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Report: Pete Hegseth Sets Friday Deadline for Anthropic in Pentagon AI Dispute
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (347+ words) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has given Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to grant the military unrestricted access to its AI model or face significant penalties, according to sources familiar with the matter. Axios reports that the ultimatum…...
Discord pushes back global age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (442+ words) Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification…...
Robo Army: Man Accidentally Takes Control of 6,700+ Robot Vacuums Worldwide While Hacking His Own
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (226+ words) A man inadvertently gained control over thousands of internet-connected robot vacuums while attempting to modify his own device to work with a PlayStation controller. The inadvertent hack provided the man with access to detailed floor plans and even live camera…...
6 planets will parade across the night sky at the end of February
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (295+ words) Six planets will be visible in the night sky at the end of February, and most can be seen with the naked eye It's what's known as a planetary parade, which happens when multiple planets appear to line up in…...
'Winter's Fury': 40 Million Americans Brace for Major East Coast Storm
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (338+ words) A huge winter storm is expected to wallop the East Coast Sunday into Monday, and over 40 million Americans are bracing for impact. The nor'easter was forecast to drop heavy snow on the I-95 corridor, prompting officials with the National Weather Service…...
Boeing in Hot Water: NASA Designates Starliner Stranding Astronauts as Most Serious Type of Safety Mishap
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (391+ words) NASA announced that Boeing stranding astronauts in space due to the Starliner spacecraft's failure has been officially reclassified as a Type A mishap, the agency's most serious safety designation, nearly eight months after the troubled mission concluded. Space.com reports…...
U.N. in Drive for Centralised Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (374+ words) A U.N. panel on artificial intelligence has been launched to implement global governance of the emerging technology at its sole direction," the body's chief Ant'nio Guterres announced Thursday. The U.N.'s existing Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its efforts to…...
'Remarkable:' OpenAI Boss Sam Altman Lavishes Praise on China's AI Industry
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (322+ words) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the progress of Chinese technology companies as "remarkable" during an interview with CNBC, praising the communist dictatorship for its "amazingly fast" AI development. CNBC reports that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the rapid advancement of…...
India’s A.I. Summit Disaster Features Snubs, Billionaire Bails, and Chinese Robot Cheating
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (91+ words) India sought to make a splash in the world's fastest-growing tech industry this week by hosting an A.I. Impact Summit in New Delhi, with a who's-who of industry leaders and artificial intelligence visionaries on the guest list. The summit was a…...
Biodegradable Mardi Gras beads help make Carnival season more sustainable
1+ week, 3+ day ago (743+ words) It is Carnival season in New Orleans Once made of glass and cherished by parade spectators who were lucky enough to catch them, today cheap plastic beaded necklaces from overseas are tossed from floats by the handful. Spectators sometimes pile…...