Trump downplays AI risks after dire expert warnings and calls to slow development down
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The Guardian view on Russian parliamentary elections: glimpses of weakness behind the facade | Editorial
The Kremlin’s clumsy efforts to engineer the outcome reveal growing anxiety about the public mood and a war that is failing Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian powers are not constrained by elections, but he is alert to the danger that his rule would look illegitimate without them. That creates a tension, which is resolved through “managed democracy” – a euphemism for fraud and repression camouflaged with ritual ballots, held under a constitution that notionally guarantees political freedoms but in reality serves only the president. Russians are invited to elect a new Duma, the lower chamber of parliament, later this week, but they know in advance that United Russia, the official party of Putinism, will win a majority . Continue reading...
Ukrainian drone evades Russian helicopter fire to strike oil tanker
Ukraine has released footage showing a drone evading fire from a Russian helicopter before striking a Russian oil tanker
Kosovo approves new government after months of political deadlock
A newly approved government offers Kosovo only brief respite before a contentious presidential vote.
Russia struck train near Poland border shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials passed through
The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
F1 leader Antonelli wins Spanish Grand Prix as unlucky Norris misses out
The 20-year-old Italian has extended his championship lead to 81 points after 14 rounds.
Six killed, 130 missing after Indonesian passenger ship capsizes
Six people have been killed and 130 remain missing after a passenger ship capsized in the Java Sea off Indonesia.
Anthropic's Amodei says China presents 'toughest dilemma' for his proposed AI slowdown
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, the chair of Google DeepMind, and Elon Musk have all welcomed Amodei's proposal.
As Chavez and Maduro images disappear, is Venezuela entering a new chapter?
As part of Delcy Rodriguez's 'Venezuela reborn' campaign, murals of leaders like Hugo Chavez are being removed.
What are the five pros and cons of artificial intelligence?
AI creates new opportunities in programming and automation, but experts warn of risks to early-career workers.
The students returning to school after sexual assault: ‘You go back the next day, and you just deal with it’
Peer-on-peer violence is on the rise. But when schools must balance a duty of care to both victims and perpetrators, where does this leave girls who have to pursue their education in the shadow of sexual assault? In the wake of the latest headlines about alleged sexual assaults involving school boys and the death of a 16-year-old girl from suspected sexual choking, national cabinet has agreed to prioritise its plan to end sexual violence against women , the NSW government has flagged a new set of priorities with education ministers and the federal government has announced draft legislation for a digital duty of care . Meanwhile, the victim at the centre of an alleged gang-rape involving two students from a Sydney private school and another boy has prepared to sit her HSC exams. “I can’t imagine what she is going through,” police prosecutor Sergeant Rhonda Riley told the court last month. “But she will need to complete her HSC going through pain and fear – not only mentally – for some time going forward.” Continue reading...
Chip Huyen explains how to cut inference costs without new hardware
Last October, the P99 conference — the online gathering for developers focused on high-performance, low-latency applications — featured a cracking The post Chip Huyen explains how to cut inference costs without new hardware appeared first on The New Stack .
Russian drone hits Kyiv-Warsaw passenger train near Polish border
No casualties reported as Ukraine’s foreign minister says ‘Putin’s terror knocking directly on doors of EU and Nato’ A passenger train travelling from Kyiv to Warsaw was hit by a Russian drone two kilometres from the Polish border in an attack that Ukraine’s foreign minister described as “Putin’s terror knocking directly on the doors of the EU and Nato”. Overnight attacks across Ukraine involving more than 450 Russian drones and missiles killed at least six people and injured more than 40. Ukraine’s air force said it had intercepted 405 drones and four missiles. Continue reading...
More than 2,000 Yemenis flee to Djibouti amid Houthi advances
Escalating fighting along Yemen’s western coast has driven more than 2,000 Yemenis across the Red Sea to Djibouti.
US Open men’s singles final live: Alexander Zverev vs Ben Shelton
Follow our live build-up, predictions, score, match photos and text commentary stream of the men's final in New York.
Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun
Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the […]
Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists
Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
“Machine translation is still broken for most of the world’s languages”: Cohere builds non-reasoning for a reason
Enterprise AI company Cohere announced North Small Translate last week, a mixture-of-experts (MOE) open-weight machine translation model that works across The post “Machine translation is still broken for most of the world’s languages”: Cohere builds non-reasoning for a reason appeared first on The New Stack .
It passed CI. It passed your evals. The customer still got the wrong answer.
A diff is not evidence. It’s a statement of intent. The tests passed. The review’s done. The change is live. The post It passed CI. It passed your evals. The customer still got the wrong answer. appeared first on The New Stack .
Actor Tatyana Ali is advocating for Black and Indigenous maternal health
Actor Tatyana Ali says her healing journey after a traumatic childbirth has inspired her advocacy for Black maternal health, including support for midwives, doulas and other birth workers.
Iran-GCC summit: What’s behind the meeting, why is Bahrain not attending?
Iran says it plans to hold talks with Iraq and Gulf nations in Oman to help strengthen shared regional security.
Turkey: 162 arrested in LGBTQ+ raids
Turkish authorities have arrested at least 162 people in a weekend crackdown on the country's LGBTQ+ community. Ankara says police raids on gay bars and other venues are aimed at protecting family values.
Ukraine, Poland say Russia hit Warsaw-bound passenger train
Ukrainian officials accused Russia of a "systemic attack" on its railways following drone strikes near the Polish border, including a hit on a locomotive of a passenger train headed to Warsaw.
Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options
ElevenLabs has released Music v2.5 for its AI music generator. In a blind test with nearly 48,000 comparison pairs, listeners preferred the new version over its predecessor. The company says the model was trained only on licensed music. The article Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options appeared first on The Decoder .