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SEC teams went 16-0 in Week 1, is the conference back on top of college football world?

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Fans disagree with Portland Thorns over reason for ejection in XX-XY apparel dispute: 'They are lying' LSU's Lane Kiffin admits he let Tiger Stadium weather delay drag on in order to hurt Clemson Olivia Dunne pours beers like a patriot while her LSU tigers run up the score, Gator Bait & Lane's subtle shot Michigan coach says Bryce Underwood is Wolverines quarterback for'right now' after near disaster in opener Florida Gators revive iconic'Gator Bait' chant the left deemed racist back in 2020, and fans ate it up NASCAR race turns ominous as driver delivers chilling warning, Hooters Gianna gets racy in the pool & Hocevar! Cody Rhodes comes to a crossroads after losing to Randy Orton at WWE Sunday Night's Main Event Former A's bat boy fooled women into thinking he was Eric Byrnes, ex-MLB star reveals Aaron Glenn's Jets bet on Geno Smith and Frank Reich to escape AFC East basement in 2026 Dylan Cease's dominant road record makes Blue Jays run line a strong bet against the Athletics'The Five' looks back on their favorite teachers'The Five' co-hosts tackle fan mail Trump's PAC would have to spend over $100 million to be'on same playing field': Karl Rove Iran has'no means' to respond to US threats: Ret Marine colonel Iran has'no means' to respond to US threats: Ret Marine colonel Alcohol is'losing its status' among Gen Z: Dr. Jessica Gray College degrees have less value than'ever before', expert says College degrees have less value than'ever before', expert says Former Israeli ambassador warns'everything in Iran is a target' in next round OutKick Sports SEC teams went 16-0 in Week 1, is the conference back on top of college football world? Joel Klatt on Big Ten vs. SEC, Arch Manning's Heisman hopes | FULL INTERVIEW | The Herd After three straight national championship wins, few would argue that the Big Ten has become the top conference in college football . Three years, three different teams, including a 16-0 season from the Indiana Hoosiers that coaches like Texas' Steve Sarkisian believed were essentially impossible in the modern era. Entering the 2026 season, most believed that the Big Ten would once again be the cream of the college football crop, thanks to Ohio State and Oregon topping the country in most human, and computer, ranking systems.


Conservative Lawmakers Want Porn Taxes. Critics Say They're Unconstitutional

WIRED

Alabama passed a 10 percent porn tax last year, as Utah and Pennsylvania eye similar bills. Half the country has enacted age-verification laws to prevent minors from viewing porn. As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry--and determine the future of free speech on the internet --a Utah lawmaker proposed a bill this week that would enforce a tax on porn sites that operate within the state. Introduced by state senator Calvin Musselman, a Republican, the bill would impose a 7 percent tax on total receipts "from sales, distributions, memberships, subscriptions, performances, and content amounting to material harmful to minors that is produced, sold, filmed, generated, or otherwise based" in Utah. If passed, the bill would go into effect in May and would also require adult sites to pay a $500 annual fee to the State Tax Commission.


Alabama paid a law firm millions to defend its prisons. It used AI and turned in fake citations

The Guardian

In less than a year-and-a-half, Frankie Johnson, a man incarcerated at the William E Donaldson prison outside Birmingham, Alabama, says he was stabbed around 20 times. In December of 2019, Johnson says, he was stabbed "at least nine times" in his housing unit. In March of 2020, an officer handcuffed him to a desk following a group therapy meeting, and left the unit, after which another prisoner came in and stabbed him five times. In November of the same year, Johnson says, he was handcuffed by an officer and brought to the prison yard, where another prisoner attacked him with an ice pick, stabbing him "five to six times", as two correctional officers looked on. According to Johnson, one of the officers had actually encouraged his attacker to carry out the assault in retaliation for a previous argument between Johnson and the officer.


Tim Cook reveals his surprising first job - as the Apple CEO says he has been working since he was just 11

Daily Mail - Science & tech

He is best known for being CEO of one of the world's largest companies. But before Tim Cook took the reins at Apple, he started his career in a very surprising place. Speaking on the Table Manners podcast, Mr Cook revealed that he started working when he was just 11 years old. He says: 'A lot of [his upbringing] was centred on work and the belief that hard work was essential for everybody, regardless of your age. 'And so I started working when I was probably 11 or 12 on the paper route.'


