81 m. ago Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters

A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.

Politics

3 h. ago OpenAI wants its ‘open’ AI model to call models in the cloud for help

For the first time in roughly five years, OpenAI is gearing up to release an AI system that’s truly “open,” meaning it’ll be available for download at no cost and not gated behind an API. TechCrunch reported on Wednesday that OpenAI is aiming for an early summer launch, and targeting performance superior to open models […]

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3 h. ago OpenAI may be developing its own social platform but who’s it for?

OpenAI is reportedly building its own X-like social network. The project is still in the early stages, but there’s an internal prototype focused on ChatGPT’s image generation that contains a social feed, The Verge reports. A social app would give OpenAI its own unique, real-time data that X and Meta already use to help train […]

Politics

3 h. ago Parents who lost children to online harms protest outside of Meta’s NYC office

Meta may have managed to kill a bipartisan bill to protect children online, but parents of children who have suffered from online harm are still putting pressure on social media companies to step up. On Thursday, 45 families who lost children to online harms – from sextortion to cyberbullying – held a vigil outside of […]

Society

4 h. ago Shedeur Sanders fires off confident social media messages ahead of NFL Draft

Former Colorado Buffaloes standout Shedeur Sanders had a few messages ahead of the NFL Draft on Thursday. He may be taken as high as No. 2.

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4 h. ago Within six years, building the leading AI data center may cost $200B

Data centers to train and run AI may soon contain millions of chips, cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and require power equivalent to a large city’s electricity grid, if the current trends hold. That’s according to a new study from researchers at Georgetown, Epoch AI, and Rand, which looked at the growth trajectory of […]

Economics

4 h. ago Democrats' vice chair gets ultimatum: stay neutral in primaries or step down from party leadership

The DNC has vowed to stay neutral in Democratic primaries following vice chair David Hogg's plan to shell out $20 million through his outside political group, Leaders We Deserve, to primary-challenge some older Democrats in blue districts.

Politics

5 h. ago Linda Evangelista left traumatized and in therapy after botched cosmetic procedure permanently damaged body

Linda Evangelista credited therapy for helping her change the way she views her body after CoolSculpting left the model "brutally disfigured."

Events

5 h. ago Review & setlist: ROLE MODEL’s ruby red shoes brought him back to Boston

The New England native had his young, mostly female crowd swooning during his rescheduled show at MGM Music Hall Wednesday night. The post Review & setlist: ROLE MODEL’s ruby red shoes brought him back to Boston appeared first on Boston.com.

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5 h. ago Fyre Festival 2 flames out as Billy McFarland puts brand up for sale: ‘I need to step back’

Fyre Festival 2 flames out as Billy McFarland puts brand up for sale: ‘I need to step back’  Los Angeles Times

Economics

6 h. ago A new way to measure uncertainty provides an important step toward confidence in AI model training

It's obvious when a dog has been poorly trained. It doesn't respond properly to commands. It pushes boundaries and behaves unpredictably. The same is true with a poorly trained artificial intelligence (AI) model. Only with AI, it's not always easy to identify what went wrong with the training.

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7 h. ago The ongoing effect of United States tariffs on the model train industry

The ongoing effect of United States tariffs on the model train industry  trains.com

Politics

7 h. ago Despair, frustration and uncertainty: Alaska businesses contend with Trump tariffs

Despair, frustration and uncertainty: Alaska businesses contend with Trump tariffs  Alaska Public Media

Politics

7 h. ago Florida Dem. Kelly Skidmore Offended By Educational Video Showing Life Beginning at Conception: 'Not Fact'

Florida Democrat State Rep. Kelly Skidmore said she is absolutely not ok with her daughter watching a video that shows life beginning at conception, as the Florida House passed a measure which would have middle and high school students watch a video on human embryologic development. The post Florida Dem. Kelly Skidmore Offended By Educational Video Showing Life Beginning at Conception: ‘Not Fact’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Politics

7 h. ago Anthropic is launching a new program to study AI ‘model welfare’

Could future AIs be “conscious,” and experience the world similarly to the way humans do? There’s no strong evidence that they will, but Anthropic isn’t ruling out the possibility. On Thursday, the AI lab announced that it has started a research program to investigate — and prepare to navigate — what it’s calling “model welfare.” […]

Politics

8 h. ago China's AI DeepSeek faces House probe over US data harvesting, CCP propaganda

DeepSeek is under investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee over concerns it may share U.S. user data with the CCP or train its AI on American models.

Politics

8 h. ago UK regulator unveils major new measures to shield children online

Britain's broadcasting regulator announced Thursday that tech firms failing to prevent children from accessing harmful content will face fines or even elimination from the UK market under "transformational" measures launching in July.

Politics

9 h. ago AI model of language in the brain captures both how neurons are arranged and how they function

Neurons—the nerve cells responsible for transmitting electrical and chemical signals throughout the body—are organized in tissue, tending to cluster together in groups according to how they function. For example, language studies have found that there are clusters of neurons that seem to specialize in verbs and others that focus specifically on nouns, however researchers aren't sure just how these functional groups form.

Politics

10 h. ago Alaska Air Group Stock: Shares Plunge Due To Economic Uncertainty (NYSE:ALK)

Alaska Air Group Stock: Shares Plunge Due To Economic Uncertainty (NYSE:ALK)  Seeking Alpha

Politics

11 h. ago Ahead of key Supreme Court arguments, here’s which states have passed school choice measures

Here is every state in the country that gives parents and students universal private school choice programs, a key issue that will soon be debated at the Supreme Court.

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