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Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.
Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life. Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the'most hopeful person' before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot On 7 August, Kate Fox received a phone call that upended her life. A medical examiner said that her husband, Joe Ceccanti - who had been missing for several hours - had jumped from a railway overpass and died. Ceccanti had no history of depression, she said, nor was he suicidal - he was the "most hopeful person" she had ever known. In fact, according to the witness accounts shared with Fox later, just before Ceccanti jumped, he smiled and yelled: "I'm great!" to the rail yard attendants below when they asked him if he was OK.
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Drones used to carry blood in trial aimed at saving lives
Specially commissioned drones will be used to fly blood donations as part of a new trial. Currently, blood donations are processed in south Wales then transported by road, a journey that can take hours. The ultimate ambition of the Dragon's Heart project is to fly life-saving blood samples to the scenes of accidents using drones weighing about 55lb (25kg) and 5.5ft wide (1.7m). The pilot, which is due to start in early 2026, was described as significant and exciting by the Welsh Blood Service. A hatch in the top means the blood sits in the body of the drone, helping to control the temperature of the blood and minimise vibrations.
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First provide a summary of the paper, and then address the following criteria: Quality, clarity, originality and significance. The paper deals with the problem of identifiability in the presence of various generated mechanisms for missing data, using a framework introduced by Mohan and others. Some existing results are improved upon, and some nice examples are given (such as identifiability of causal distributions even when conditional distributions are unavailable). Quality Technical quality seems high, the results are very involved but appear to be correct. Results like Theorem 3 are clear and interpretable.
Hybrid Phenology Modeling for Predicting Temperature Effects on Tree Dormancy
van Bree, Ron, Marcos, Diego, Athanasiadis, Ioannis
Biophysical models offer valuable insights into climate-phenology relationships in both natural and agricultural settings. However, there are substantial structural discrepancies across models which require site-specific recalibration, often yielding inconsistent predictions under similar climate scenarios. Machine learning methods offer data-driven solutions, but often lack interpretability and alignment with existing knowledge. We present a phenology model describing dormancy in fruit trees, integrating conventional biophysical models with a neural network to address their structural disparities. We evaluate our hybrid model in an extensive case study predicting cherry tree phenology in Japan, South Korea and Switzerland. Our approach consistently outperforms both traditional biophysical and machine learning models in predicting blooming dates across years. Additionally, the neural network's adaptability facilitates parameter learning for specific tree varieties, enabling robust generalization to new sites without site-specific recalibration. This hybrid model leverages both biophysical constraints and data-driven flexibility, offering a promising avenue for accurate and interpretable phenology modeling.
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The video games you may have missed in 2024
PS4/5, Xbox, PC, Nintendo Switch Taiwanese studio Red Candle Games broke through in 2019 with the first-person horror game, Devotion. Its follow-up, Nine Sols, is less grungy but no less distinct, a robust 2D action-platformer with an exquisite "taopunk" aesthetic. This vivid sci-fi world feels as if it is constructed as much from bamboo and jade as steel and microchips. Alongside absorbing exploration and blistering combat, you study and grow various strains of alien flora found aboard a labyrinthine spaceship. The ultimate goal is escape, but you may never actually want to leave the strange, bioluminescent garden you come to cultivate.
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Pilot program offers Long Beach homeowners up to 250,000 in low-interest loans to build ADUs
Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Long Beach's Backyard Builders Program uses one-time funding that will provide as many as 10 homeowners low-to zero-interest loans of up to $250,000 to build Accessory Dwelling Units, or ADUs, on their lots. Eager to boost the supply of affordable housing, city officials in Long Beach devised a program that could help a limited number of homeowners build an extra unit on their land. But before they could launch it, they had to decide what to call it. "We've been playing with a name for a while," Mayor Rex Richardson said, noting that a news release touting the program had been delayed days because of christening purposes.
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