Few of the top AI labs have published or demonstrated containment response plans, according to a recent study. A containment plan spells out what happens once an AI is caught trying to subvert human control — what access gets cut, and when the system gets shut down entirely. That’s the finding from Guidelight AI Standards,…
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is “walking away from a bad deal” with the United States and will match 50 per cent tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” in industries like steel and dairy. Carney confirmed he was “reluctantly” adding tariffs that would add costs in some areas for Canadians, but insisted they were necessary to retaliate against…
Pakistan players celebrate winning their FIH Hockey World Cup classification match against Japan at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen on August 22, 2026. — Facebook/@Fihockey AMSTELVEEN: Pakistan secured their first FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup win in 16 years on Saturday, beating Japan 4-3 in the 9th to 16th place classification match here at the…
U.S. battery startups hit a rough patch when the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated battery and EV incentives, undercutting a chunk of future demand. But recently, they’ve found a lifeline in the defense world, helping to power everything from drones and torpedoes to infantry radios and fighter jets. The Trump administration, despite its open disdain…
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to speak publicly on Saturday morning for the first time since trade talks collapsed and the United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on billions of dollars of Canadian goods. Around 11 a.m., Carney will address reporters as he prepares for a 1:30 p.m. meeting with the premiers of…
SYDNEY: Australia scratched out a 101-run lead over Bangladesh on Saturday in the second Test, with 18 wickets falling on day one after Mitchell Starc and Shoriful Islam both took six in a fast-bowling masterclass. Home skipper Pat Cummins won the toss in Mackay and his pacemen feasted, determined to bounce back from a shock…
Most teams treat ‘which model’ as the important decision. The harness engineering literature keeps pointing somewhere else. In LangChain’s Terminal-Bench experiment, changing only the harness—same model throughout—moved a coding agent from roughly 30th place into the top 5. That result reframes the question. If the harness decides quality, then how you run the loop becomes…
Janice Lyons was upstairs in her Summerland, B.C., home when there was a flash at her doorbell, which lights up in her Deaf household in place of a chime. The 74-year-old came downstairs to find her neighbour Larry at the front door. He pointed to the black clouds on the horizon and wiggled his fingers…
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah with his wife Magi and daughter Makka after playing his last match for the club. Photo: REUTERS LIVERPOOL: Mohamed Salah and Pep Guardiola are two of the most iconic figures in Premier League history — how Liverpool and Manchester City cope without them will define their seasons. For the first time since…
Democratic senator Ron Wyden is asking the U.S. authorities to overview how federal regulation enforcement businesses use hacking instruments and spy ware in opposition to Individuals, citing an absence of transparency into how typically or for what causes these instruments are deployed. On Friday, Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. Authorities Accountability Workplace (GAO),…
