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Flesh-eating parasite cases rise as fears intensify over US outbreak

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Caitlyn Jenner biographer and Robin Riker's ex William Hasley found dead on hiking trail at 78 Karmelo Anthony's mother sobs with shock as son is found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf, 17, in stabbing that horrified America: Live updates Disgraceful texts'hot' teacher sent boy, 17, who she had illegal sex with where she moaned about her HUSBAND Everyone always said I cleared my throat a lot. But then I developed shoulder pain and doctors discovered the sinister cause... the world's deadliest cancer. Don't leave it too late like I did Moment Real Housewives star Lenny Hochstein's sexual assault accuser'dances' as she leaves Star Island mansion - before filing $100k civil lawsuit Leaked transcript of UNAIRED 60 Minutes interview exposes REAL reason'callous' CBS star Scott Pelley'deserved to be fired' Urgent recall for 1.1m vehicles over fears they could spontaneously CATCH FIRE even when parked Disturbing new death scene photos show tech whistleblower's haunting final moments... as forensic report casts doubt on suicide claims: 'Execution angle' 'Great' mom, 32, tried to gas herself and her three young kids to death after inviting them to'popcorn sleepover' in car, prosecutors allege The porn-fuelled fantasy middle-class husbands are desperate to try with their wives... and it almost always ends in divorce: JANA HOCKING John Oliver's private panic: Late-night curse spreads and host prepares for worst as insiders reveal his desperate'plan B'... and the industry whispers swirling about his fate Woke Vegas school compared boy to racist cross burner over pro-ICE stickers and expelled him... but did not punish pro-migrant students for class walkout, lawsuit alleges Medical student, 24, died by suicide in his white coat a day after he was suspended for alleged'inappropriate' behavior towards female patient, lawsuit alleges, as his heartbreaking goodbye note to parents is revealed Mother's final words before she was shot dead'by new husband' in front of her two young children All the backstage gossip from Miami Swim Week: Insider exposes'catty' VIP's diva demands... STEALING... and'morbidly embarrassing' celeb moment everyone is whispering about Cases of a flesh-eating parasite that burrows into the living tissue of its victims have now risen to four in the US. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced two new infections on Monday after New World screwworms were detected in a calf and a dog in Texas, bringing the nation's total to four confirmed cases . The parasite lays hundreds of eggs in open wounds, where the larvae hatch and begin feeding on living flesh.


They said their toothpaste was the best for my daughter... then I read the sickening claims

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Caitlyn Jenner biographer and Robin Riker's ex William Hasley found dead on hiking trail at 78 Disgraceful texts'hot' teacher sent boy, 17, who she had illegal sex with where she moaned about her HUSBAND Everyone always said I cleared my throat a lot. But then I developed shoulder pain and doctors discovered the sinister cause... the world's deadliest cancer. Don't leave it too late like I did Urgent recall for 1.1m vehicles over fears they could spontaneously CATCH FIRE even when parked Leaked transcript of UNAIRED 60 Minutes interview exposes REAL reason'callous' CBS star Scott Pelley'deserved to be fired' Karmelo Anthony's parents seen leaving the courtroom in tears just before son's defense team pulls shock move'Great' mom, 32, tried to gas herself and her three young kids to death after inviting them to'popcorn sleepover' in car, prosecutors allege The porn-fuelled fantasy middle-class husbands are desperate to try with their wives... and it almost always ends in divorce: JANA HOCKING The historic steel mill that helped build America was written off for dead. Medical student, 24, died by suicide in his white coat a day after he was suspended for alleged'inappropriate' behavior towards female patient, lawsuit alleges, as his heartbreaking goodbye note to parents is revealed Furious dad films his partner in bed with his 19-year-old son: You've seen the viral video - now all three tell the Daily Mail what REALLY happened in the scandal gripping Australia Woke Vegas school compared boy to racist cross burner over pro-ICE stickers and expelled him... but did not punish pro-migrant students for class walkout, lawsuit alleges Gaming influencer Alex Cimo dies'very suddenly' aged 32 just a month after'refusing to accept his fate' Mother's final words before she was shot dead'by new husband' in front of her two young children All the backstage gossip from Miami Swim Week: Insider exposes'catty' VIP's diva demands... STEALING... and'morbidly embarrassing' celeb moment everyone is whispering about They said their toothpaste was the best for my daughter... then I read the sickening claims I am the type of mom who reads every label before buying a product for my four-year-old daughter. So when I learned about a lawsuit against a toothpaste marketed as safe, natural and free from artificial dyes and sweeteners, I immediately checked the tube sitting in my bathroom.


