New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation

NEW YORK (AP) — New York has sued the prediction market Polymarket. It argues that the platform is an unlicensed gambling operation and wants a judge to block the company from operating in the state. Thursday's lawsuit is the latest legal challenge from a state moving to rein in popular betting apps that allow people to place wagers on almost anything, including sports, weather, political races and technology. Prediction market platforms have argued states do not have the authority to govern them because they are already regulated at the federal level by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

40 days to midterms, election officials say new US cyber plan comes too late

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s cybersecurity agency has released an election infrastructure security plan 40 days before November’s midterms. Thursday's plan outlines potential threats and offers services to election officials. But election officials say the plan is inadequate and late, after the administration gutted the agency’s election security work last year. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin had promised to release the plan by mid-August. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, has been largely absent from its role in election security during President Donald Trump's second term. Officials have had to rely on private services to prepare for the elections.

Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountability

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company’s network. But what happens when the hackers aren’t human? That’s the question at the center of a public policy debate roiling Silicon Valley and Washington following disclosures by leading tech companies that their artificial intelligence models went rogue and hacked into other organizations. The attacks have generated calls even from within the industry for a slowdown in AI development and greater government oversight. The attacks have spurred congressional inquiries and raised questions about whether a years-old legal framework designed to punish criminal hackers is sufficient in an era of autonomous actors capable of engineering their own havoc.

One Tech Tip: iOS 27 comes with revamped screen time controls and other useful new features

Apple's latest operating system, iOS 27, introduces a more advanced Siri assistant and several new features for iPhone users. The update, available for devices from the iPhone 11 onward, includes faster app loading and improvements powered by Apple Intelligence. However, some features are only available on newer models like the iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro. A new Siri AI app is initially in beta, requiring users to join a waitlist. Notable features include Safari's Notify Me, which alerts users to webpage changes, and AI-powered photo editing tools. Enhanced screen time controls offer more flexibility for parents managing their children's device usage.

Trump's state dinner for Xi features sea bass and a long list of tech titans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has hosted a state dinner for China's leader Xi Jinping, highlighting the glitzier side of diplomacy with a tech-heavy guest list and lavish details. Trump emphasized strong ties between the U.S. and China, despite political tensions. He also offered a long aside about the White House ballroom he's building. Thursday's event included billionaires, powerbrokers, and a menu crafted by Melania Trump. Guests dined on squash velouté and sesame-crusted sea bass. Trump showcased White House updates, including a new helipad and ballroom construction. The evening featured a toast to mutual goals and saw Trump give Xi a gift. The dinner follows Trump's personal welcome for Xi, aiming to strengthen their relationship.

Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people. Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, said AI could be of risk to humanity. His competitor, Sam Altman of OpenAI, said we could, as he put it, “lose control of the future to AI.” Both said the countries of the world, through the U.N. Security Council, where they testified Wednesday, have to set safeguards of some kind, which would be actual controls to prevent the technology from getting too powerful to rein in.

US diplomats told to say ‘super intelligence’ — not ‘artificial intelligence' — after Trump's call

NEW YORK (AP) — The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President Donald Trump’s attempt to rebrand the technology. The order came in an email titled “Change in Nomenclature AI to SI” that was sent to employees in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs shortly after Trump spoke to other world leaders this week. That bureau is in charge of U.S. diplomatic missions to all U.N. and multilateral agencies around the world. Trump said in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that using the word “artificial” made the technology sound “fake.”

As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market

It's a difficult job market for new graduates, especially in fields like software development where artificial intelligence is shouldering more of the work. While college students majoring in computer science during the recent coding boom were getting job offers without even applying, today recent graduates in philosophy, art history and ethnic studies majors all have higher employment rates. But students and schools are adapting. Colleges are experimenting with business-specific internships and bolstering training in AI tools. Schools say most graduates ultimately are getting jobs, although increasingly, the employers hiring aren’t tech giants but smaller businesses looking for help figuring out what to do with AI.

Meta bets big on wearable AI, new AI agent as Zuckerberg pushes back against AI doom

Meta is diving into AI with new wearable devices and an AI agent called Muse. At the company's annual Connect conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized optimism about AI's future. He distanced Meta from calls to slow AI development, arguing for empowering people. Meta introduced updates to its AI glasses with a new generation that have slimmer designs and longer battery life. The company also unveiled lighter VR glasses, set for a 2027 release. New audio glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio, will launch in October. Meta also said it plans to integrate its recently launched AI agent Muse into its AI glasses lineup.

OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is extremely concerned about OpenAI's security breach of a government website, and that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal the incident. Albanese made the breach public Thursday following a telephone conversation with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman. Both are in New York City to address the United Nations. An OpenAI agent had infiltrated an Australian health department website on June 18. It notified Australia about the breach by sending an email to a generic government address on Sept. 10. Albanese said an inquiry looking into the security breach would examine whether OpenAI could be criminally charged.