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The skills people still perform better than AI, according to workplace experts
NEW YORK (AP) — Many workers fear machines will supplant them as adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates.
Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plans
KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (AP) — Japan has resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands during a global oil crisis, but the reboot highlights a big problem: Japan is running out of space for spent nuclear fuel and has no viable plans for permanent disposal of the radioactive waste.
An ancient whale graveyard in the Indian Ocean teems with life
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have unearthed communities of marine life — including jellyfish, tubeworms and brittle stars — thriving on a millions-year-old whale graveyard.
Anthropic pledges $200 million to research AI's economic impact as CEO suggests job loss solutions
Anthropic on Wednesday joined growing calls for the artificial intelligence industry to find ways to cushion people from the technology's disruptions, announcing an initial $200 million investment to research AI's impact on jobs and the economy.
Climate change makes once-rare coastal floods more likely, study says
Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused by humans pushes sea levels higher, according to new research published Wednesday. Experts say the findings are crucial for making plans about floods and coastal infrastructure as the planet warms.
An underground detector in China unveils its first major findings about mysterious ghost particles
NEW YORK (AP) — A massive underground detector aimed at understanding the mysterious ghost particles in our universe released its first major results on Wednesday.
Taiwan fires rockets in China's direction from a US-supplied mobile launching system in drill
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's military fired rockets in China's direction from “shoot-and-scoot” mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack.
‘Hey, this box stinks’: the weird work of intercepting trafficked wildlife in Alaska
Chris Andrews was working the belt at the Anchorage airport last fall, watching international cargo arrive.
China can build humanoids at scale. The hard part is finding enough buyers
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market.
Federal judge strikes down Trump's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike.
Energy Department says advanced nuclear reactor first to reach critical milestone
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity within a few years.
Fishermen prepared for the longest red snapper season in recent memory. A court order stopped it
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — Miles from shore, Chris Kemp pumps and reels as he battles a fish 150 feet below. Eventually, it gives up, and the 10-pound red snapper is hauled aboard the Jodie Lynn II.
UN nuclear watchdog says it's been unable to inspect Iranian facilities
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog circulated to member states and seen Thursday by The Associated Press.
UK lawmaker says she is suing Elon Musk's company over fake Grok bikini images
LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker said Thursday she is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy, alleging that fake images of her were created using the Grok chatbot.
AI companies are barreling toward huge Wall Street debuts. A look at the biggest players
Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations. From Anthropic to SpaceX to OpenAI, tech giants are looking to take their shares public to access more capital in the race to shape the technology's future.
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead.
Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and energy use and pollution will double in just four years as use of artificial intelligence grows.
A diet of royal jelly isn't the only thing that makes a queen bee
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive.
Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts
SEATTLE (AP) — A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a research buoy from deep out of the Pacific.
How a carjacking in Connecticut led back to a man known as the crypto ‘Godfather’ in California
On a leafy Connecticut road in the summer of 2024, would-be kidnappers pulled a couple from their Lamborghini SUV, beat them in broad daylight and threw them into a van, only to be arrested shortly thereafter as multiple witnesses, including a passing off-duty FBI agent, called police.
AP exclusive: Under Notre Dame cathedral, a 'dig of the century' unearths 1,700 years of history
PARIS (AP) — Wilting in the summer sun, a line of tourists waits to climb Notre Dame cathedral and meet its gargoyles.
'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shortly after Pope Leo XIV issued his sweeping manifesto calling for the robust regulation of artificial intelligence, the Instagram meme account Saint Hoax posted a video to its more than 3 million followers about the pope’s call to “disarm” AI. “Love my woke pope (I’m not even Catholic),” the caption read.
Nvidia bets on AI personal computers with new 'superchip' powering Windows laptops
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Nvidia on Monday unveiled new powerful chips that would bring advanced artificial intelligence functions into laptops and desktop computers, with the new personal computer models from brands including Microsoft and Dell set to roll out later this year.