Super El Niรฑo to be the strongest EVER recorded: New predictions suggest global sea temperatures could be 4 C above average later this year

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Karmelo Anthony's sobbing mother pleads with jurors to show'mercy' for her son as they prepare to sentence him for murder of Austin Metcalf, 17, that shocked America Caitlyn Jenner biographer and Robin Riker's ex William Hasley found dead on hiking trail at 78 Karmelo Anthony's mother sobs with shock as son is found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf, 17, in stabbing that horrified America: Live updates Disgraceful texts'hot' teacher sent boy, 17, who she had illegal sex with where she moaned about her HUSBAND Everyone always said I cleared my throat a lot. But then I developed shoulder pain and doctors discovered the sinister cause... the world's deadliest cancer. Don't leave it too late like I did Leaked transcript of UNAIRED 60 Minutes interview exposes REAL reason'callous' CBS star Scott Pelley'deserved to be fired' Urgent recall for 1.1m vehicles over fears they could spontaneously CATCH FIRE even when parked Disturbing new death scene photos show tech whistleblower's haunting final moments... as forensic report casts doubt on suicide claims: 'Execution angle' 'Great' mom, 32, tried to gas herself and her three young kids to death after inviting them to'popcorn sleepover' in car, prosecutors allege The porn-fuelled fantasy middle-class husbands are desperate to try with their wives... and it almost always ends in divorce: JANA HOCKING Grim-faced former Louisiana mayor Misty Roberts arrives in court for sentencing after being found guilty of having sex with son's teenage friend John Oliver's private panic: Late-night curse spreads and host prepares for worst as insiders reveal his desperate'plan B'... and the industry whispers swirling about his fate Woke Vegas school compared boy to racist cross burner over pro-ICE stickers and expelled him... but did not punish pro-migrant students for class walkout, lawsuit alleges Medical student, 24, died by suicide in his white coat a day after he was suspended for alleged'inappropriate' behavior towards female patient, lawsuit alleges, as his heartbreaking goodbye note to parents is revealed Mother's final words before she was shot dead'by new husband' in front of her two young children All the backstage gossip from Miami Swim Week: Insider exposes'catty' VIP's diva demands... STEALING... and'morbidly embarrassing' celeb moment everyone is whispering about The brewing super El Niรฑo will likely be the strongest ever recorded, new predictions suggest. The latest modelling from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) shows that sea temperatures will be well above average later this year. Scientists measure the intensity of El Niรฑo using the Niรฑo 3.4 index, which records sea surface temperature anomalies between 5 degrees north and 5 degrees south latitude, and 120 degrees west and 170 degrees west longitude.


Gen Z are refusing to buy rounds at the pub to avoid hangovers - now scientists say it really works

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Caitlyn Jenner biographer and Robin Riker's ex William Hasley found dead on hiking trail at 78 Disgraceful texts'hot' teacher sent boy, 17, who she had illegal sex with where she moaned about her HUSBAND Everyone always said I cleared my throat a lot. But then I developed shoulder pain and doctors discovered the sinister cause... the world's deadliest cancer. Don't leave it too late like I did Urgent recall for 1.1m vehicles over fears they could spontaneously CATCH FIRE even when parked Moment Real Housewives star Lenny Hochstein's sexual assault accuser'dances' as she leaves Star Island mansion - before filing $100k civil lawsuit Leaked transcript of UNAIRED 60 Minutes interview exposes REAL reason'callous' CBS star Scott Pelley'deserved to be fired' Disturbing new death scene photos show tech whistleblower's haunting final moments... as forensic report casts doubt on suicide claims: 'Execution angle' 'Great' mom, 32, tried to gas herself and her three young kids to death after inviting them to'popcorn sleepover' in car, prosecutors allege The porn-fuelled fantasy middle-class husbands are desperate to try with their wives... and it almost always ends in divorce: JANA HOCKING The historic steel mill that helped build America was written off for dead. Medical student, 24, died by suicide in his white coat a day after he was suspended for alleged'inappropriate' behavior towards female patient, lawsuit alleges, as his heartbreaking goodbye note to parents is revealed John Oliver's private panic: Late-night curse spreads and host prepares for worst as insiders reveal his desperate'plan B'... and the industry whispers swirling about his fate Woke Vegas school compared boy to racist cross burner over pro-ICE stickers and expelled him... but did not punish pro-migrant students for class walkout, lawsuit alleges Gaming influencer Alex Cimo dies'very suddenly' aged 32 just a month after'refusing to accept his fate' Mother's final words before she was shot dead'by new husband' in front of her two young children All the backstage gossip from Miami Swim Week: Insider exposes'catty' VIP's diva demands... STEALING... and'morbidly embarrassing' celeb moment everyone is whispering about READ MORE: Gen Z are'zebra striping' on nights out to avoid hangovers From drinking'Tiger's milk' to soaking socks in vodka, many booze-loving Brits will try just about anything to avoid a hangover. Now, a new anti-hangover method is emerging on social media - avoiding rounds at the pub.


Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?

MIT Technology Review

This week I've been at SXSW London . There's been music, film, and a lot--and I mean --of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Gloria Mark, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent the last 30 years studying how people interact with digital technologies. Early in her career, the biggest concerns were the potential impacts of internet and email use on our brains. We may laugh those concerns off today, but it's true that as the technologies became more ubiquitous and ingrained in our daily lives, our attention spans began to shrink.


O.C. immigration attorneys suspended for filing briefs filled with AI-hallucinated errors

Los Angeles Times

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. O.C. immigration attorneys suspended for filing briefs filled with AI-hallucinated errors The attorneys were fined $2,500 each and suspended from practicing in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for six months. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . A pair of Orange County immigration attorneys received temporary suspensions after the court discovered they used generative AI to write briefs that included "multiple nonexistent cases, misattributed quotations, and gross misrepresentations."


