The world made it to another Friday without an AI apocalypse, so here's the quiz! See you next week … maybe.

To counter a difficult political environment, two Trump-aligned super PACs have reserved more than $150 million in ads — primarily in deep red House and Senate races that have now become competitive.

As states push to regulate chatbots, tech companies are trying to write safety rules in ways that exempt some of their key products.

A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.

A bacterial infection is wiping out Florida's citrus trees. Growers hope a rootstock developed with gene-editing technology could keep the disease at bay.

Trump threatens to tear down the Kennedy Center amid court battle, Trump's other priorities also get pushback this week, Poland's PM warns Russia could strike countries that support Ukraine.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that these potential strikes "intend to paralyze NATO" in an attempt to demonstrate that Article 5 "exists only in theory."

The Houthis' biggest land grab in years reignited Yemen's 12-year civil war and pushed up global fuel prices, extending their reach to a key maritime chokepoint and threatening Saudi Arabia's oil exports.

The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation.

An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said as they charged her with murder.

The women were among hundreds who were harmed by their treatment at a trust in north-east England.

Nicholas Brandram's sisters give the BBC a list of reasons as to why their brother was not the jogger who pushed a woman into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge.

The military and government say the risk of conflict is growing, but we may not be mentally ready for it

Buckingham Palace has strongly pushed back against claims in a new book by the late Princess of Wales's brother.

With Sheeran's next gig this weekend, some ticket holders said they were in two minds about going.

A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.

The mother of two young children was kidnapped last week in the middle of the day in the main city, Blantyre.

The US has not acknowledged carrying out February's deadly strikes on a primary school in Minab and a sports complex in Lamerd.

A row is growing over Wandsworth Council's rise, which the local authority is blaming on government funding cuts.

Th Sikh activist from Dumbarton was arrested in 2017 in India in connection with alleged terror offences.

Surveillance and training drone systems will come through three UK suppliers, though some are built overseas

Whitehall changes a 'big mistake' as anything going in with Business department gets squeezed

When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric

RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included

Improved signup experience for ‘AI builders’ hides complexity and includes spending cap

Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the regime that Uncle Sam now controls

It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it

Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say

960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom

Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record

The USPSTF sets insurance coverage from preventive services, like colonoscopies.

Scaleout deploys decentralized AI-driven learning to military bases and drones.

Multiple family members can share data to help the agent make plans and complete tasks.

Microsoft, OpenAI emails reveal fear of AI “doom loop” killing news orgs.

Bill would help rightsholders obtain court orders to block foreign piracy sites.

SynthID can cause models to follow harmful instructions they would otherwise refuse.

The IV drips included glutathione, which was not made to be injected.

It’s spacious, efficient, and charges very quickly. But what about reliability concerns?

Model maker commits to new framework for reporting misaligned models.

Public health groups warn EPA rule will cost Americans billions in health bills.