OpenAI scraps release of latest AI model over safety concerns: the hour's strongest signal
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OpenAI scraps release of latest AI model over safety concerns
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 53
Tennessee to execute a woman for first time in 200 years after governor denies clemency
Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay Christa Pike, a woman who was convicted of murder 30 years ago, is set to be put to death on Wednesday after her request for clemency was denied by Tennessee…
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Investigative/Global/Signal 41
Pope Leo criticises Nvidia’s Jensen Huang over AI safety - Financial Times
Pope Leo criticises Nvidia’s Jensen Huang over AI safety Financial Times Pope rejects AI "fake news" claims after Trump calls fears a "hoax" Axios Cyborgs, centaurs and LLeMmings: Why Pope Leo calls us to 'remain human' National Catholic Reporter Pope Leo Says He’s Not in ‘Panic…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Israeli settlers burn down house near Nablus
This comes as the IDF increases its West Bank presence amid growing concerns of violent confrontations between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Why is Karl Rove supporting a progressive Jewish candidate in Texas?
What did the only Jew serving in the Texas state house do to earn this distinction? It’s more about what he didn’t do: run for statewide office with a record of spewing racially charged comments.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Shin Bet claims Channel 12 report endangered lives of PM, Israeli delegation, pursues legal action
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Motomorphosis: MSCHF's Radically Modified Lexuses
Art collective MSCHF is at it again, this time with Lexus . For their Motomorphosis exhibit, which opens tomorrow at NYC's Armory Week art fair, they've stretched two real cars into unlikely forms.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cory Johnson's Infinite Pocket Jeans
Remember these ridiculous jeans created by Werther's Originals? They had 30 coin pockets up and down the legs, intended to provide stash space for the candy company's treats.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Early Transforming Furniture: Richard Neutra's Camel Table
In the 1930s Richard Neutra , the Austrian architect who'd made his home in California, designed an early example of flexible-use furniture.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Architectural-Scale Kintsugi Project
In the 1960s, college students stumbled across an abandoned ruin in the wilds of Warsaw, Virginia, outside of Richmond. The crumbling stone structure had been abandoned following a hurricane in the 1930s, and weather had taken its toll.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cost-Cutting Disguised as Minimalism: Volvo's EX30 Dashboard Goes Too Far
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Easy Roller: An Alternative Take on the Pizza Cutter
While the traditional form of a pizza cutter is this… …Japanese manufacturer Fireside has a different take, offering a much more compact form factor: It's no surprise this Easy Roller came from Japan, where storage space is limited.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Minimalist Low-Cost Japanese Sketchbook
These Blank Note sketchbooks by MUCU, a Japanese stationery brand, almost look like some kind of military surplus. But in fact they're just as minimal a sketchbook as possible: Two pieces of recycled paperboard for the covers, a canvas strip for the spine, and 60 pages of…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Oil extends gains as Middle East supply concerns persist
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Investigative/Global/Signal 39
Nor’easter uncovers shipwreck remnant on Nantucket - The Washington Post
Nor’easter uncovers shipwreck remnant on Nantucket The Washington Post See it: Powerful nor’easter unearths 19th-century shipwreck on New England shore FOX Weather Believed 1884 shipwreck washes onto shore during nor'easter rain, flooding WGAL Shipwreck uncovered on Nantucket…
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 39
Samsung to inject $1 billion into Nvidia- and KKR-backed AI infrastructure firm
Samsung Electronics and its five affiliates are investing $1 billion in KKR-launched Helix as the group expands its push into global AI infrastructure.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 38
Australia news live: OpenAI apologises for Medicare hack, calling it a ‘new kind of cyber incident’
Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police say they are investigating the suspicious deaths of two men in the state’s north.
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KSP: Trooper shot, killed in line of duty; suspect taken into custody - wlwt.com
KSP: Trooper shot, killed in line of duty; suspect taken into custody wlwt.com Tennessee man charged with murder after KSP trooper fatally shot on I-65 in Kentucky WLKY Kentucky trooper killed in I-65 shooting, suspect taken into custody newschannel9.com Kentucky State Police to…
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