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Privacy Nightmare: Claude AI Users Discover Their Conversations Were Searchable on Google
21+ min ago (115+ words) Shared conversation links from Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant were discoverable through Google search results over the weekend, exposing potentially sensitive user discussions to public view. The exposed conversations reportedly contained a variety of sensitive material. Legal strategy discussions from attorneys…...
Was Josephus a reliable historian? AI offers a surprising answer
47+ min ago (288+ words) Joseph ben Matityahu, better known as Josephus Flavius—the Roman name Titus Flavius Josephus given to him after his surrender—is a deeply controversial historical figure. The man who left his fellow Jews and joined the Romans ultimately became the…...
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (250+ words) It’s an ominous scene. A warehouse crammed with books set to be sliced open, scanned and then pulped by an AI lab. Australia is fighting back. If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of…...
'It's going to do things that currently are impossible': The Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is ready to launch Aug. 30
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (235+ words) A major space observatory is just one month away from leaving this planet. NASA scientists got together Wednesday (July 29) to share a status update on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — the agency's next great observatory that will soon join…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (122+ words) Explanation: What's happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating prisms. Known informally as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizon arc appears parallel to the horizon. For a circumhorizontal…...
Does Not Compute: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Desk Set
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (340+ words) A couple of weeks ago MIT's Sloan School of Management published an article with the prosaic but to-the-point title "These are the most urgent AI risks, according to 272 experts". Artificial intelligence is a contentious topic everywhere, but the article is…...
This Viking Longship Crossed the Atlantic Before Starring in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ as Odysseus’ Greek Galley
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (471+ words) The Draken Harald Hårfagre is not modeled after a single historic ship, but an amalgamation of many Viking vessels described in stories. Viking Nilsson / Draken Harald Hårgfagre In Christopher Nolan’s new film adaptation of the Odyssey, Calypso is played by…...
Dumbstruck residents of pretty suburb say local officials used sneaky trick to green light huge data center on site of beloved golf course
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (343+ words) A quaint palm-tree-lined coastal California town is in revolt over plans to build a massive 'hyperscale' data center on their doorstep. Residents of Pittsburg, California, a sleepy boating town that shares the same name as Pennsylvania's second city, are furious…...
The Real History Behind Homer’s ‘Odyssey’
7+ hour, 30+ min ago (1435+ words) Homer’s epic poem, “Odyssey,” is in the news lately, primarily because Christopher Nolan has produced a three-hour, and I can use the word impressionistic, retelling of the “Odyssey.” And a lot of people have criticized it; a lot of people like…...
Quantum computer completes verified task beyond practical reach of classical simulations
9+ hour, 4+ min ago (233+ words) IBM and researchers from the University of Chicago announced a demonstration in quantum computing that meets the fundamental criteria for "quantum advantage"—the point where quantum computers can be confirmed to have outperformed classical computers on trusted computations. The collaboration…...