Teen fights for change around AI "nudify" sites

Maryland senators reportedly pursuing odd trade: Fighter jets for Commanders stadium site

The 2024 NFL trade deadline passed a month ago, but the Commanders could still be involved in a major swap.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3

Former congressmen preview fight to confirm Trump Cabinet picks

Now that President-elect Donald Trump has named most of his top Cabinet roles, how likely will they get through the confirmation process? Former Republican Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan and former ...

CBS News - Dec. 3

House Democrats fighting for younger members in top posts

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is challenging Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York to be the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. Is this race the beginning of a new generation of Democratic ...

CBS News - Dec. 3

'Pickling a cucumber changed my life' says TikTok award winner

A film parody actor, a pool cleaner and pickle chef are among those honoured at UK's first TikTok awards.

BBC News - Dec. 3

Why these Israeli men volunteered to fight - but now refuse to return to Gaza

Why men who reported for duty after October 7 are now refusing to fight

BBC News - Dec. 3

What is Rob Manfred's 'golden at-bat' idea, and how would it change baseball?

Rule changes have been a hallmark of Rob Manfred's tenure as MLB commissioner. His latest idea is being met with skepticism by many.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 3

Google Cloud launches Veo AI video generator model on Vertex

Unveiled at Google’s I/O developer conference, Veo is Google DeepMind’s response to competitors like Runway’s Gen-3 and OpenAI's Sora.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

Apple says it uses Amazon's custom AI chips

Apple is currently using Amazon Web Services' custom AI chips for services like searching and will evaluate if its latest AI chip can be used to pre-train its AI models like Apple Intelligence.

CNBC - Dec. 3

Arteta red-card escape set to lead to law change

The IFAB is set to change the law on coaches interfering with the ball in play after Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wrongly escaped a red card vs. Inter Milan.

ESPN - Dec. 3

With Threats to Encryption Looming, Signal’s Meredith Whittaker Says ‘We’re Not Changing’

At WIRED’s The Big Interview event, the president of the Signal Foundation talked about secure communications as critical infrastructure and the need for a new funding paradigm for tech.

Wired - Dec. 3

Wall Street’s AI-powered rally risks ‘correction’, Vanguard warns

Asset manager’s chief economist Joe Davis says investors are overplaying the near-term potential of the technology

Financial Times - Dec. 3

AWS SageMaker is transforming into a combined data and AI hub

The next-generation of SageMaker will make accessing data assets and wide-ranging tools to make the most of them faster than ever.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

AWS says new Bedrock Automated Reasoning catches 100% of AI hallucinations

AWS updated Bedrock with two new capabilities, one to let large models teach smaller models and another to catch and correct hallucinations.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

Amazon launches Nova AI model family for generating text, images and videos

Nova Reel outperformed Runway's Gen-3 Alpha in A/B testing, achieving winning rates of 61.4% for video quality.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

Amazon Is Building a Mega AI Supercomputer With Anthropic

At its Re:Invent conference, Amazon also announced new tools to help customers build generative AI programs, including one that checks whether a chatbot’s outputs are accurate or not.

Wired - Dec. 3

NFL's Goodell and Commanders' Harris meet with lawmakers to talk about potential RFK stadium site

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders controlling owner Josh Harris have met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as efforts push forward to secure access to the RFK Stadium site in ...

ABC News - Dec. 3

Syria Fighting Worsens Already Dire Conditions in Idlib and Aleppo

Years of war and a powerful earthquake had led to crushing poverty, displacement and breakdowns in services. But over the last several days, the region’s misery deepened.

The New York Times - Dec. 3

Snyder's Soapbox: No, the Dodgers aren't bad for baseball and signing Blake Snell doesn't change that

Snell sat in free agency until March last year; this year his signing caused a wave of crying

CBS Sports - Dec. 3

AI won't replace humans making games, PlayStation boss says

The gaming giant's joint CEOs reflect on its past and future as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.

BBC News - Dec. 3

Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers

A new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would use a 54-year-old privacy law to impose new oversight of the data broker industry. But first, the agency must survive Elon Musk.

