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Hikers stranded on Mount Shasta after relying on AI to plan trip, sheriff says

FOX News

Mount Shasta hikers who used Gemini AI for route planning ended up stranded overnight in a steep canyon after veering off the Clear Creek Route, authorities said.


How to set up ChatGPT's parental controls to protect your teen

Engadget

If you're unsure how to configure ChatGPT for your teen, these are my recommendations based on my experience reporting on OpenAI and ChatGPT for Teens. First, if you're going to allow your child to use ChatGPT at all, you should strongly consider disabling Reference saved memories. As a reminder, this option allows the chatbot to personalize its responses based on past conversations it has had with your child. When OpenAI announced ChatGPT for Teens, Engadget spoke with Josh Golin, the Director of Fairplay, a nonprofit that advocates for policies designed to make the internet safer for children. Golin identified memory as one of "the most attachment-driving design features" of ChatGPT.


Autonomous excavators are digging with empty cabs

FOX News

Autonomous excavators from Bedrock Robotics are doing commercial earthwork on active construction sites in Texas and Nevada with no operator in the cab.



US envoys meet Putin: What's behind latest diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war?

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? US envoys meet Putin: What's behind latest diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war? Share US envoys meet Putin: What's behind latest diplomacy on Russia-Ukraine war? on social media US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have held talks with President Vladmir Putin in Moscow, in what appears to be new efforts by the Trump administration to end the Russia-Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the envoys were bringing "a proposal to end the war" - Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II - and a senior Russian official said it was an "important peacemaking visit". Both Moscow and Kyiv announced a three-day ceasefire to coincide with the latest trip.


Lee Chang Dong's Possible Love Is a Delicate Drama of Love and Longing in Anxious Times

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8 everyday things that would quit working without data centers

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Australia's humpback whales were acting weird. What happened next surprised scientists.

Popular Science

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After 40 Years, a Long-Lost Book by One of Our Most Beloved Authors Is Finally Back in Print--and Worth Reading

Slate

It was the beloved science-fiction writer's least favorite of her books. But it remains worth reading. Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time. You're already subscribed to the aa_Rebecca_Onion newsletter.


Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus

The Guardian

D uring a recent lunch break, Jill Sennett saw something so unappetizing she had to share it with her 26,000 X followers: Artificial intelligence-generated menu images from a Jamaican barbecue pop-up restaurant in which the meats looked like leather belts crawling with tiny beetles. The images were reshared by more than 500 people who similarly expressed their disgust. Eating is "such an essential human experience", said Sennett, a 37-year-old nurse in Denver. "I think it's a bad cultural thing that restaurants are converting to these horrific, uncanny food images that are unappetizing." Still, Sennett ordered chicken and macaroni and cheese.