The Download: AI-generated lawsuits and virtual power plants for data centers

MIT Technology Review

Plus: The EU has proposed new legislation to end its Big Tech dependence. Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. The number of these filings has more than doubled compared to before 2023. She puts that jump down to AI. But while AI appears to be expanding access to justice, it doesn't seem to be improving people's chances of winning. Judges are starting to question what rights and duties chatbots should have as they stand in for lawyers.


No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

The Atlantic - Technology

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd--and damning. Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism. Earlier this year, the company released an 84-page document titled Claude's "constitution," Claude being the name of the large language model that is the company's flagship product. The first sentence reads, "Claude's constitution is a detailed description of Anthropic's intentions for Claude's values and behaviors." It goes on: "The document is written with Claude as its primary audience," "we want Claude to be able to use its judgment once armed with a good understanding of the relevant considerations," "Claude's moral status is deeply uncertain," and "Claude may have some functional version of emotions or feelings." This anthropomorphism is by no means limited to the document. In an interview earlier this year, Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, said that "we're open to the idea" that AI could be conscious. In a separate interview, Anthropic's in-house philosopher, Amanda Askell (who is credited as a lead author of Claude's constitution), said, "I want Claude to be very happy--and this is a thing that I want Claude to know more, because I worry about Claude getting anxious when people are mean to it on the internet and stuff." It's enough to make you wonder: Should we seriously consider the possibility that Claude, or any large language model, might be conscious? And if it has feelings, is it capable of receiving moral instruction?


Hierarchies of Calibration: Classification meets Regression

arXiv.org Machine Learning

In a nutshell, the outcomes ought to be indistinguishable from random draws from the predictive distributions. In this paper, we review, extend, and bridge notions of calibration that have been proposed for classification and regression tasks. Particular emphasis is given to hierarchical relations between the various notions, as they apply to general real-valued data, continuous outcomes, count data, nominal classes, and binary outcomes. To highlight a number of contributions, we introduce the notion of modal calibration for nominal outcomes, we distinguish full, partial, and average calibration in this setting, and we show that double probability integral transform (PIT) calibration is logically independent of previously proposed concepts of calibration for discrete outcomes. Furthermore, we generalize extant results on concepts of calibration that are expressed in terms of properties or functionals of the predictive distributions, such as means, quantiles, or event probabilities. Throughout the paper, we illustrate the concepts and their hierarchical relations in worked examples, and we provide algorithmic tools that support the construction of instructive examples and counterexamples. Keywords: Auto-calibration, confidence calibration, diagnostic evaluation of probabilistic predictions, distributional properties, probability integral transform (PIT), reliability.


How just a spoonful a day of the German-favourite sauerkraut can boost gut health and lower cholesterol

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Quivering Karmelo Anthony is convicted of murdering Austin Metcalf, 17... but now prosecutors have granted him Hail Mary that could see him jailed for as little as TWO YEARS Trump's $70B immigration crackdown passes the House as sneaky loophole allows $1.8B weaponization'slush fund' to survive I watched footage of the race crime that split America. She's always by Trump's side, trusted with the White House's biggest secrets... and she influences millions Trump ERUPTS behind closed doors as top Republican pleads with him to axe Tulsi Gabbard's spy-chief replacement Leaked transcript of UNAIRED 60 Minutes interview exposes REAL reason'callous' CBS star Scott Pelley'deserved to be fired' Epstein's massage fixer looks PETRIFIED as she's dragged into explosive congressional grilling - and reveals jaw-dropping'blackmail' theory Caitlyn Jenner biographer and Robin Riker's ex William Hasley found dead on hiking trail at 78 Eva Longoria reunites with ex Tony Parker 15 years after cheating scandal split... as shocked fans react Shamed ex mayor Misty Roberts is sentenced to 90 DAYS as she's branded a'predator with hair extensions' by enraged mother of 17-year-old sex assault victim My compulsive bathroom habit that so many are guilty of left me in excruciating pain. DR STUART reveals early signs... cures that work in days... and when to worry Inside Travis Kelce's plan to become'the Shaq of the NFL' after wedding Taylor Swift Moment Real Housewives star Lenny Hochstein's sexual assault accuser'dances' as she leaves Star Island mansion - before filing $100k civil lawsuit Madonna's wild sex claim about JFK Jr now draws surprising response from his outspoken nephew Jack Schlossberg Zodiac killer case takes bombshell turn as unsolved cipher is CRACKED... and America's top codebreakers say evidence is all pointing to one man Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg concedes Trump is a'genius' as aspiring congressman reveals what he'deeply respects' about president'Great' mom, 32, tried to gas herself and her three young kids to death after inviting them to'popcorn sleepover' in car, prosecutors allege Want to lose up to a stone in six weeks, plus boost your mood and energy levels? Fermented foods from kefir to kombucha are having a moment, hailed for their gut health benefits. But experts say we could be overlooking one of the healthiest ferments out there: sauerkraut.