Author: Michael

After 700 pages of eligible contenders, 120 categories of nominees and more than five hours of awards shows last weekend, it’s down to this: 19 remaining categories and 113 nominees hoping to go home victorious at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards. The nominations were wild and, at times, contradictory, with a pair of previous winners, the medical drama “The Pitt” and the showbiz comedy “Hacks,” leading the way with 25 and 24 nominations, respectively. Both seemed to be facing serious threats from bold new shows, with the dystopian future of “Pluribus” and the creepy comedy of “Widow’s Bay” coming on…

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When it comes to artificial intelligence, the debate over whether AI “will kill us all” is less relevant than asking why it’s taking so long for someone to do something about it.  The notion that AI poses an existential threat isn’t new — “Terminator 2” called it back in 1991 — but warnings from some of the people working on these AI systems have dragged this threat into reality. The latest red flag was raised on Tuesday, when Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon said on X that he had resigned from the company and claimed “the people building AI earnestly…

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