President Trump on Sunday faced questions about his norm-shattering second term in a "60 Minutes" interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell.
Why it matters: The interview was Trump's first with the network since he sued CBS and its parent company over a "60 Minutes" interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 campaign.
OpenAI has committed to spend at least $38 billion with Amazon Web Services over the next seven years, less than a week after revising its Microsoft partnership to allow more freedom in sourcing cloud computing.
Why it matters: The deal with Amazon shows OpenAI is eager to boost its computing capacity from anyone who can provide it.
As founder of one of the buzziest startups at the intersection of energy and AI, Varun Sivaram is having a moment.
Why it matters: His company, Emerald AI, just landed its first commercial deployment and announced new funding — all while Sivaram was named to Time's Climate 100 and released a TED Talk.
AIcan give people instant answers to their health questions. Doctors' offices can make them wait on hold.
Guess which one's winning.
Why it matters: Fifteen minutes at a well visit often isn't enough time for doctors to address complex concerns like menopause — leaving patients eager for more complete answers.
The Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday that will decide the fate of President Trump's signature economic policy, the tariffs he has leveraged to reshape the global order.
Why it matters: It is the latest instance of the high court deciding the fate of Trump's agenda, but this time with consequences that transcend the containers full of toys and electronics at the nation's ports.
Anthropic, a leading AI company, tells Axios that its most advanced systems are learning not just to reason like humans — but also to reflect on, and express, how they actually think.
They're starting to be introspective, like humans, Anthropic researcher Jack Lindsey, who studies models' "brains," tells us.
Why it matters: These introspective capabilities could make the models safer — or, possibly, just better at pretending to be safe.
PsiQuantum and Lockheed Martin are putting their heads together.
Why it matters: The former's quantum efforts, including development and deployment of fault-tolerant quantum computers, could supercharge the latter's national security work, especially in resource-hungry materials science and modeling and simulation.
Reports of scams impersonating government agencies to the Better Business Bureau increased in October during the government shutdown, according to an Axios analysis.
The big picture: Government agencies, local banks and consumer advocates have been warning all month about scammers using confusion around the month-long shutdown to their advantage.
Many doctors have been taught outdated information about menopause treatments — or haven't been taught about them at all — leaving countless women without the help they need from trusted sources.
For example, 52% of Black women say they don't know which menopause recommendations to follow, according to a recent Black Women's Health Imperative survey of more than 2,200 women nationwide.
Why it matters: People are increasingly turning to social media feeds or alternative methods for help. But while some of what they're finding can be useful and real, some of it can be very, very wrong.