Wired - Dec. 3

Fighting resumes in eastern Congo despite ceasefire between army and rebels

Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group has resumed in eastern Congo ahead of potential mediation talks

ABC News - Dec. 3

FIA seeks rule changes after president allegations

The FIA wants to limit the ways its leadership can be held to account for bad governance after allegations were made against its president.

BBC News - Dec. 3

Van Nistelrooy at work changing Leicester's 'style'

Newly-appointed manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is aiming to bring a sense of positivity to Leicester City and quickly make an impression on the Premier League club's players, as he looks to ensure ...

ESPN - Dec. 3

Vanuatu calls on the World Court to recognize climate change harms

Vanuatu urged the top United Nations court to recognize the harm caused by climate change in its judgment on the legal obligation of countries to fight it.

NBC News - Dec. 3

'Extraordinary' - the case for Aspinall to fight Jones in numbers

A statistical look at why Britain's Tom Aspinall deserves a UFC undisputed heavyweight title showdown with Jon Jones.

BBC News - Dec. 3

A landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas

The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change

ABC News - Dec. 3

Hedge funds profit from ‘Trump trades’ around US election

Element Capital and Graham Capital among macro managers that did well out of recent market swings

Financial Times - Dec. 3

Renewed fighting threatens fragile Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Despite the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, the back-and-forth violence doesn't appear to be going away. Both sides say the other is violating the deal. Matthew Levitt, a Middle ...

CBS News - Dec. 2

Liquid AI’s new STAR model architecture outshines Transformer efficiency

The STAR framework leverages evolutionary algorithms and a numerical encoding system to balance quality and efficiency in AI models.

VentureBeat - Dec. 3

How Biden Changed His Mind on Pardoning Hunter: ‘Time to End All of This’

The threat of a retribution-focused Trump administration and his son’s looming sentencings prompted the president to abandon a promise not to get involved in Hunter Biden’s legal problems.

The New York Times - Dec. 3

U.S. 10-year Treasury yield is little changed as investors look to key labor data this week

Investors awaited economic data, expected to be published through the week, including labor and manufacturing insights.

CNBC - Dec. 2

Airstrikes hit hospitals in Syria’s Idlib region as insurgents fight Assad forces

White Helmets say at least 18 people killed in strikes on five healthcare facilities including maternity hospital. A wave of airstrikes has pummelled hospitals and neighbourhoods in the rebel-held ...

The Guardian - Dec. 2

Nous Research is training an AI model using machines distributed across the internet

Nous's DisTrO, Distributed Training Over-the-Internet, allows foundation class models to be trained without expensive superclusters.

VentureBeat - Dec. 2

Bears explain Matt Eberflus' awkward press conference that took place hours before his firing, announce coaching changes

Bears decision-makers were still meeting about Eberflus' future during his Friday presser, so they didn't see any reason Eberflus shouldn't meet with the media.

Yahoo Sports - Dec. 2

The AI Version of Panasonic’s Founder Revives His Management Expertise for a New Audience

The chatty digital replica of Kōnosuke Matsushita, who started the electronics giant in 1918, offers an online path to lessons from the man once called the ‘god of management.’

Inc. - Dec. 2

36 years after teen's body found in river, her killer is identified

Decades after a Washington teenager's brutal murder, law enforcement identified her killer using genealogical DNA testing.

CBS News - Dec. 2

Cohere’s Rerank 3.5 is here, and it’s about to change enterprise search forever

Cohere's new Rerank 3.5 AI search model processes queries in 100+ languages and improves enterprise search accuracy by 30%, revolutionizing how global businesses access and utilize their data.

VentureBeat - Dec. 2

Bears president says there will be no changes at GM, Ryan Poles will be point person in coaching search

Chicago fired coach Matt Eberflus after Thanksgiving

CBS Sports - Dec. 2

Bipartisan bill would study AI's impact on banking, housing

A new bill with bipartisan support would commission studies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the banking and housing sectors, where lawmakers have been sounding an alarm about ...

The Hill - Dec. 2

How AI Tools Are Revolutionizing Startup Launch Strategies

From lower costs to new founder skills, accessible AI is transforming how startups go from idea to market.

Inc. - Dec. 1

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