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Trump Gets Roasted on Bill Maher’s Night
The Kennedy Center was ready for a night of comedy yesterday. But before guests even reached the red carpet, the building presented a setup of its own. A large tarp was still hanging across the building’s facade, blocking any view of the spot where Donald Trump’s name had been added and then taken away following…
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California man accused of recording nude women in tanning booths. Prosecutors call for harsher penalties
A San Luis Obispo County man has been charged with a slew of misdemeanors after prosecutors say he secretly recorded nude women while they were in tanning booths at a fitness center, according to prosecutors. Kyle Combs, 40, of Grover Beach is facing 12 misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy following an investigation into possible…
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Recursive Self-Improvement is the Human Skill We Need in the AI Age
—Andriy Onufriyenko—Getty Images The news is full of sober warnings about AI. The latest: recursive self-improvement, or RSI. RSI is the process by which AI systems improve themselves on their own—and then, improve their own ability to improve. “We are not there yet, and recursive self-improvement is not inevitable,” wrote Marina Favaro, who leads the…
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A24 Is Dealing With a Full-on Crisis Among Fans After Signing an AI Deal With Google
Indie Hollywood darling A24 scored a massive financial hit with its “Backrooms” horror flick this year, netting over $330 million globally on a minuscule $10 million budget — the studio’s highest-grossing film of all time. The movie’s director Kane Parsons, a 21-year-old YouTuber-turned-filmmaker, is an outspoken critic of AI, calling it “genuinely harmful” to creativity.…
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Veda Pierce, L.A.’s most odious monster, dead at 98
From the beginning, Mildred vowed that her daughter Veda would have all the things this newly blossoming post-war suburban paradise could offer. They lived in a charming Spanish Colonial house in Glendale, the kind of place where there were more kids than cars on the street. Veda’s days were filled with stickball, piano lessons and…
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‘The Ring’ and ‘Lilo & Stitch’ star Daveigh Chase’s cause of death revealed
Former child star Daveigh Chase –– best known for voicing Lilo in “Lilo & Stitch” — died of AIDS at a Los Angeles hospital after a heartbreaking battle with drug addiction and homelessness. The 35-year-old’s primary cause of death was listed as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), with chronic polysubstance use — the use of more…
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Olivia Wilde was nearly ‘pulverized’ in horse stampede — and saved by A-list co-star’s ‘split second’ decision
Olive Wilde vulnerably opened up about how she was nearly killed in a horse stampede before Walton Goggins saved her on the set of the 2011 western film “Cowboys & Aliens.” “I had a very bad horse accident, and he saved me,” the actress shared on Monday’s episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “I’ve ridden…
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Bedouine turns lost homes into lush refuge on ‘Neon Summer Skin’
Amid the hum of Woodcat Coffee in Echo Park, Azniv Korkejian pauses in front of a wall of family photographs mounted on faded construction paper and tucked into repurposed frames. She points out her mother in a stylish red minidress, knee-high socks and black platforms, posing playfully in a photo studio after getting her hair…
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The Supreme Court just made Trump the most powerful president in generations
Trump v. Slaughter, one of two “unitary executive” cases that the Supreme Court handed down on Monday, is the culmination of a nearly 40-year fight by Republican judges to expand the powers of the presidency. It transforms President Donald Trump into the most powerful figure to govern the United States in generations. The central issue…
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Professor known for ‘torture memos’ will advise conspiracy probe focused on perceived Trump foes
WASHINGTON — A conservative law professor known for his expansive views of presidential power and for decades-old memos that justified harsh interrogation techniques after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks says he will be advising a team of prosecutors investigating whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired against President Donald Trump. John Yoo confirmed in an…