The pursuit of general intelligence has traditionally centered on external objectives: an agent's control over its environments or mastery of specific tasks. This external focus, however, can produce specialized agents that lack adaptability. We propose representational empowerment, a new perspective towards a truly agent-centric learning paradigm by moving the locus of control inward. This objective measures an agent's ability to controllably maintain and diversify its own knowledge structures. We posit that the capacity -- to shape one's own understanding -- is an element for achieving better ``preparedness'' distinct from direct environmental influence. Focusing on internal representations as the main substrate for computing empowerment offers a new lens through which to design adaptable intelligent systems.

The Trump administration is pushing an initiative for millions of Americans to upload personal health data and medical records on new apps and systems run by private tech companies, promising easier to access health records and wellness monitoring. Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks on the initiative on Wednesday afternoon in the East Room. The event is expected to involve leaders from more than 60 companies, including major tech companies such as Google and Amazon, as well as prominent hospital systems like the Cleveland clinic. The new system will focus on diabetes and weight management, conversational artificial intelligence that helps patients, and digital tools such as QR codes and apps that register patients for check-ins or track medications. The initiative, spearheaded by an administration that has already freely shared highly personal data about Americans in ways that have tested legal bounds, could put patients' desires for more convenience at their doctor's office on a collision course with their expectations that their medical information be kept private.

Trump is expected to roll out a DOGE-backed plan to "encourage more seamless sharing of health-care data" between states and the federal government. The White House is poised to unveil new details on Wednesday surrounding the Trump administration's efforts to advance healthcare technology and partnerships with private-sector technology companies. The "Make Health Tech Great Again" event is expected to provide more details on how the administration is advancing a "next-generation digital health ecosystem," after securing partnerships with companies including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google, and OpenAI to better share information between patient and providers within Medicare and Medicaid services. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced that the HHS will ban illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded programs. "For decades, bureaucrats and entrenched interests buried health data and blocked patients from taking control of their health," Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a statement Wednesday ahead of the event.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shares his journey to his official position and where his passion for health comes from on'My View with Lara Trump.' The White House revealed new details Wednesday regarding the Trump administration's efforts to advance healthcare technology and partnerships with private-sector technology companies. The "Make Health Tech Great Again" event was expected to provide more details on how the administration is advancing a "next-generation digital health ecosystem," after securing partnerships with companies including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google, and OpenAI to better share information between patient and providers within Medicare and Medicaid services. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced that the HHS will ban illegal immigrants from accessing taxpayer-funded programs. "For decades, bureaucrats and entrenched interests buried health data and blocked patients from taking control of their health," Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a statement Wednesday ahead of the event.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The US Space Force will bid the summer farewell by once again launching its (not-so-secret) secret space plane, the X-37B. According to a July 28 announcement, the Boeing-manufactured orbital test vehicle is scheduled to embark on its eighth mission (OTV-8) from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on August 21. Its exact altitude capabilities are unknown, but previous estimates put it at around 250 miles above the planet. The Space Force described the X-37B as a "dynamic and responsive spacecraft responsible for conducting a range of tests and experiments that expedite the development of critical next-generation technologies and operational concepts for reusable space capabilities."

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. FBI investigators identified Robert Jacob Hoopes as a suspect in the injury of an ICE officer during protests in Portland, Ore., using facial recognition software, according to a criminal complaint from the case. In the criminal complaint, an unidentified FBI special agent said that a photo shared on OregonLive.com -- the online version of The Oregonian -- was put into "commercially available facial recognition software." The software allegedly provided 30 possible comparison photos from public databases. FBI Portland reviewed the photos and found one from a Reed College SmugMug page called "Canyon Day April '23," in which a tattoo on the suspect's forearm is visible.

The Take It Down Act targets the kind of material usually called "revenge porn": nude images of people, typically but not necessarily sexual, posted without their consent. The phrase is a little misleading, because revenge is just one of many motivations driving it. A more legalese term, precise but bloodless, is "nonconsensual intimate imagery," or NCII. Whatever it is called, the stories of its victims are heartbreaking. Jealous exes post nude selfie images sent to them by their ex-partners.

That's why we've created the AI Hype Index--a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. The Trump administration recently declared war on so-called "woke AI," issuing an executive order aimed at preventing companies whose models exhibit a liberal bias from landing federal contracts. Simultaneously, the Pentagon inked a deal with Elon Musk's xAI just days after its chatbot, Grok, spouted harmful antisemitic stereotypes on X, while the White House has partnered with an anti-DEI nonprofit to create AI slop videos of the Founding Fathers. What comes next is anyone's guess.

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FOX Business' Kelly Saberi joins'America's Newsroom' to discuss President Donald Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency's push to rescind an emissions law enacted by former President Barack Obama. As demand for clean energy grows, so does the need for smarter storage solutions. Lithium-ion batteries are leading the charge, but they don't last forever. That creates a big problem: what do we do with all the dead batteries? Thanks to a new method developed by researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), we may finally have an answer.