Milo Yiannopoulos, a British national known for his near-constant reinventions as a vizier within far-right American politics for more than a decade, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, according to the department’s records. While it’s not clear which detention facility Yiannopoulos is currently being held in, the ICE directory instructs…
Training AI models with other AI models has become a very popular goal for neolabs — and now, a researcher in Anthropic’s fellows program has given us an early look at what it might look like in practice. On Friday, Anthropic published a new paper titled “Automated Researchers Can Reliably Mitigate Alignment Failures,” detailing how…
Elon Musk replaced Twitter with X three years ago. Now another company is testing whether that rebrand left the Twitter name up for grabs. Startup Operation Bluebird has launched Twitter.now, a social network built around the familiar Twitter name and posting format, while arguing that X abandoned its rights to the Twitter and Tweet trademarks….
One of the last remaining Apple products to avoid a price hike so far this year just got more expensive. On Friday, Apple bumped the price of its Apple TV streaming service to $14.99 per month or $119 per year. And if you were hoping to renew your subscription before the price hike at the…
Don’t be fooled by the question mark in the title of an article published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association. When the authors, including medical superstar Ezekiel Emanuel and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, asked, “Will Autonomous AI Exceed AI-Physicians as the Best Medical Care?” they were being rhetorical. Their answer is…
Retro, the friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram product engineers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, has raised north of $21 million in Series A funding, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise is a testament to the enduring need for social apps that connect people with one another more directly, instead of through personalized algorithms…
Australia’s biggest music chart is drawing a line between musicians who use AI and AI that makes the music for them. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has updated its Charts Code of Practice to require eligible recordings to be “substantially human made.” The new rules take effect with the chart dated Aug. 31 and…
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Deals on Tents Courtesy of REI The REI Half Dome 2 is the best budget two-person backpacking tent. I’ve toted it on many backpacking trips and found it plenty sturdy, quick to set up, and capable of fitting two people along with their gear. It even comes with a footprint (which I never bother with,…
A trip to Europe often means adjusting to a lot of walking, but don’t let it fool you: cars are still the default for urban mobility. However, entrepreneurs are seeking to challenge this status quo — and the first step is understanding why it is so ingrained. For Belgian startup Any, the only way to…
