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Don't expect quick fixes in 'red-teaming' of AI models. Security was an afterthought 08/13/2023 05:20pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� White House officials concerned by AI chatbots' potential for societal harm and the Silicon Valley powerhouses rushing them to market are heavily invested in a three-day competition ending Sunday at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas. Some 2,200 competitors tapped on laptops s Montgomery Co. offering resources for at-risk women who are pregnant 08/13/2023 03:03pm • The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services held an event Sunday promoting maternal health and programs to help at-risk Black women who are pregnant, or have recently given birth. The event, held at White Oak Community Recreation Center in Silver Spring, offered seminars highlig Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms 08/13/2023 08:27am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Postal worker Eugene Gates Jr. was delivering mail in the suffocating Dallas heat this summer when he collapsed in a homeowner's yard and was taken to a hospital, where he died. Carla Gates said she's sure heat was a factor in her 66-year-old husband's death, even though she's stil 'Cancel culture' is big now, but has it been around for years? 08/13/2023 05:24am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King. Read more of that coverage.�� ���Cancel culture��� is a polarizing phenomenon that evokes a strong reaction from people across all sectors of society, and can look like anything from restaurant boycotts to j Fiction writers fear the rise of AI, but also see it as a story to tell 08/13/2023 01:10am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For a vast number of book writers, artificial intelligence is a threat to their livelihood and the very idea of creativity. More than 10,000 of them endorsed an open letter from the Authors Guild this summer, urging AI companies not to use copyrighted work without permission or com Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver remembered in a memorial service as fighter for those in need 08/12/2023 02:18pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the first Black woman elected to statewide office in New Jersey history, was remembered in a memorial service Saturday as a trailblazer who fought to help those in need. The Rev. Al Sharpton and a host of New Jersey officials addressed mourners Saturday Afghan universities ready to readmit women but not until Taliban leader says it's ok, official says 08/12/2023 02:12pm • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� Afghanistan���s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the ruling Taliban's leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen ��� if it happens at all, an education official said Saturday. The Taliban barred women from campuses last December, trigge Commanders broadcaster and former Washington cornerback Fred Smoot arrested 08/11/2023 09:16pm • Former NFL cornerback Fred Smoot, who spent most of his career in Washington and now does postgame analysis for the Commanders, has been arrested on a civil charge of "failure to comply with support obligation." TMZ first reported the arrest Friday. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office confirme The origins of special counsels, their powers and what to expect in the Hunter Biden probe 08/11/2023 03:36pm • The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's probe of Hunter Biden is bringing renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history. On Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in Delaware who has been Samuel Eto���o faces probe for alleged 'improper conduct' after complaints by Cameroonian stakeholders 08/10/2023 07:49pm • YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) ��� Cameroon soccer federation president and former star player Samuel Eto���o is being investigated by the Confederation of African Football for alleged ���improper conduct." The former Barcelona and Inter Milan forward was elected to a four-year term in December 2021 but the Paper exams, chatbot bans: Colleges seek to 'ChatGPT-proof' assignments 08/10/2023 05:44pm • When philosophy professor Darren Hick came across another case of cheating in his classroom at Furman University last semester, he posted an update to his followers on social media: ���Aaaaand, I���ve caught my second ChatGPT plagiarist.��� Friends and colleagues responded, some with wide-eyed emoji New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver lies in state in the capitol rotunda 08/10/2023 01:06pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a host of lawmakers, and numerous mourners poured into the statehouse rotunda Thursday to mourn the late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, whose U.S. flag-draped casket lay in state just over a week since she died after a hospital stay for an undisclosed med 'Big Brother' contestant removed from house after using N-word 08/10/2023 09:30am • Reality TV contestant Luke Valentine has been removed from "Big Brother" after using the N-word on camera, violating the show's policy, CBS said Wednesday. "Luke violated the BIG BROTHER code of conduct and there is zero tolerance in the house for using a racial slur," the network and show produc A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground 08/10/2023 01:30am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ��� For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country���s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. The effort comes ahead of the first anniversary of nationwide protests An illicit, Chinese-owned lab fueled conspiracy theories. But officials say it posed no danger 08/09/2023 06:57pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Jesalyn Harper, the only full-time code enforcement officer for the small, agricultural city of Reedley in California's Central Valley, was responding to a complaint about vehicles parked in the loading dock of a cold-storage warehouse when she noticed a foul smell and saw a g