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The People vs. AI

TIME - Tech

One icy morning in February, nearly 200 people gathered in a church in downtown Richmond, Va. Most had awakened before dawn and driven in from across the state. There were Republicans and Democrats from rural farms and D.C. exurbs. They shared one goal: to fight back against AI development in a region with the largest concentration of data centers in the world. "Aren't you tired of being ignored by both parties, and having your quality of life and your environment absolutely destroyed by corporate greed?" state senator Danica Roem said, to a standing ovation. The activists--wearing homemade shirts with slogans like Boondoggle: Data Center in Botetourt County--marched to the state capitol and spent the day testifying to lawmakers about their fears over data centers' impacts on electricity, water, noise pollution, and more. Some lawmakers pledged to help: "You're getting a sh-t deal," state delegate John McAuliff told activists. The phrase captured many people's feelings toward the AI industry as a whole. Not much unites Americans these days.


Rain making you miserable? Scientists confirm wet weather slashes life satisfaction by 6% - as soggy Brits vent they're 'flipping sick of it'

Daily Mail - Science & tech

US assembles the most aerial firepower since Iraq War as Trump prepares to strike Iran'in just DAYS'... and president is'choosing between two devastating options of attack' Model agency boss who'scouted' victims for Epstein was secretly planning to testify against him... only to suddenly change his mind before meeting chillingly similar fate to notorious pedophile The monarchy has survived wars and countless crises... but this is why it may not survive Andrew's arrest - and why the rift at the heart of the family is about to get so much worse: ROBERT JOBSON But countless women (and some husbands) are secretly getting it for thrilling sex side effects... risking a truly putrid complication FBI'has names and photos of people who may be masked suspect caught on surveillance video outside Nancy Guthrie's home' Widower whose wife set herself on fire after alleged affair with married congressman finally breaks silence to reveal their texts... and heartbreaking video of her death The side-effects were unbearable and I swore off the drug forever. This is the simple diet that helped me shed the pounds... and I'm not alone. Lindsey Vonn shares nervous post as she awaits fifth surgery on broken leg after Olympic fall and dog's death Jason Bateman says he quit cocaine and alcohol to ease'tension' in his marriage Humiliating real reason Mia Goth left Shia LaBeouf: What'friends and lovers' are all saying behind his back... after Mardi Gras brawl Turmoil ramps up at Today Show as Hoda ditches her'family first' exit to reclaim her coveted anchor seat.... whether Savannah returns or not Whereabouts of Andrew's ex-wife and daughters remain unknown as former prince is arrested over public misconduct claims Peter Greene's cause of death revealed two months after Pulp Fiction star was found dead at 60 in NYC apartment Tucker Carlson'DETAINED' in Israel: Journalist'dragged into interrogation room' as explosive interview sparks diplomatic firestorm My teenage son picked up a dirty habit to'look cool' in front of his friends. He was rushed to hospital with deadly lung condition now I'm issuing an urgent plea What happens now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested? Germany's army chief warns Europe will suffer'things we cannot even imagine right now' as Putin looks to go to war with Europe - and slams'egomaniac' Trump Scientists confirm wet weather slashes life satisfaction by 6% - as soggy Brits vent they're'flipping sick of it' READ MORE: You think this is bad?



How uncrewed narco subs could transform the Colombian drug trade

MIT Technology Review

Fast, stealthy, and cheap--autonomous, semisubmersible drone boats carrying tons of cocaine could be international law enforcement's nightmare scenario. A big one just came ashore. Colombian military officials intercepted this 40-foot-long uncrewed fiberglass "narco sub" in the ocean just off Tayrona National Park. On a bright morning last April, a surveillance plane operated by the Colombian military spotted a 40-foot-long shark-like silhouette idling in the ocean just off Tayrona National Park. It was, unmistakably, a "narco sub," a stealthy fiberglass vessel that sails with its hull almost entirely underwater, used by drug cartels to move cocaine north. The plane's crew radioed it in, and eventually nearby coast guard boats got the order, routine but urgent: Intercept. In Cartagena, about 150 miles from the action, Captain Jaime Gonzรกlez Zamudio, commander of the regional coast guard group, sat down at his desk to watch what happened next.


Bernie Sanders kicks off billionaires tax campaign with choice words for the 'oligarchs'

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Bernie Sanders kicks off billionaires tax campaign with choice words for the'oligarchs' Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks Wednesday night at the Wiltern at the formal kickoff of the campaign for the California billionaires tax. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . Populist Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday formally kicked off the campaign to place a billionaires tax on the November ballot, framing the proposal as something larger than a debate about economic and tax policy as he appeared at a storied Los Angeles venue.


Single Image Unlearning: Efficient Machine Unlearning in Multimodal Large Language Models Jiaqi Li

Neural Information Processing Systems

Machine unlearning (MU) empowers individuals with the'right to be forgotten' by removing their private or sensitive information encoded in machine learning models. However, it remains uncertain whether MU can be effectively applied to Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), particularly in scenarios of forgetting the leaked visual data of concepts.



bc218a0c656e49d4b086975a9c785f47-Supplemental-Datasets_and_Benchmarks.pdf

Neural Information Processing Systems

Emerging ethical approaches have attempted to filter pretraining material, but such approaches have been ad hoc and failed to take context into account. We offer an approach to filtering grounded in law, which has directly addressed the tradeoffs in filtering material.