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/ 3 months agoLanguage AIs in 2024: Size, guardrails and steps toward AI agents
The rubber met the road for language AIs in 2024. The hard realities led to new, smaller models and safety measures...
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/ 3 months agoThe ‘choking game’ and other challenges amplified by social media can come with deadly consequences
Although these activities have been around for decades, there are signs that some are making a comeback.
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/ 3 months agoClimate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant
Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or...
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/ 3 months agoDetroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing
19 US cities have introduced local reparations initiatives to address historic harms against Black residents. But designing a program that is...
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/ 3 months ago3D-printed guns, like the one allegedly used to kill a health care CEO, are a growing threat in the US and around the world
The use of 3D-printed guns in criminal and violent activities is likely to continue to increase. And governments and police will...
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/ 3 months agoWhat does the US attorney general actually do? A law professor explains
The combined political and legal roles and responsibilities of the US attorney general can create conflicts. Some attorneys general yielded to...
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/ 3 months agoColorado now has one of the nation’s most liberal abortion access laws, but ballot measures to restrict abortion have a long history in the state
Colorado voters have been asked 10 times since 1970 to vote on abortion ballot measures.
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/ 3 months agoHow should we look to history to make sense of Luigi Mangione’s alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?
Comparisons between our current era and the societal rot of the Gilded Age abound. But it might be more useful to...
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/ 3 months agoA nation exhausted: The neuroscience of why Americans are tuning out politics
Political polarization and people not being exposed to other perspectives online are two major factors that contribute to Americans feeling exhausted...
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/ 3 months agoThe Wanamaker organ has been part of a treasured holiday tradition in Philly for over 100 years − a historian explains its illustrious past and uncertain future
With Macy’s stores across the country shuttering, some Philadelphians are concerned about the fate of the 120-year-old instrument once touted as...