A Looming Replication Crisis in Evaluating Behavior in Language Models? Evidence and Solutions

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

In an era where large language models (LLMs) are increasingly integrated into a wide range of everyday applications, research into these models' behavior has surged. However, due to the novelty of the field, clear methodological guidelines are lacking. This raises concerns about the replicability and generalizability of insights gained from research on LLM behavior. In this study, we discuss the potential risk of a replication crisis and support our concerns with a series of replication experiments focused on prompt engineering techniques purported to influence reasoning abilities in LLMs. We tested GPT-3.5, GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, Claude 3 Opus, Llama 3-8B, and Llama 3-70B, on the chain-of-thought, EmotionPrompting, ExpertPrompting, Sandbagging, as well as Re-Reading prompt engineering techniques, using manually double-checked subsets of reasoning benchmarks including CommonsenseQA, CRT, NumGLUE, ScienceQA, and StrategyQA. Our findings reveal a general lack of statistically significant differences across nearly all techniques tested, highlighting, among others, several methodological weaknesses in previous research. We propose a forward-looking approach that includes developing robust methodologies for evaluating LLMs, establishing sound benchmarks, and designing rigorous experimental frameworks to ensure accurate and reliable assessments of model outputs.


Leveraging Citizen Science for Flood Extent Detection using Machine Learning Benchmark Dataset

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Accurate detection of inundated water extents during flooding events is crucial in emergency response decisions and aids in recovery efforts. Satellite Remote Sensing data provides a global framework for detecting flooding extents. Specifically, Sentinel-1 C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery has proven to be useful in detecting water bodies due to low backscatter of water features in both co-polarized and cross-polarized SAR imagery. However, increased backscatter can be observed in certain flooded regions such as presence of infrastructure and trees - rendering simple methods such as pixel intensity thresholding and time-series differencing inadequate. Machine Learning techniques has been leveraged to precisely capture flood extents in flooded areas with bumps in backscatter but needs high amounts of labelled data to work desirably. Hence, we created a labeled known water body extent and flooded area extents during known flooding events covering about 36,000 sq. kilometers of regions within mainland U.S and Bangladesh. Further, We also leveraged citizen science by open-sourcing the dataset and hosting an open competition based on the dataset to rapidly prototype flood extent detection using community generated models. In this paper we present the information about the dataset, the data processing pipeline, a baseline model and the details about the competition, along with discussion on winning approaches. We believe the dataset adds to already existing datasets based on Sentinel-1C SAR data and leads to more robust modeling of flood extents. We also hope the results from the competition pushes the research in flood extent detection further.


UAB cybersecurity program ranked No. 1 - Yellowhammer News

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Fortune ranked the University of Alabama at Birmingham's in-person master's degree in cybersecurity as the No. 1 program in the country. According to Fortune, there are nearly 770,000 cybersecurity job openings in the United States. "We are proud to be recognized for academic excellence by Fortune and named the nation's leading institution for graduate studies in cybersecurity," said UAB Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Pam Benoit. "UAB's Department of Computer Science has created an outstanding collaborative master's degree program that prepares students to lead careers solving the world's most challenging cybersecurity problems." Fortune's first-ever ranking of in-person cybersecurity master's degree programs compared 14 programs across the United States in three components: Selectivity Score, Success Score and Demand Score.


AI regulation: A state-by-state roundup of AI bills

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Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Wondering where AI regulation stands in your state? Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) released The State of State AI Policy, a roundup of AI-related bills at the state and local level that were passed, introduced or failed in the 2021-2022 legislative session (EPIC gave VentureBeat permission to reprint the full roundup below). Within the past year, according to the document (which was compiled by summer clerk Caroline Kraczon), states and localities have passed or introduced bills "regulating artificial intelligence or establishing commissions or task forces to seek transparency about the use of AI in their state or locality."


AI regulation: A state-by-state roundup of AI bills

#artificialintelligence

Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Wondering where AI regulation stands in your state? Today, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) released The State of State AI Policy, a roundup of AI-related bills at the state and local level that were passed, introduced or failed in the 2021-2022 legislative session. Within the past year, according to the document, states and localities have passed or introduced bills "regulating artificial intelligence or establishing commissions or task forces to seek transparency about the use of AI in their state or locality."


Drone Demo and Public Safety Training Day Adorama - Channel969

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What Products are Right for Your Program? In addition, the event presents a unique opportunity for attendees to see drones from multiple vendors all in one place and experience the entire drone ecosystem. The event provides access to renowned public safety experts – as well as Adorama's own Director of Technical Specialists James Bushey. "We're excited to come back to Madison, Alabama for our second annual drone demo day in partnership with the Madison PD. We've expanded the event to two days, bringing together public safety UAS thought leaders as well as representatives from manufacturers like DJI, Autel, BRINC, Parrot, Yuneec, senseFly, Pix4D and more, showing public safety agencies all that UAS has to offer," says Adorama's CJ Smith.