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'AI Valley' author worries there's 'so much power in the hands of few people'

Author Gary Rivlin says regulation can help control how AI is used: "AI could be an amazing thing around health, medicine, scientific discoveries, education ... as long as we're deliberate about it."
- Dave Davies
Here are all the ways people are disappearing from government websites

Executive orders from President Trump have agencies across the government scrubbing websites of photos and references to transgender people, women and people of color.
- Quil Lawrence
How vulnerable might humans be to bird flu? Scientists see hope in existing immunity

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems might be primed to fend off a worse case, research finds.
- Will Stone
5 ways the pandemic changed us for good, for bad and forever

This month marks five years since the pandemic began, and here are 5 things that changed permanently.
- John Daley
Why a Seattle-based law firm is on President Trump's enemy list

President Donald Trump has an axe to grind with Seattle’s largest law firm. A Trump-issued executive order says Perkins Coie participates in “dishonest and dangerous activity” that has affected the country for “decades.” The order could have an impact on the firm’s ability to practice law in Seattle, and around the country. UW Law Professor from Practice Doug Ross will tell us how.
- Patricia Murphy
Switching from gas to electric? Here's 3 appliances that are easy to install

Changing from gas to climate-friendly electric appliances often involves expensive retrofits. A growing list of companies offer stoves, heat pumps and water heaters that make it easier and cheaper.
- Jeff Brady
How astronauts adjust when back on Earth after being in space

Astronauts face several risks during spaceflight, including exposure to radiation.
- Chandelis Duster
After historic indictment, doctors will keep mailing abortion pills over state lines

Doctors who mail abortion medication pills across state lines have been on alert ever since Louisiana, which bans abortion, indicted a New York doctor for mailing the pills to a woman there.
- Rosemary Westwood
Trump's handling of Ukraine and tariffs has NATO rethinking the U.S.-made F-35 fighter

The F-35 was meant as a one-size-fits-all fighter that could be used across NATO. But strained U.S.-Europe relations are giving some member countries second thoughts about the U.S.-built plane.
- Scott Neuman
This astronaut spent over 100 days in space. Here's how he says that affected him

Jack Fischer spent more than 100 days aboard the International Space Station in 2017. He described to NPR what being in space for so long does to the body and what it feels like to return home.
- A Martínez

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