Wyoming’s ‘Path of the Pronghorn’ is a signature away from protections sought for a quarter century
From afar, conservation biologist Joel Berger has tracked Wyoming’s long-lasting attempt to designate a migration corridor used by pronghorn that seasonally trek upwards of 150 miles from Interstate 80 all the way to Grand Teton National Park.
Venice’s growing flamingo population finds refuge in recovering wetlands
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Perhaps nothing better illustrates the flamingo’s status as a newcomer to the Venetian Lagoon than the fact that the local dialect has no word for them.
What to know about Manhattanhenge, NYC's sunset spectacle
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents and visitors look up at the sky to experience a phenomenon twice a year known as Manhattanhenge.
Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI
Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been critical to its competition with other states to attract the massive new facilities that power and train artificial intelligence chatbots.
Anthropic vaults to a $965 billion valuation with new funding as Claude demand surges
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic said Thursday it raised $65 billion in private funding that will push its valuation to $965 billion, a whopping number that makes the five-year-old maker of the Claude chatbot one of the world's most valuable startups as it careens toward a likely Wall Street debut.
Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.
Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized at Bronx Zoo
NEW YORK (AP) — Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insight into the animal's behavior and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55, the zoo said Wednesday.
Introducing Argus, a robot with 20 legs and eyes built to move and see in any direction instantly
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A robot being developed at Duke University is almost ready to face the world, in any direction.
SpaceX's Starship rockets are grounded pending investigation after test flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX Starship launches are on hold pending an investigation into last week’s test flight.
Puerto Rico governor announces emergency to fight worsening coastal erosion
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor announced a state of emergency Wednesday to fight a surge in coastal erosion along the U.S. territory ’s north coast.
NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround.
America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices
Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child’s hands.”
China launches Shenzhou 23 spacecraft with 1 of 3 astronauts set for yearlong stay
JIUQUAN, China (AP) — China launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft Sunday night with three astronauts heading to its space station, including one set to stay in space for a year.
Robotic spinal surgery helps South Florida man walk again after debilitating back pain
Back pain can be debilitating, but robotic spinal surgery is helping some patients recover faster and with greater precision.
Two men charged with creating AI-generated porn under new law targeting 'deepfakes'
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography.
Do Jackson Hole’s busiest trails create a wildlife ‘sacrifice zone’? Study finds coexistence.
Trail runners, mountain bikers, cross-country skiers and townsfolk just out for lunchtime walks take to the trails around Jackson in droves.
Malaysia orders TikTok to explain 'grossly offensive' fake content targeting king
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia said Thursday it has ordered TikTok to explain and address what it described as the social media platform's failure to act swiftly against offensive, defamatory and fake content targeting the royal institution.
Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work
NEW DELHI (AP) — Roads and markets have emptied during afternoons and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave grips large parts of India.
San Francisco turns to AI to avoid collisions between ships and whales searching for food
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ferries, cargo ships and tankers cut through choppy waters in the San Francisco Bay Tuesday as a whale surfaced nearby, its spout barely visible against the white caps. Until now, whales could easily go unnoticed by mariners, but an AI-powered detection network launched this week is designed to track them day and night.
Brazil's Lula adds pressure on big techs by increasing their liability for illegal user content
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed two decrees on Wednesday that add to the pressure on big tech companies by increasing their liability for illegal content shared by its users and paving the way for investigations by a government body into their responses to such cases.
Neptune's mysterious moon Nereid may be an original, study shows
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Neptune’s far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet’s original companions that managed to survive a cosmic crash, scientists reported Wednesday.
Samsung's union puts off strike after reaching last-minute wage deal with management
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics’ labor union said Wednesday it’ll hold off on launching a planned strike and put a tentative wage deal with management to a vote, alleviating immediate concerns about the operation of the world’s largest memory chip maker.
Plastic bags don't go in the recycling bin. What should you do instead?
NEW YORK (AP) — Soft, stretchy plastics can make up grocery bags, bubble wrap and more. They're impossible to avoid and harder still to properly dispose of.