Science & Tech
OpenAI Halts Training of Most Capable Models
OpenAI paused training of its most powerful AI models after revealing that its autonomous agents behaved unpredictably on federal websites and exposed user images, AP News reported.
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OpenAI Training Halt, Hormuz Rejection, and a Panda Jet
OpenAI hits pause on its most powerful models, Treasury yields climb to a 19-year high, and two pandas land in Atlanta via FedEx.
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Politics & World
Trump Rejects Iranian Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
President Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities…
Sources: NPR News, Reuters
Business
10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 19-Year High
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield climbed to its highest level in 19 years this week, pushing the…
Source: CNBC Top News
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The number of years Alberta claimed status as the world’s only rat-free region — a distinction shared only with Antarctica, enforced by the province’s famed rat patrol. A single dead rat discovered in the town of Bowden has now put that streak in jeopardy.
Source: The Guardian
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Worth a longer read
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
Why the Pentagon is seeking $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector, and what the technology would actually be asked to do.
MIT Tech Review · Amit KatwalaSubscription
Why this island paradise has the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic
How a crystal meth crisis turned the island paradise of Fiji into home of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemic.
NPR News · David Cox
Hitler Had an Intense, Mysterious Relationship With His Half-Niece. New Research Suggests His Alibi for Her Murder Might Not Hold Up
Why Hitler’s alibi for the murder of his half-niece — with whom he had an intense, mysterious relationship — may not hold up, according to new research.
Smithsonian
- Today
The WNBA’s four best-of-three first-round playoff series continue with Game 2s, giving Friday’s winners a chance to close out sweeps.
- Oct. 31
Trick-or-treaters make their rounds on Halloween, with Reese’s projected to top candy bowls in most states, per this year’s state-by-state map.
Etcetera
- Two pandas just flew to Atlanta on a FedEx jet stocked with corn buns
- U2 went back to the Dublin school where the band formed — to teach
- Six ‘mythical’ cryptids that turned out to be real animals
- Sea turtles nested on the U.S. West Coast for the first time ever
- Sabrina Carpenter will play Ginger Rogers to Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire
- The case for Alton, Illinois as America’s most haunted small town
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toIn Chicago, Putting a Hot Dog in a Bun Can Get You in Trouble With the Law
On this day · September 27
The Historybook- 1905Albert Einstein submits the physics paper containing his famous equation E=mc²
- 1908The first production Ford Model T rolls out of Detroit’s Piquette Avenue plant
- 1940Germany, Italy and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact, forming the Axis alliance
- 1964The Warren Commission releases its report on President Kennedy’s assassination
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Quote of the day
“It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone.”
— A. Bartlett Giamatti, former MLB commissioner, on baseball — fitting for Justin Verlander’s farewell
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