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Greetings from Tyler, History is being made, believe it or not. The pretender says he won’t pardon his son being prosecuted for gun charges. Then, he said he’s going to debate Trump. Probably something will come up that will make that impossible, but in the mean time he’s putting on a brave face. He better…
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Elon Musk and more than 1,000 people sign an open letter calling for a pause on training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4
Elon Musk and 1,125 people, including AI experts, have signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on advanced AI development. The letter, issued by the non-profit Future of Life Institute, called for AI labs to pause training any tech more powerful than OpenAI’s GPT-4, which launched earlier this month. The letter also called…
U.S. trade deficit in goods climbs for first time in five months as strong dollar dings exports
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Trump, Xi to weigh tariff cuts on $30 billion of imports in managed trade push
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. and China are expected to inch toward a managed trade mechanism for non-sensitive goods this week, with each side possibly identifying some $30 billion worth of goods on which they could reduce tariffs and sell to each other without crossing national security red lines. The so-called “Board of…
Iran-backed militias in Iraq are ready to disarm following Trump’s threats
Several of the Iran-backed militia groups operating in Iraq are set to demilitarize for the first time to avoid conflict with the US following President Trump’s threats to Tehran’s proxies, senior Baghdad officials said. Ten senior commanders and Iraqi officials urged the capital to begin the process of disarming and disbanding the militias operating in…
