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Media Matters 6d ago

Here’s the Fox & Friends segment that introduced Trump to Natalie Harp

by Media Matters for America

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TruthOut 3d ago

Air Force Major Faces Rare Charges After Calling for Trump’s Impeachment

by Chris Walker

Maj. Jason Watson faces charges relating to alleged “contemptuous” statements he made against the president.

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Media Matters 6d ago

Fox anchor admits the network is obsessively covering the WNBA

by Media Matters for America

A recent study by Media Matters found that Fox News has spent more than 13 ½ hours covering the WNBA this summer. In at least 206 segments on the league from June 25 to August 11,…

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Less Wrong 2d ago

Inference-Time Inoculation Against RL-Induced Misalignment

by armaan tipirneni

Reward hacking during RL can induce split personas in models, some of which are highly misaligned. However, RL is very useful for learning capabilities. Thus, a core problem seems…

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Slashdot 2d ago

Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Unlawful, US Judge Rules

by BeauHD

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A US judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration broke the law when it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk…

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Techdirt 6d ago

Don’t Trust The Name On The PAC

by Brian Sheppard and Andrew Moshirnia

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Political action committees are responsible for nearly two-thirds of…

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Zeteo 1d ago

This Week in Palestine: Israel Kills 4 Children as It Warns Palestinian Kids Not to Fly Kites

by Team Zeteo

Zeteo’s weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as Israel continues its genocidal war and apartheid policies.

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Less Wrong 2d ago

AI Tweets

by jefftk

I've had several conversations with people over the last few weeks that have highlighted how far apart my view of the near future is from many people I talk to. Here are some…

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Slashdot 2d ago

Apple TV and Apple One Subscription Prices Increase By Up To 20%

by BeauHD

Apple is raising Apple TV's U.S. price to $14.99 per month, up from $12.99, while the annual plan jumps from $99 to $119. It's the service's fourth price hike in four years and…

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Less Wrong 2d ago

What would it mean if assistants are privileged?

by derek shiller

Crossposted from the Eleos Substack Over the past year or so, researchers working in the digital minds space have come to see the nature of the ‘assistant persona’ as particularly…

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Slashdot 4d ago

Chinese Government Fears AI Might Replace Human Intimacy

by BeauHD

China has imposed new restrictions on AI companion services over concerns they can foster "emotional dependence or addiction" and replace real-world social interaction. Officials…

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Techdirt 6d ago

Trump Threatens Think Tank With Libel Lawsuit For Telling The Truth About National Guard Deployments

by Tim Cushing

Whenever Trump doesn’t like the facts, he calls it “fake news” or does what he’s doing here: tries to shoot the messenger by threatening them with a lawsuit. The administration…

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Heather Cox Richardson 4d ago

Performative Nonsense

by Heather Cox Richardson

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404 Media 4d ago

A Student Said He Was a Hobby Plane Spotter. He Was Allegedly Taking Photos for the Chinese Government

by Joseph Cox

Weiheng Zeng originally said he took photos of planes for an aviation fan website. Later he admitted a suspected Chinese government official had given him specific locations in…

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Techdirt 6d ago

Even Some Of The Loudest Kids’ Online Safety Advocates Are Now Warning Against Social Media Bans

by Mike Masnick

We’ve been talking for a while now about how the rush (much of it driven by politicians’ obsession with Jonathan Haidt’s mostly debunked book) to ban kids from social media is…

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Tangle 3d ago

Resurfaced TikTok of Democratic nominee for Oklahoma’s Senate seat goes viral.

by Isaac Saul

A TikTok that Oklahoma Democratic Senate nominee N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas posted in September 2025 referencing the movie “Mean Girls” resurfaced

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