1 hour ago Kristi Noem’s Handbag Was Snatched From Beneath Her Chair, D.H.S. Says

Ms. Noem “could feel this person as they snatched her bag,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said.

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1 hour 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.

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2 h. ago Analysis | It’s not just ‘leftist’ judges. GOP appointees have many sharp words for Trump.

Analysis | It’s not just ‘leftist’ judges. GOP appointees have many sharp words for Trump.  The Washington Post

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3 h. ago New system quantifies language model personalities through linguistic analysis

Large language models (LLMs) are at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) and have been widely used for conversational interactions. However, assessing the personality of a given LLM remains a significant challenge.

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4 h. ago Algorithm can make AI responses increasingly reliable with less computational overhead

ChatGPT and alike often amaze us with the accuracy of their answers, but unfortunately, they also repeatedly give us cause for doubt. The main issue with powerful AI response engines (artificial intelligence) is that they provide us with perfect answers and obvious nonsense with the same ease. One of the major challenges lies in how the large language models (LLMs) underlying AI deal with uncertainty.

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4 h. ago This tool estimates how much electricity your chatbot messages consume

Ever wonder how much electricity you’re using when you prompt, or thank, an AI model? Hugging Face engineer Julien Delavande did, so he built a tool to help arrive at the answer. AI models consume energy each time they’re run. They’re run on GPUs and specialized chips that need a lot of power to carry […]

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6 h. ago Adobe releases new Firefly image generation models and a redesigned Firefly web app

Adobe on Thursday launched the latest iteration of its Firefly family of image generation AI models, a model for generating vectors, and a redesigned web app that houses all its AI models, plus some from its competitors. There’s also a mobile app for Firefly in the works. The new Firefly Image Model 4, Adobe says, […]

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12 h. ago Analysis | Commanders mock draft: How Washington might use its picks

Analysis | Commanders mock draft: How Washington might use its picks  The Washington Post

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17 h. ago Highland Park shooter to be sentenced for killing 7, injuring dozens

Crimo pleaded guilty in March to 21 counts of first-degree murder, three counts for each person killed, and dozens of attempted murder charges.

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17 h. ago Analysis | Commanders mock draft: Post beat writers make Washington’s picks

Analysis | Commanders mock draft: Post beat writers make Washington’s picks  The Washington Post

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19 h. ago Seahawks 2025 NFL Draft coverage: Picks, mocks, analysis, rumors, reports, live updates, more

Seahawks 2025 NFL Draft coverage: Picks, mocks, analysis, rumors, reports, live updates, more  Field Gulls

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21 h. ago Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act is a success worth defending | Opinion

Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act is a success worth defending | Opinion  Bellingham Herald

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23 h. ago AI Is Spreading Old Stereotypes to New Languages and Cultures

Margaret Mitchell, an AI ethics researcher at Hugging Face, tells WIRED about a new dataset designed to test AI models for bias in multiple languages.

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23 h. ago Severance: What the hit show can teach us about cybersecurity and human risk

What if your work self didn't know about your personal life, and your home self had no idea what you did for a living? In Apple TV's Severance, that's exactly the deal: a surgical procedure splits the memories of employees into "innies" (who only exist at work) and "outies" (who never recall what they do from nine to five).

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24 h. ago Washington state just voted on a trans athlete ban. It came down to one person’s vote.

Washington state just voted on a trans athlete ban. It came down to one person’s vote.  Outsports

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27 h. ago At least 1 person killed in crash after possible police chase in Montebello

At least 1 person killed in crash after possible police chase in Montebello  ABC7 Los Angeles

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28 h. ago Froda secures $23M Series B for its debt financing platform for SMEs

Swedish Fintech startup Froda has secured a $22.7 million (€20m) Series B round led by Incore Invest, also based in Sweden. The move bucks the trend of a slight slowdown in investments into fintech, plus a further confirmation of the long-term trend towards the ’embedded finance’ model.  Largely operating in northern European countries from Finland […]

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29 h. ago Contributor: There's no neutral language to describe horrific actions

Contributor: There's no neutral language to describe horrific actions  Los Angeles Times

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30 h. ago Columbia Journalism Review Faces the Kind of Crisis It Usually Covers

The publication is now trying to find a successful business model without its top editor, who was abruptly fired last week.

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38 h. ago Biden Disinformation Czar Nina Jankowicz Debuts British Accent, Trashes America to the European Parliament

On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed former Disinformation Governance Board Chair pick Nina Jankowicz. Marlow stated, “The type of person who thinks the [Hunter] Biden laptop is fake and you should not be able to The post Biden Disinformation Czar Nina Jankowicz Debuts British Accent, Trashes America to the European Parliament appeared first on Breitbart.

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