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Anthropic Cofounder Travels to Vatican, Tells Pope They’re Finding “Unsettling” Things Inside AI Models
Ever since being anointed as the leader of the Catholic Church last year, Pope Leo has been an outspoken critic of AI. Most recently, in his first encyclical, he called for the tech to be “disarmed,” accusing it of facilitating the emergence of “new digital slaveries” and criticizing its enormous carbon footprint. The rebuke, however,…
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European heat wave breaks records, generates massive solar power, sends energy prices down
A major heat wave broke temperature records across northwest Europe this week, triggered water shortages in the U.K. and, ironically, sent power prices plunging — even into negative territory. Driven by a persistent high-pressure heat dome, the scorching conditions raised average temperatures by 16 to 27 degrees Fahrenheit above the norm across the region. London…
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‘Looking at me like I’m crazy!’ MAGA pundit’s flagrantly false claim draws baffled stares
A conservative commentator drew baffled stares from his fellow panelists on CNN after making a flagrantly false claim to justify possible government compensation for Jan. 6 rioters. The Department of Justice established a $1.776 billion fund to repay individuals who claim to have been politically targeted by previous administrations, and anti-trans activist Terry Schilling told…
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The Pope Is Now the World’s Most Famous Humanist
Does the pope have an editor? If I could presume to take on this role for a second, then I might have one little note for Leo XIV after reading his new encyclical about artificial intelligence: Great stuff, but lose the Tower of Babel. It’s a tired cliché. Most of us have already been told…
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Mayor Karen Bass is in the toughest reelection fight of her career. She says she intends to win it
On her first day in office in 2022, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass promised voters bold action, standing with her allies as she declared a local emergency on homelessness. That moment of political stagecraft, meant to herald a new era of confident leadership, seems like a political lifetime ago. Bass, running in the June 2…
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This is what happens when you defund Ebola prevention
Shortly after brandishing his infamous chainsaw on a conservative conference stage last February, Elon Musk attended a Cabinet meeting where, giggling slyly, he admitted to having “accidentally canceled” Ebola prevention in his haste to obliterate the US Agency for International Development (USAID). “We restored the Ebola prevention immediately,” he added coolly at the time, “and…
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‘Truly unstable’ Trump’s new ‘unhinged’ proposal gave Iran the upper hand: expert
Donald Trump has handed Iran a stunning victory while simultaneously raising questions about his stability to American allies with a proposal so “divorced from reality” that it exposes the administration’s complete lack of strategic planning. So wrote New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, a Middle East expert, who said on Tuesday that Trump’s misguided Iran…
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Candlelight vigil for rape survivor draws UCSB community
Students and community members quietly gathered for a vigil Tuesday night in Isla Vista as an unsolved rape and strangulation near UC Santa Barbara continues to spark fear and frustration across campus. Photos from the gathering at Greek Park show small groups gathering as daylight faded, with attendees clustering in circles along paved paths. Many…
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The ‘harsh’ reason Ciara Miller thinks Amanda Batula, West Wilson’s romance might last: ‘Summer House’ reunion
Ciara Miller gave a savage explanation for why ex-BFF Amanda Batula and ex-boyfriend West Wilson might last as a couple during the “Summer House” Season 10 reunion. In the final moments of Tuesday’s episode, Miller claimed Batula is perfect for Wilson because she’s never “going to check him on anything.” “She’s very mute, she’s gonna…
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Texas is where Democratic dreams die. Did Trump change that with his Senate pick?
The catalog of unrequited hopes and hearts is a long one. Captain Ahab went mad in his vengeful search for “Moby Dick.” Jay Gatsby’s ostentatious fortune failed to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. Charlie Brown never kicked the football. Then there’s Texas, the land of broken Democratic dreams. It’s been half a century since…