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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
8 months ago
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A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why The GUARD Act Wont Keep Us Safe
Molly Buckley
from the bad-laws dept A newbillsponsored by Sen. Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users ...[Continue Reading]
Techdirt
1 day ago
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Created a risk: IG report says Hegseths use of Signal could have put troops in harms way
Blaise Malley
An inspector general report has concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Pentagon policy and risked the safety of U.S. servicemembers by sharing sensitive operational details over the e ...[Continue Reading]
Salon
1 day ago
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Triple polar vortex sends temperatures plunging in central and eastern U.S. as 1st Arctic cold blast moves in
Kate Murphy
The first of three rounds of cold Arctic air from a shifting polar vortex has sent temperatures plunging across the central and eastern U.S., threatening centuries-old record lows in cities and towns ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
1 day ago
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Four countries to boycott Eurovision Song Contest over Israels inclusion
Al Jazeera
Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain have said they will boycott next years Eurovision Song Contest, following the decision to allow Israel to compete. The response on Thursday came immediat ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
1 day ago
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DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
Jaclyn Diaz
The Department of Justice has instructed inspectors to stop evaluating prisons and jails using standards designed to protect transgender, intersex and gender-nonconforming people from sexual violence ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
1 day ago