing project dependencies gets more complex as the number of dependencies grows. Luckily, a variety of third-party tools provide sophisticated package management behaviors that aren’t found in core tools like pip. This article introduces PDM, the Python Development Master. PDM is

Windows 11 24H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the latest builds The Windows

Google hasn’t said it wants to kill the web, of course. Some of you might be asking, “What the heck are you smoking!?” that I’d even entertain such a question. After all, the company has built its core business around the web. But if you take a closer look at its recent actions, you might

High computational performance with low energy consumption. These words now define Apple’s entire ecosystem, an advantage that will only grow as Apple sets the scene for the first M5 Macs, even while preparing 2nm and soon 1.4nm Mac chips. This fast-paced evolution means Apple still hasn’t hit the chip development glass ceiling, and even when it does, the company has