A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
A group of industry leaders is planning to warn on Tuesday that the artificial intelligence technology they are building may one day pose an existential threat to humanity and should…
California Builds the Future, for Good and Bad. What’s Next?
While the task force hasn’t set an exact figure on how descendants of enslaved people might be compensated for overpolicing, mass incarceration and housing discrimination, the economists who advise it…
Can the ‘California Effect’ Survive in a Hyperpartisan America?
For decades, California has been able to fund a sprawling administration whose agencies have federal-size budgets and wide latitude to set and enforce rules. But as the nation has fractured…
Here’s Why Oil Flows Can Only Be Redirected, Not Stopped | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post makes a strong claim, that demand for oil is inelastic, presumably for a certain level of GDP. Recall that demand for oil and gas priced collapsed…
A British Reporter Had a Big #MeToo Scoop. Her Editor Killed It.
Inside the Financial Times newsroom this winter, one of its star investigative reporters, Madison Marriage, had a potentially explosive scoop involving another newspaper. A prominent left-wing columnist, Nick Cohen, had…
At Guantánamo’s Court Like No Other, Progress Is Frustrated by State Secrets
A defense lawyer was making a constitutional argument in the Guantánamo war court that the clock had run out on a case involving terrorist attacks in Indonesia 20 years ago…
A New Genetic Test Takes Aim at Young Hearts
Despite the high hopes for the new tests, there are many questions. Some critics say that a focus on treating younger people is misplaced because they may not comply with…
The Race to Make A.I. Smaller (and Smarter)
When it comes to artificial intelligence chatbots, bigger is typically better. Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard, which generate conversational, original text, improve as they are fed more data.…
DeSantis kicks off 2024 campaign with 3 state blitz
Hoping to put his bungled 2024 launch behind him, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis kicks off his presidential campaign in Iowa Tuesday, hitting 12 cities in three states as he tests…
Uganda’s leader signs into law anti-gay bill
Uganda’s president has signed into law new anti-gay legislation that prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” (AP video: Patrick Onen)