FTC launches broad investigation into Anthropic, OpenAIThe Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad investigation into the safety of artificial intelligence systems made by Anthropic and OpenAI, a senior agency official said Wednesday.Spokane Spokesman-Review8d agoWhole story →GovernmentTechnologyftc ai investigation
Immigrant shot by ICE in Austin is charged with assaultThe Justice Department filed assault charges Tuesday against a Venezuelan immigrant shot by a federal immigration officer in Austin. An unsealed affidavit said the man, Wilber Garcés Pérez, struck a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in the torso with his vehicle’s side-view mirror as he fled the scene of a traffic stop Sept. 20. He then…Spokane Spokesman-Review9d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyice shooting incident
Outside View: Crypto doesn’t need a whole new set of lawsFor at least eight years, Congress has been trying and (mostly) failing to create a special set of rules for digital assets and the markets they trade on. It’s worth asking how much, if any, of that was advisable.Spokane Spokesman-Review12d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomycrypto regulation debate
Smuggling boat with people from China, Ecuador, Cuba is stopped off Florida KeysMIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a boat off the Florida Keys smuggling people from China, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic last week, federal agents say. The Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations began tracking the twin outboard engine 27-foot cabin cruiser late last Tuesday, Sept. 15, as the Palm Beach…Spokane Spokesman-Review16d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomyhuman smuggling interception
Man shot and detained by ICE hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer saysThe Venezuelan man shot by an immigration officer in Austin over the weekend was taken to a hospital late Monday after experiencing paralysis on the left side of his body, his lawyer said. Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch also has filed a lawsuit in Texas asking a federal court to order the immediate release of Wilber Garcés Pérez from U.S. Immigration…Spokane Spokesman-Review16d agoWhole story →GovernmentHealthice shooting incident
ICE's threat to critic 'likely violates' First Amendment, judge saysA federal judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stop threatening a New York man over a January email he wrote criticizing the agency over its response to protests in Minnesota.Spokane Spokesman-Review22d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyice free speech lawsuit
Huawei heads to trial in U.S. over its business dealings in IranNEW YORK – Eight years after U.S. prosecutors secretly charged China's Huawei Technologies with defrauding HSBC and other banks over its business with Iran, the case is finally heading for trial. Huawei also faces charges of conspiring to steal trade secrets from five U.S. technology companies, and is accused of lying about its dealings in North Korea…Spokane Spokesman-Review1mo agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityhuawei iran trial
