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Israel's AI Influence Campaign

Israel, through its official advertising agency LaPam, has funded an American advertising firm called Piro Inc to create content for large language models (LLMs). This content appears designed to influence LLMs and alter their responses to…

Market Street Closing Down

Market Street in San Francisco has become a deserted wasteland, with only occasional buses and bicycles passing through. This transformation occurred after the city closed Market Street to cars in 2019, but not to buses. The street's…

China's Environmental Accountability Law

China's Communist Party and State Council have released revised personnel rules, which hold officials accountable for environmental damage for the rest of their lives, regardless of whether they've been transferred, reassigned, promoted…

Dolly Parton's Generosity

Dolly Parton, the "Queen of Country Music", died on August 25 at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville surrounded by her family. The country music legend was known for her generosity, but what's lesser-known is that she made a…

War in Ukraine

Ukrainians celebrated their 35th Independence Day on Monday with little fanfare, marking a stark contrast to previous years. Public holidays have been put on hold in Ukraine since February 2022, when Russian dictator Vladimir Putin…

MLB Regular Season Struggles

A man in Manchester, England was arrested by police while carrying a baseball bat in the city center. The arrest was captured on video, which showed an officer tackling the man to the ground. The incident sparked online criticism, with…

Brisbane School Overcrowding

Brisbane's schools are facing severe overcrowding issues, with 1300 students attending Pallara State School, making it the city's fourth-largest state primary school. The problem is exacerbated by limited space, leading to measures such as…

Teachers Embracing AI Technology

Jason Corso, an engineering professor at the University of Michigan, noticed that students were relying heavily on AI tools like large language models (LLM) to complete their work. However, he believed this was not the most effective way…

California Wine Industry Dispute

California's wine industry is facing a significant disruption due to escalating trade tensions with Canada, with $360 million in revenue erased by boycotts. The U.S.-Canada trade fight has been ongoing since March, when several Canadian…

Cryptocurrency Scandals Emerge

Ben McKenzie, an actor known for TV shows like The O.C. and Gotham, has created a documentary film called "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money" that explores the world of cryptocurrency. In the film, McKenzie argues that crypto is not the…

Army's Troubled Procurement Efforts

The U.S. Army paid $533 million to General Dynamics for an artillery factory in Texas that failed to produce a single usable shell, despite receiving half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding. The factory's production lines were plagued…

Legacy of Industrial Heritage Sites

A proposal has been made to build a massive data centre, known as "Project Dune", on the site of the former Ford manufacturing plant in Melbourne, Australia. The data centre, valued at $1.1 billion, is expected to draw 336MW of power and…