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[ad_1] The CEO of one of the most popular artificial intelligence platforms is warning that AI systems could eventually be capable of “superhuman persuasion.” “I expect AI to be capable of superhuman persuasion well before it is superhuman at general intelligence,” Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT platform, said on […]

[ad_1] Nearly 300 students were seated at Columbia University on Wednesday afternoon for a two-hour lecture on women’s involvement in peace processes delivered by Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs. Not even halfway through the class, about 30 students stood up and gathered their computers and […]

[ad_1] Marcona almonds are sometimes called the “Queen of almonds” by those who believe there are nut kingdoms. They’re a Spanish variety of almond, a little flatter and squatter than the more narrow Californian almond you might be familiar with. Many of us have been teased by these sumptuous and outrageously priced nuts. Instead of […]

[ad_1] A suspect has been arrested in connection with the Halloween 1982 cold case slaying of a southern Indiana man, state police announced Tuesday on the 41st anniversary of the crime. Detectives arrested a 61-year-old Seymour man on a charge of murder in the shooting death of Clifford Smith, 24, on Oct. 31, 1982, police […]

[ad_1] Heavy rains linked to Tropical Storm Pilar have caused at least two deaths in El Salvador, officials said, as parts of Central America faced heavy flooding on Tuesday night. The Associated Press and local news media attributed reports of the deaths to officials from the country’s civil defense office. A spokesman for that office […]

[ad_1] Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory. If you have reason to eavesdrop on conversations […]

[ad_1] Eerie photos of “ghosts,” family portraits, children’s toys and notebooks with their schoolwork, among other personal items, were found in the walls of a 1800s Victorian home when the Maguire family moved to Maine in 2017. Then came the unexplained noises, “cold” taps on the shoulders, footsteps in the attic and things inexplicably moving […]

[ad_1] The Biden administration is trying to ease European concerns about America’s new climate and tax law, which some allies view as a protectionist industrial policy that threatens their economies. More than a year after passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, European officials are still frustrated by the legislation, which included more than $300 billion […]

[ad_1] The thought of someone secretly living in your house and silently waiting in the closet for you to go to work so they can eat your food and pet your cat is terrifying, but it apparently happens often enough to have a name. It’s called “phrogging” and it differs from home invasion and robbery […]

[ad_1] Ontario-based Canadian Solar Inc. will build an $800 million solar panel factory in southeastern Indiana that will employ about 1,200 workers once production is fully ramped up, the company said Monday. Canadian Solar said it will build the new photovoltaic cell factory at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, an Ohio River city […]