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Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after
Ethan Mollick
Amid todays AI boom, its disconcerting that we still dont know how to measure how smart, creative, or empathetic these systems are. Our tests for these traits, never great in the first place, were ma ...[Continue Reading]
Oneusefulthing.org
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Weve tracked $80M of spending on almost 170 AIgenerated political ads this year itsweird
Travis N. Ridout, Erika Franklin Fowler, Michael Franz
The 2026 U.S. midterm campaigns are the first in which AI-generated political ads are regularly appearing on peoples televisions and social media feeds. We are researcherswho have beenstudying polit ...[Continue Reading]
Salon
1 day ago
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Why Letitia James Is the Wrong Choice to Prosecute the Cornell Case
Elie Honig
While an alleged sexual assault at Cornell University has ignited intense public debate, this much is beyond meaningful dispute: Tompkins County district attorney Matthew Van Houten had to go. And al ...[Continue Reading]
New York Magazine
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FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters
Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON The Trump administration pushed the FBI to investigate Los Angeles protesters in violation of their constitutional rights and the bureaus policies, a former FBI supervisor alleges in a new ...[Continue Reading]
NBC News
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Gag Reel And First Look At Deleted Scenes Revealed Following Digital Release
JoshWilding
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has arrived on Digital platforms, and we now have the movie's gag reel. Full of hilarious moments, highlights include a fun back-and-forth between Tom Holland and Jon Bernth ...[Continue Reading]
CBM (Comic Book Movie)
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Yemen's Houthis claim new attack on Riyadh airport
RT News
Yemen's Houthis have claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified. After declaring a counter-offensive ...[Continue Reading]
RTE
1 day ago