DOGE Fired Key Nuclear Safety Staff, Triggering a Scramble to Find Them and Rehire Them
It would be funny in, say, an Austin Powers movie, but a mad, weekend-long race to rehire hundreds of recently fired security-cleared experts needed to keep America’s nuclear systems safe wasn’t a joke.
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Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
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US government tries to rehire nuclear staff it fired days ago
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Trump administration tries to rehire nuclear weapons workers fired by DOGE
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AI can fix bugs—but can’t find them: OpenAI’s study highlights limits of LLMs in software engineering
A new test from OpenAI researchers found that LLMs were unable to resolve some freelance coding tests, failing to earn full value.VentureBeat - 1d
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