16+ hour, 54+ min ago   (731+ words) Researchers have examined how weakening currents in the Atlantic Ocean could impact global agriculture — and the results are concerning. Weakening Atlantic Ocean currents could cripple agriculture in some of the world’s major breadbaskets, threatening global food security and raising the…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (734+ words) Amodei said the incidents led him to call for a three-step plan to pace AI development and allow companies time to “align and safeguard their models, and for third-party evaluators to confirm this.” Amodei’s essay was published days after Jacob…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (302+ words) With age, I’ve become more aware of the world’s complexity but also better equipped to come to simple, albeit painful, conclusions. Everyone understands (or should understand) that our reality—both the physical world around us and the social world we…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout Two seemingly contradictory letters emerging from the AI industry point toward the same future. The letters seem to argue for opposite futures. One presents wider access and fewer restrictions as the route to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (392+ words) Lily Minh Wass Project Censored There’s a saying that goes, “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.” The digital platforms we rely on daily have built brand identities of convenience: Google for search, Meta for social…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1518+ words) In Yigo, the northernmost village in Guam, there is a well that cannot be shut down. Known as Y-15, the well sits atop the island’s northern aquifer, which supplies around 80% of the island’s drinking water. Even if contaminants are detected, Y…...