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The Google computer scientist who was placed on leave after claiming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot has come to life tells NPR how he formed his opinion.

The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products.

President Trump tweeted Friday that he is nominating Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to be director of national intelligence. Ratcliffe was first nominated last July but withdrew amid controversy.

It's the longest that the director of national intelligence role has been unfilled since its creation 15 years ago. And the delay has implications for the U.S. intelligence community and beyond.

The American intelligence community was sharply criticized at recent hearings of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks. CIA Director George Tenet conceded his agency failed to translate knowledge of the dangers posed by al Qaeda to an effective defense of the nation. He also said it will take five years to develop a clandestine service capable of fully dealing with terrorist threats. NPR's Brian Naylor speaks with Daniel Benjamin, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

As Congress prepares to launch hearings into questionable intelligence provided on Iraq's weapons capability, President Bush dismisses as "revisionist history" accusations that his administration embellished reports to bolster the case for war. In Britain, Parliament hears testimony from two former members of Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet who say the government knowingly misrepresented data on Iraq. Hear NPR's David Welna, NPR's Guy Raz and chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix.

Lawmakers were split by party at a hearing Tuesday over how much attention they paid to sharing of sensitive military information with a journalist on Signal.

The annual event for developers focused on a new 'Liquid Glass' interface for Apple products, but did little to follow up on last year's promise of a bold push into artificial intelligence.

President Trump had high praise for his intelligence officers after the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But his relationship with the intelligence community has been strained for years.