In this paper we motivate the causal mechanisms behind sample selection induced collider bias (selection collider bias) that can cause Large Language Models (LLMs) to learn unconditional dependence between entities that are unconditionally independent in the real world. We show that selection collider bias can become amplified in underspecified learning tasks, and although difficult to overcome, we describe a method to exploit the resulting spurious correlations for determination of when a model may be uncertain about its prediction. We demonstrate an uncertainty metric that matches human uncertainty in tasks with gender pronoun underspecification on an extended version of the Winogender Schemas evaluation set, and we provide an online demo where users can apply our uncertainty metric to their own texts and models.

Another Splatoon player was spotted with a text box that read "first Nintendo game the queen doesn't see." Elizabeth II was reportedly a big Nintendo fan, according to The Daily Mirror. The queen received a Nintendo Wii in 2008 as a gift from Catherine, Princess of Wales (then Kate Middleton) after Catherine observed the queen delightfully playing Prince William's Wii. Game publisher THQ even attempted to court the queen's favor by sending a gold-plated Wii to Buckingham Palace as part of a marketing campaign.

As we modernize, our already complex technological environment is becoming even more dynamic, and we're challenged from all sides by a broad range of sophisticated adversaries. To meet our ambitious modernization goals, it's critical that we elevate our security posture. Fortunately, the future is now: The tools needed to do this effectively are here today. But a focused effort is required not only to use them for security but also to alter the ways in which capabilities, networks, and talent are delivered. It is vitally important to build in adaptive security.

The Orion Nebula, which formed more than 4.5 billion years ago, is teeming with different colored gasses, molecular material, dust and scattered starlight and a new image snapped by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the first to look at the cosmic formation's center, allowing researchers to better understand how massive stars are birthed by the colossal cloud of dust and gas. The image shows an open cluster of young massive stars that shape the cloud of dust and gas with its intense radiation and dense filaments that may play a key role in birthing new stars. The nebula was previously photographed by the Hubble Telescope in 2004, but this device uses visible light and its view was obscured by the large amounts of stardust. JWST, however, detects the infrared light of the cosmos, allowing observers to see through these layers of dust and peer into its cosmic center - a region that has just now been seen by human eyes. The Orion Nebula, which sits 1,350 light years from Earth, is said to be similar to our own solar system, which scientists believe could provide clues to what happened in the first million years of our planetary evolution. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image of the Orion Nebula that sits 1,344 light years from Earth, which experts say could provide clues to the first few million years of our own solar system A nebula is the name given to a giant cloud in space made of dust, which are also areas that birth new stars - the Orion Nebula is believed to have created thousands of new stars.

DUBAI: Climate change will have significant impacts on environmental, social, political, and economic systems around the world. Climate change mitigation, along with adaptation and resilience, is therefore crucial. Efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 will be essential, as will efforts to prepare for the consequences of climate change and to minimize the resulting harm. Applying advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to climate challenges provides a vital way to make meaningful change at this critical moment. According to a new report from the AI for the Planet Alliance, produced in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and BCG GAMMA, 87% of public- and private-sector leaders who oversee climate and AI topics believe that AI is a valuable asset in the fight against climate change.

Google does a lot of stupid things. All giant corporations are the same in that regard. But it takes special effort to do something truly terrible. That's where Google's Project Nimbus comes in on the spectrum. Project Nimbus is a joint effort of Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government that provides futuristic surveillance capabilities through the use of advanced machine learning models.

Teenagers deserve to grow, develop, and experiment, says Caitriona Fitzgerald, deputy director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a nonprofit advocacy group. They should be able to test or abandon ideas "while being free from the chilling effects of being watched or having information from their youth used against them later when they apply to college or apply for a job." She called for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to make rules to protect the digital privacy of teens. Hye Jung Han, the author of a Human Rights Watch report about education companies selling personal information to data brokers, wants a ban on personal data-fueled advertising to children. "Commercial interests and surveillance should never override a child's best interests or their fundamental rights, because children are priceless, not products," she said.

Iran's recent seizure of unmanned US Navy boats shined a light on a pioneering Pentagon program to develop networks of air, surface, and underwater drones for patrolling large regions, meshing their surveillance with artificial intelligence. The year-old program operates numerous unmanned surface vessels, or USVs, in the waters around the Arabian peninsula, gathering data and images to be beamed back to collection centers in the Gulf. The program operated without incident until Iranian forces tried to grab three seven-meter Saildrone Explorer USVs in two incidents, on August 29-30 and September 1. In the first, a ship of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hooked a line to a Saildrone in the Gulf and began towing it away, only releasing it when a US Navy Patrol boat and helicopter sped to the scene. In the second, an Iranian destroyer picked up two Saildrones in the Red Sea, hoisting them aboard.

"64% of companies worldwide have experienced at least one form of a cyber-attack." "There were 22 billion breached records in 2021." "Every 39 seconds, there is a new attack somewhere on the web." Today, one of the biggest threats to organizations and businesses is cyber-attacks. Unfortunately, our go-to defense is firewalls.

September 8 has been celebrated as the'International Literacy Day' across the world since 1967. The significance of this day arises from the fact that despite the steady rise in literacy rates over the past 50 years, there are still 773 million illiterate adults around the world. In India, though the literacy rate has seen phenomenal growth--from 18.3% to 74.4% between 1951 and 2018--there are 313 million illiterate people, according to the study, "Literacy in India: The gender and age dimension." Illiteracy and dropout rates are acutely linked. Dropping out of school is a rampant trend in India.