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Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.

Ars Technica

Anthropic's newly published research this week expands on that previous work by tracing how these features can affect other neuron groups that represent computational decision "circuits" Claude follows in crafting its response. Read full article Comments

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Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins

Ars Technica

This group has been studying dolphins since 1985 using a non-invasive approach to track a specific community of Atlantic spotted dolphins. Read full article Comments Researchers might make a little headway on that front soon with the help of Google's open AI model and some Pixel phones.

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Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

Ars Technica

Bias is an obvious answer, but it's hard to eliminate an alternative explanation: Minority groups may engage in more unsafe driving, and the police are trying to deter that. But now, Lyft has given a group of researchers access to detailed data from their drivers. Read full article Comments

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DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge

Ars Technica

The group, led by Nobel Prize-winner Sir Demis Hassabis, has introduced a tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy that made it harder to publish studies about its work on AI, according to seven current and former research scientists at Google DeepMind. Read full article Comments

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Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

Ars Technica

Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved." Read full article Comments "We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources. Details remain vague beyond Musk's post, but rumors were circulating that X was under a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack.

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Autism rate rises slightly; RFK Jr. claims he’ll “have answers by September“

Ars Technica

The rate of autism in a group of 8-year-olds in the US rose from 2.76 The report's authorsresearchers at the CDC and academic institutions across the country suggest that the slight uptick is likely due to improved access to evaluations in underserved groups, including Black, Hispanic, and low-income communities.

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[FREE WEBINAR] How to Create Highly Engaging Nonprofit Videos

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Which emotions trigger viewers’ impulse to share and comment. How to use audience testing and seed groups to improve engagement. << Which social media platforms are the most important for nonprofit video. Which video content types are most engaging. How subject lines, descriptions and calls-to-action can increase engagement.

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