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'Age of Danger' explores potential risks because AI doesn't understand rules of war

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Thom Shanker, co-author of the book Age of Danger, about the threats artificial intelligence poses to national security.

Drilling rigs sit unused on a lot in Odessa, Texas, in the Permian Basin, in March 2022. U.S. oil companies are thriving as they look to avoid the boom-and-bust cycles of the past. That has big implications, including for consumers and global producers.

America is going through an oil boom — and this time it's different

Business is pretty good in America's busiest oil patch. Prices are high enough to turn a profit and then some. But instead of going wild, producers have been aiming for something new: Discipline.

Google shows you ads for anti-abortion centers when you search for clinics near you

A new report finds Google makes millions of dollars in ad buys from anti-abortion "pregnancy centers" that aim to divert women who are seeking abortion care.

Three songs for the perfect summer road trip playlist

Pop Culture Happy Hour host Stephen Thompson and NPR Music contributor Marissa Lorusso suggest three songs to make your summer road trip playlist perfect.

President Biden arrives at a political rally in Philadelphia on June 17. He has increasingly cast his climate program as a jobs program as his reelection campaign heats up.

Biden frames his clean energy plan as a jobs plan, obscuring his record on climate

President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act invests $369 billion to address the climate crisis. But as the president focuses on the law's economic benefits, is his climate win getting lost?

Trump admin. cuts funding for program that tracked Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Greg Landsman, a lawmaker who signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia had been deleted.

On The Knife's <em>Silent Shout, </em>the duo remade indie and pop in their deliberate, unsettling image.

Shocking Omissions: The Subversive Electro-Pop Of The Knife's 'Silent Shout'

In 2017, to compare a new alt-pop act to The Knife is stating the obvious by default: The duo's 2006 album remade indie and pop in its deliberate, unsettling image.

A crew hangs a Huawei advertising banner on the side of the Las Vegas Convention Center in January. Some senators want to ban it the world's third-largest seller of smartphones from the U.S.

As Vote On ZTE Sanctions Looms, Some U.S. Lawmakers Focus On A Bigger Chinese Telecom

Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei is the world's third-largest seller of smartphones, and a few powerful senators say they want to ban it entirely from the U.S. amid national security concerns.

Igor Korchilov (center) served as interpreter when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and President George H.W. Bush met in 1990 to discuss arms control.

The Pressures Of Being An Interpreter At A High-Stakes Summit

President Trump doesn't speak Korean and little is known about Kim Jong Un's English skills. The best interpreters serve as both linguists and diplomats. They understand the politics behind the words.

Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has agreed that the Justice Department and the FBI will meet with members of Congress who want secret information about the Russia probe.

White House Brokers, But Will Not Attend, Meeting About Secret Russia Probe Documents

Members of Congress and top federal law enforcement and intelligence officials are set to convene on Thursday at the urging of President Trump amid his "spying" charges.

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