How Canada Wins: Offering humanity to marginalized people
It’s been a harder fight than we’ve ever had to fight before…
AI ‘Hallucinations’ Are Changing Medicine — Should We Worry?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the ability to generate, or rather “hallucinate,” alternative realities. This phenomenon, known as AI hallucinations, occurs when large language models — such as generative AI chatbots — perceive patterns or objects that are non-existent or imperceptible to human observers, producing meaningless or entirely inaccurate results…
AI scientists are sceptical that modern models will lead to AGI
In a survey of AI researchers, most say current AI models are unlikely to lead to artificial general intelligence with human-level capabilities, even as companies invest billions of dollars in this goal…
More than half of life on Earth experiencing unprecedented conditions
An analysis of changes to global ecosystems has revealed that almost nowhere is untouched by the influence of humanity, with more than 50 per cent of the planet’s land mass experiencing “novel” conditions…
DeepSeek boss prefers humanities grads over techies
DeepSeek boss prefers humanities grads over techies
Accused LockBit ransomware developer extradited to the US
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Rostislav Panev, who developed code and maintained infrastructure for LockBit, is now in U.S. custody. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public
U.S. bipartisan lawmakers say the U.K. order gagging Apple from disclosing the demand is unconstitutional. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order triggers civil rights challenge
The U.K. government’s secret order to Apple demanding it backdoor the end-to-end encrypted version of its iCloud storage service has now been challenged by two civil rights groups, Liberty and Privacy International, which filed complaints Thursday. They called the order “unacceptable and disproportionate” and warned of “global consequences” as the access order is thought to…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Cutting Continues
The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the federal government continue, with both personnel and programs being cut at the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration. Meanwhile, the fight over cuts to the Medicaid program for those with low incomes heats up…