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GOP attempts to slow pace of AI and data center overreaction

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I’m far from understanding chatbots, chips and AI technology, but I’ve worked in D.C. long enough to be suspicious when industry giants come begging for government regulations. In the September 2026 essay “We Must Pace the Frontier,” Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that AI “could dramatically raise the quality of human life” but that it “brings risks, and because it is such a powerful technology, these risks are serious.” He advocated “pacing the rate of capabilities advancement so that risk prevention has time to keep up.” The Anthropic CEO recommends ...

Dear Annie: How to manage a bad boss

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Dear Annie: I have worked for the same company for six years and, until recently, truly enjoyed my job. I have always had strong reviews, good relationships with my co-workers and a reputation for being dependable. Eight months ago, we got a new boss, and the entire mood of the office changed. She rarely raises her voice or says anything openly cruel. Instead, she criticizes people in subtle ways, changes instructions and later insists that we misunderstood her and often questions employees in front of the group. She will praise an idea one week and act as though it was a terrible ...

Many influencers are money-grubbing con artists

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(Editor’s Note: This column includes a mention of self-harm which may be triggering for some readers.) Not all of them. Some influencers simply want to persuade and perhaps help others better their lives or their community. Their subject could be politics, economics, music, health or fashion. But social media has become inundated with influencers who harm their devotees, some on purpose. Or make money off their trusting audience by endorsing so-so products. Influencers are people who build followers on social media or other digital platforms. They use the attention to shape ...

Woman weighs treatment against her potential risk of fracture

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a very healthy and active 74-year-old woman, and I’m also quite proactive with my health. I get bone scans done every two years and have osteopenia in both my hips and spine. But because of a T12 fracture in 2018, which was followed by a kyphoplasty, I was recently recommended to see a specialist for more extensive blood work and scans. These scans also showed osteopenia, but in my wrists (which were never previously scanned), I have severe osteoporosis. With the severe compression between the T11 and T12 vertebrae, I know I need to do something. The first ...

Autonomous weapons can select targets without human help – now is the time for binding rules

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Government experts are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to work towards a possible negotiating mandate on autonomous weapons systems (AWS). These are military systems that can select and engage targets without human intervention. This major international gathering follows a recent call by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for urgent controls on these weapons, sometimes dubbed “killer robots” in descriptions by the media. Recent events in Ukraine have further consolidated concerns that a slide towards weapons with full autonomy (and without ...