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In a democracy, AI needs guardrails | GUEST COMMENTARY
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (626+ words) Earlier this year, the CEO of the most powerful and popular artificial intelligence (AI) systems company warned that super-human intelligence will cause civilization-level damage unless there is a smart, speedy intervention. "Humanity is about to be handed almost unimaginable power,…...
Baltimore weather: Breezy Sunday before potentially severe storms
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (9+ words) Baltimore weather: Breezy Sunday before potentially severe storms'Baltimore Sun...
Towering lava fountains of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano trigger park and highway closures
4+ day, 23+ min ago (292+ words) By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Kilauea, on Hawaii's Big Island, has been dazzling residents and visitors for more than year with an on-and-off eruption that periodically sends fountains of lava soaring into the sky. The fountaining that began Tuesday morning marked…...
As Iran war shakes energy system, some see powerful argument for renewable energy
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (683+ words) By SETH BORENSTEIN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Bombed refineries, disrupted shipping channels for oil and liquefied natural gas and skyrocketing fuel prices should point even the most reluctant leaders to a cleaner fossil free future, hope some experts. But others are…...
Baltimore weather: Warm stretch before rain, possible snow Thursday
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (10+ words) Baltimore weather: Warm stretch before rain, possible snow Thursday'Baltimore Sun...
Maryland’s spring awakening is around the corner | GUEST COMMENTARY
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (506+ words) Chicory " Marked by beautiful, bright blue flowers, it is an immigrant from Asia. Roots and leaves are edible, and it is used as a coffee substitute. Red clover " Another non-native, but useful as a cover crop and fodder for livestock....
Why is the birthrate falling below replacement level across United States?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (13+ words) Why is the birthrate falling below replacement level across United States?Baltimore Sun...
Dueling documentaries illuminate the promise and perils of artificial intelligence
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1024+ words) SAN FRANCISCO " Artificial intelligence's dystopian specter has spawned a pair of documentaries dissecting a technology that's depicted in the films as a ravenous parasite devouring humanity's knowledge, creativity and empathy. The films, "Deepfaking Sam Altman" and "The AI Doc," examine…...
Ocean Pines in Worcester County might lose ‘flush fee’ exemption
1+ week, 5+ day ago (637+ words) Worcester County officials are asking their state delegation to intervene after the Maryland Department of the Environment denied a request that would spare thousands of Ocean Pines residents from paying a $60 annual Bay Restoration Fund fee " commonly known as the…...
Potomac River sewage spill still not contained, could take months to fix
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (137+ words) A roughly 300 million-gallon sewage spill into the Potomac River " which environmental advocates say rivals the scale of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster " could take several more months to fully ... U.S. Supreme Court lets state court ruling stand on MD gun seizure…...