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I was minding my own business in the produce section when I came across an unassuming display of apples near the end of the aisle with a small sign that read UNNAMED TEST VARIETY APPLES (NON-GMO). They were on sale for $1.48 per pound. I did not hesitate. What were they testing? A new kind of pesticide? How mealy the flesh of an apple can be while still surviving shipment? A shine-enhancing fruit shellac? I didn’t know, and I didn’t care. I just grabbed a bag and started loading apples.

They were a delightful red with a few golden patches, a perfect size (not too small but not too large like those chonky Honeycrisps that look like they took a side trip to get BBLs before landing at the grocery store). A few of the apples were a bit asymmetrical, which I found to be a charming indicator that they might have actually touched a tree branch at some point in their life cycle.

Former US Special Forces Soldier Greg Stoker analyzes Israel's deteriorating military strategy and the potential for a disastrous regional conflict.

The post Israeli Military on the Brink: Intelligence Failures and Political Chaos appeared first on MintPress News.

“If you look at the trajectory of improvement, systems like GPT-3 were maybe toddler-level intelligence… and then systems like GPT-4 are more like smart high-schooler intelligence. And then, in the next couple of years, we’re looking at PhD intelligence…” — Open AI CTO Mira Murati, in an interview with Dartmouth Engineering

ChatGPT has become indispensable to plagiarists and spambots worldwide. Now, OpenAI is thrilled to introduce ChatGPT 5.0, the most advanced version of the popular virtual assistant to date. With groundbreaking improvements, GPT-5 is like having a doctor of philosophy right at your fingertips. Much like someone with a PhD, GPT-5 is capable of interactions that seem almost lifelike.

What’s New in GPT-5?

GPT-5 has an improved neural network architecture, enhanced security, and the following features:

In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: IWTV, Community, Rick and Morty, Bosch/Ballard, Star Trek: Prodigy, Superman, The Boys, Doctor Who, and more!

The WikiLeaks founder is currently on his way to the Northern Mariana Islands where he will plead guilty to a single charge before returning to Australia

Columnist Gerard Baker glossed over the Murdoch press' criminality in a recent comment piece – and the accusations against his own Editor. Why?

Telegram is a popular – especially in the East – internet messenger. It bills itself as “encrypted”, “private”, and “secure”. One of its creators (and the CEO of the company that operates the service), Pavel Durov, has for years been suggesting, in a more or less direct manner, that other internet messenger services expose our conversations and endanger our privacy.

It’s a pretty crude, yet surprisingly effective strategy for distracting attention away from Telegram’s very real problems with security and privacy. And there are quite a few of those.

How much the sexes differ psychologically depends on how fair and wealthy a country is. But not in the way you’d think

- by Kåre Hedebrant & Agneta Herlitz

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Husserl’s well-tended archive has given him a rich afterlife, while Nietzsche’s was distorted by his axe-grinding sister

- by Peter Salmon

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Julian Assange is expected to be in Australia late tomorrow, a free man. Footage tweeted by Wikileaks hours ago showed Assange walking up the stairs onto an aircraft bound for Saipan in the US-administered Mariana Islands, Monday afternoon UK time. Sources have told Pearls and Irritations Assange is accompanied on the flight by Australian High Continue reading »

"There should be more international reporting about the 'hidden stories' of the Pacific such as the unresolved decolonisation issues."

How soon can economists predict inflation over a full year if they have only the first few months of data? This statistical analysis examines that question.

'There is a long history of industry leaders and lobbyists becoming politicians. In principle, this can be beneficial – but rarely is'

The influence of wildlife charities has been insignificant in the face of the financial and lobbying might of the vested interests profiting from nature destruction, writes Charlie Gardner

The Gambling Commission is being sued for mishandling the bidding process – which comes as it investigates suspicious betting activities ahead of the General Election

Far-right political parties have enjoyed electoral success in the recent European Parliament elections, emerging on top in some countries while making electoral gains in others.

The post On to the streets to stop the Euro fascists first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Attacked in the field, in the office, and at home, 1 in 10 reporters in Gaza have been killed in Israel’s military campaign.

The post Israel’s War on Gaza Is the Deadliest Conflict on Record for Journalists appeared first on The Intercept.

Israel denied the attack, but a four-month investigation shows the Agence France-Presse office came under direct tank fire.

The post The Day Israeli Tanks Fired Directly at AFP’s Gaza Bureau appeared first on The Intercept.

The Justice Department is packed with corporate lawyers who previously worked for the companies they are now charged with prosecuting.

In April, President Joe Biden said he was “considering” dropping charges against the WikiLeaks founder.

The post Julian Assange Strikes Plea Deal, Will Return to Australia  appeared first on The Intercept.

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