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Anthropic hires its first “AI welfare” researcher
The researchers propose that companies could adapt the “marker method” that some researchers use to assess consciousness in animals—looking for specific indicators that may correlate…
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Man gets 10 years for stealing $20M in nest eggs from 400 US home buyers
A Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to 10 years for his role in a phishing scam that snatched more than…
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Air quality problems spur $200 million in funds to cut pollution at ports
“We’re essentially creating a microgrid at the port,” she said. Improving the air for disadvantaged communities The Clean Ports funding will also be a boon…
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Russia: Fine, I guess we should have a Grasshopper rocket project, too
Like a lot of competitors in the global launch industry, Russia for a long time dismissed the prospects of a reusable first stage for a…
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How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom
So in 2006, Nvidia announced the CUDA platform. CUDA allows programmers to write “kernels,” short programs designed to run on a single execution unit. Kernels…
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Marvel drops Captain America: Brave New World trailer
Captain America: Brave New World is star Anthony Mackie’s first cinematic appearance as the new Captain America. Marvel Studios dropped a full-length trailer for Captain…
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Review: Catching up with the witchy brew of Agatha All Along
Agatha initially agrees to manipulate Billy into doing just that, then has a last-minute change of heart. She kisses Rio/Death and thereby embraces her fate,…
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Research monkeys still having a ball days after busting out of lab, police say
If you need any inspiration for cutting loose and relaxing this weekend, look no further than a free-wheeling troop of monkeys that broke out of…
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Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal
An ethical minefield Since its founders started Anthropic in 2021, the company has marketed itself as one that takes an ethics- and safety-focused approach to…
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New SMB subscription may not end VMware migrations
Broadcom has a new subscription tier for VMware virtualization software that may appease some disgruntled VMware customers, especially small to medium-sized businesses. The new VMware…