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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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Mojave drone achieves battlefield STOL world-first
David Szondy
General Atomics has achieved another aviation milestone as its medium-class Mojave Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) carried out the first short take-off and landing (STOL) on a simulated battlefield be ...[Continue Reading]
New Atlas
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Efficiency
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Friday, September 18, 2026 Efficiency is an important aspect of accomplishment. But its certainly not the only one that matters. In general, improving efficiency has a beneficial effect. The probl ...[Continue Reading]
Greatday.com
1 day ago
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Cautionary Tales How a Broken Arm Improved my French, with David Epstein
Tim Harford
Last week, Cautionary Tales described the rise and fall of General Magic, the startup with too much money and too few constraints. Was General Magic really doomed from the start, and what does its fa ...[Continue Reading]
Timharford.com
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Lemonade $10.5 Million Settlement Over License Number Data Breach Approved
Andrew G. Simpson
A federal district court in New York has approved a $10.5 million class action settlement by digital insurer Lemonade over its exposing license numbers of as many as 190,644 drivers to third parties ...[Continue Reading]
Insurance Journal
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New York Attorney General Urges AI Whistleblowers to Come Forward
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New York Attorney General Letitia James encouraged workers at artificial intelligence companies to confidentially report activity they think is dangerous or illegal to her office. In a Thursday pres ...[Continue Reading]
Insurance Journal
1 day ago