Cornyn says ‘no alternative but to take his word’ over Blanche’s declaration that ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead – US politics live

Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general advances to full US Senate vote as Cornyn as ‘he gave us assurances’ after fears deal over fund could be reversedTodd Blanche’s attorney general nomination will advance to full US Senate voteSign up for US Breaking News emailThe White House has called an emergency summit of artificial intelligence business leaders on Tuesday to finalize details of a voluntary compliance system for safety breaches, following reports that two major AI tools had breached their digital containment and hacked external computer systems.Anthropic reported last week that models of its Claude tool successfully hacked into the infrastructure of three separate companies during red-teaming tests by exploiting weak passwords and unauthenticated endpoints. Anthropic said an external evaluation partner mistakenly granted the testing agent unfiltered internet access. Continue reading...