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Trump administration says project – originally from San Francisco to LA – has no ‘viable path’ to move aheadCalifornia’s years-long effort to construct a high-speed rail faces yet another hurdle as the Trump administration said the project has no “viable path” to move ahead and threatened to pull billions of dollars in federal funding.Sean Duffy, the US transportation secretary, released a compliance review report that said the project is in default of the terms of its federal grant awards, and said it has been beset by mismanagement, waste and ever-growing costs. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/trump-administration-california-high-speed-train Author : Dani

Björn Ulvaeus tells audience at SXSW London the technology is ‘very bad at lyrics’ but has helped him break through creative impassesAfter bringing a blockbuster hologram version of Abba to a purpose-built venue in east London, Björn Ulvaeus’s next technological exploration is a musical that he’s written with the help of artificial intelligence.Ulvaeus, 80, told an audience at SXSW London that he was “three-quarters” of the way through writing a new musical which he has created with assistance from AI songwriting tools. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/04/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-ai-musical-london Author : Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent Publish date : 2025-06-04

Congressional Budget Office assessment comes as Musk is among prominent critics of the bill; Mexico says it will act over tariffs if no trade deal agreedThe Trump administration has reversed its decision to revoke the legal status of a four-year-old girl, receiving continuing life-saving treatment in the US, and her family after a national outcry.Deysi Vargas, her husband and their daughter – whom lawyers identified by the pseudonym Sofia – had come to the US in 2023 to seek medical care for their daughter who has a rare condition that requires specialized treatment. But in April, the federal government ended

Media corporations call for opt-in rule and say companies must set up licensing deals before accessing creative worksThe BBC director general and the boss of Sky have criticised proposals to let tech firms use copyright-protected work without permission, as the government promised that artificial intelligence legislation will not destroy the £125bn creative sector.The creative industry has said that original proposals published in a consultation in February to give AI companies access to creative works unless the copyright holder opts out would “scrape the value” out of the sector. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/04/bbc-sky-government-uk-ai-technology-copyright Author : Mark Sweney Publish date