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‘The Ultimate Insult’: Iryna Zarutska’s Murderer May Go Free After Being Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial

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‘The Ultimate Insult’: Iryna Zarutska’s Murderer May Go Free After Being Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial

The suspect accused of murdering 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, last August has been deemed unfit to stand trial. In September, 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. was transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital for a court-ordered mental competency evaluation to determine his mental fitness to stand …

Anthropic’s ‘Terrifying’ New ‘Claude Mythos’ AI Model Sparks Fears About New Era of Cybersecurity Threats

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Anthropic’s ‘Terrifying’ New ‘Claude Mythos’ AI Model Sparks Fears About New Era of Cybersecurity Threats

A powerful new AI tool is raising serious security concerns as its own creator calls the technology “terrifying.” Anthropic, the company behind the popular AI assistant Claude, developed a new model called “Claude Mythos” that is said to be so advanced at writing computer code it has inadvertently become an expert at hacking. The concern? …

U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismissal of Steve Bannon’s 2022 Contempt of Congress Conviction

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U.S. Supreme Court Clears Way for Dismissal of Steve Bannon’s 2022 Contempt of Congress Conviction

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon scored a major win on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Department of Justice to dismiss his 2022 contempt of Congress conviction. The Legal Saga Bannon was convicted after defying a Congressional subpoena issued by the now-defunct House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021, …