1 hour ago I'm a Democratic strategist with an urgent warning for my fellow Dems

For Democrats to avoid election losses, they need to learn from a Republican failure when House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated. The Dem message needs to be on the economy.

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10 h. ago Over 1,900 researchers protest White House 'assault' on science: 'We see real danger'

Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to the Trump administration calling for a stop to the “assault” on science.

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10 h. ago Nearly 2,000 scientists call on Trump administration to stop 'assault' on science

Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to the Trump administration calling for a stop to the “assault” on science.

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12 h. ago Insider: Macdonald’s Seahawks defense is a ‘virus’ to opposing offenses

Insider: Macdonald’s Seahawks defense is a ‘virus’ to opposing offenses  Seattle Sports

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15 h. ago AI thinks like us—flaws and all: Study finds ChatGPT mirrors human decision biases in half the tests

Can we really trust AI to make better decisions than humans? A new study says not always. Researchers have discovered that OpenAI's ChatGPT, one of the most advanced and popular AI models, makes the same kinds of decision-making mistakes as humans in some situations—showing biases like overconfidence of hot-hand (gambler's) fallacy—yet acting inhuman in others (e.g., not suffering from base-rate neglect or sunk cost fallacies).

Technology

15 h. ago Seven Things We Learned From Seahawks Coach Mike Macdonald At The NFL Annual Meeting

Seven Things We Learned From Seahawks Coach Mike Macdonald At The NFL Annual Meeting  Seattle Seahawks

Politics

16 h. ago United States tariffs and their effect on the model train industry

United States tariffs and their effect on the model train industry  trains.com

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16 h. ago Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books

OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog organization makes the serious accusation that the company increasingly relied on non-public books it didn’t license to train more sophisticated AI models. AI models are essentially complex prediction engines. Trained on […]

Science

16 h. ago Top scientists warn that Trump policies are causing a 'climate of fear' in research

Some 2,000 scientists, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter warning that the U.S. lead in science is being "decimated" by the Trump administration's cuts to research.

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17 h. ago Experimental women's cancer drug boosts survival rates in notable study

A new drug tested in a phase 3 trial showed significant improvement in patients with treatment-resistant ovarian cancer. Researchers discuss the findings.

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17 h. ago Amber Ruffin explains the lesson she learned when she was disinvited from WHCA dinner

Amber Ruffin explains the lesson she learned when she was disinvited from WHCA dinner  Los Angeles Times

Politics

19 h. ago NYC speed cameras take six months to change driver behavior, effects vary by neighborhood

New York City's automated speed cameras reduced traffic crashes by 14% and decreased speeding violations by 75% over time, according to research from NYU Tandon's C2SMARTER published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives that tracked more than 1,800 cameras across school zones from 2019 to 2021.

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20 h. ago How neural networks represent data: A potential unifying theory for key deep learning phenomena

How do neural networks work? It's a question that can confuse novices and experts alike. A team from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) says that understanding these representations, as well as how they inform the ways that neural networks learn from data, is crucial for improving the interpretability, efficiency, and generalizability of deep learning models.

Politics

20 h. ago Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign 

An obscure wannabe hacker's tantalizing (and clearly sketchy) job offer has some security researchers asking, why?

Technology

21 h. ago Highly twisted metamaterial rods store large amounts of energy

An international research team coordinated at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness and enable them to absorb and release large amounts of elastic energy. The researchers conducted simple compression experiments to confirm the initial theoretical results. Their findings have been published in the journal Nature.

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21 h. ago Qualcomm acquires generative AI division of Vietnamese startup VinAI

Qualcomm has acquired the generative AI division of VinAI, an AI research company headquartered in Hanoi, for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced on Monday. The move marks Qualcomm’s continued expansion into the AI tooling sector. VinAI, which was founded by former DeepMind research scientist Hung Bui, develops a range of generative AI technologies, including […]

Technology

22 h. ago Emergency Chrome security update amid cyber espionage threats

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson reports that researchers have uncovered a Chrome vulnerability used in a cyber espionage campaign.

Events

22 h. ago Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff — 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and voluntary separation offers. The post Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food appeared first on Boston.com.

Science

23 h. ago Six faculty will receive 2025 Commercialization Gap Funding Award

Six faculty will receive 2025 Commercialization Gap Funding Award  WSU Insider

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25 h. ago One of California’s biggest reservoirs is about to expand — if it can clear a major hurdle

One of California’s biggest reservoirs is about to expand — if it can clear a major hurdle  San Francisco Chronicle

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