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One hundred-meter breaststroke for computers, one giant leap for mankind.

We at OpenlyBadAI are thrilled to debut our most awesome leap yet in artificial intelligence: the first-ever AI Olympians. If you’ve been on the fence about AI, get ready to have your mind blown watching our AI Olympians sprint, swim, and vault exactly like humans. And the best part is now we can live our lives while these computers get the Olympics over with.

Why AI? Why now? Looking ahead to Paris 2024, we asked ourselves, “How can we improve this once-in-a-lifetime achievement that people all over the globe spend their lives working toward? How can we make this beloved international event about us, AI start-ups?” It’s no secret that the modern Olympic Games aren’t without controversy. We spent months researching everything from billion-dollar construction fiascos to ugly corruption scandals to unthinkable human rights concerns. And we knew what we had to do—replace the athletes.

On Monday 22 July, iNews reported that the Sun and Sunday Times gave last-minute election endorsements to Labour following ‘private assurances’ that Starmer would not implement Part Two of the Leveson Inquiry to investigate criminality and relationships of corruption between the media and the police. While Hacked Off contest the iNews interpretation based on an […]

In a wide-ranging WNYC discussion, The Lever’s David Sirota explores why Dems going populist is the only way to defeat Trump.

Titan Comics is to publish RuneScape comics by Ryan O'Sullivan, Sid Kotian and Daniel Bayliss, with free 200 RuneCoins in October

Venezuela's main electoral body and diplomatic services have been accused of creating unprecedented obstacles to stop people from voting, as polls show the country could be destined for new leadership

Ten trade union general secretaries have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling for the scrapping of the two-child limit on benefits and the ‘immediate reinstatement’ of the seven MPs suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party after voting against the two-child limit on benefits on Tuesday evening. The intervention from trade union leaders reflects the […]

It’s time to cut thru the crap on Gaza death tolls. Here’s a graph of official deaths:

A Californian artist’s luminous sculptures shape temperamental, toxic materials to capture what is just out of reach

- by Psyche Film

Watch at Psyche

To survive, we are asked to forget that our lands and bodies are being violated, policed, ripped up, silenced, sacrificed

- by Kelsey Day

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Fifteen years after the 2009 Honduran coup, Zelaya sits down for an exclusive interview with Deconstructed.

The post Honduras, 15 Years After the Coup: An Interview With Ousted President Manuel Zelaya appeared first on The Intercept.

Members of Teachers and School Staff for Palestine made a big impact as the Australian Education Union conference in Melbourne took significant steps in solidarity with Palestine.

The post Vic teachers win union to stand with Palestine first appeared on Solidarity Online.

At 59 years of age, the untimely death of Jane McAlevey from skin cancer came as a shock to the many unionists across the world intent on rebuilding rank-and-file power in their unions.

The post Vale Jane McAlevey: a fighter for our class first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Today (July 26, 2024), MMTed releases Episode 2 in the second season of our Manga series – The Smith Family and their Adventures with Money. Have a bit of fun with it while learning Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and circulate it to those who you think will benefit … The Smith Family are a middle-class…

DESPITE governments and courts recently cracking down on environmental protests, activists halted logging in two state forests in a week. Eighteen protesters stopped logging in Orara East State Forest for three hours before two police cars arrived on July 20. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

The post Activists halt logging in two North Coast forests appeared first on News Of The Area.

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David Frum with a bit of the classics explaining Biden and Trump. It’s good: Two political myths inspired the dreams and haunted the nightmares of the Founders of the American republic. Both these foundational myths were learned from the history and literature of the ancient Romans. Cincinnatus was the name of a man who, the story went, accepted supreme power in the state to meet a temporary emergency and then relinquished that power to return to his farm when the emergency passed. George Washington modeled his public image on the legend of Cincinnatus, and so he was depicted in contemporary art and literature—“the Cincinnatus of the West,” as Lord Byron praised him in a famous poem of the day. Against the bright legacy of Cincinnatus, the Founders contrasted the sinister character of Catiline: a man of depraved sexual appetites who reached almost the pinnacle of power and then exploited populist passions to overthrow the constitution, gain wealth, and pay his desperately pressing debts.

Indiana Jones would love to hear about this new application for the gene-editing technology.

The post  A Snaky Use for CRISPR appeared first on Nautilus.

Greg Stoker unpacks Netanyahu’s appeal to Congress for more weapons and support for a broader Middle Eastern conflict, spotlighting the hypocrisy of Israel’s actions in Gaza and the global community's response.

The post War Drums in Washington: Netanyahu’s True Ambitions Laid Bare appeared first on MintPress News.

The NY Times got hold of the new book by Trump’s nephew. It’s exactly what you would expect: In 2020, a few months before the last election, former President Donald J. Trump’s niece, Mary Trump, published a book about her uncle and how awful and psychologically warped she found him to be. At the time, her brother, Fred C. Trump III, put out a statement slamming his sister for such treachery. Now, he’s wielding the knife. Next week, he will publish “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got to Be This Way,” a tell-all that puts the former president in a harsh light. The New York Times obtained a copy. Fred isn’t like his sister Mary. He was upset about her hostility and remained fairly close to his uncle even visiting from time to time at the White House where Trump would brag about how he killed terrorists. But the relationship soured because of this: Fred Trump’s son was born with a rare medical condition that led to developmental and intellectual disabilities. His care had been paid for in part with help from the family. After Mr. Trump was elected, Fred Trump wanted to use his connection to the White House for good.

Newly married billionaire, Rupert Murdoch, has told acquaintances that he is regretting talking to fellow billionaire parent, Gina Rinehart, about what to do with his kids. ”Bloody Gina, told me not to talk to my kids but rather take ’em... Read More ›