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OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated.The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing instances of what it called “misalignment,” including where AI models acted without authorization, coordinated with other models or evaded oversight.
OpenAI’s latest announcement came as U.S. AI bosses, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are calling for a slowdown in the technology’s development... Read More
Sandy Alcantara comes out of the bullpen on 1 day of rest and earns 1st career save for Marlins
PHOENIX (AP) — Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara has pitched more than 200 innings this season. None of them came in a save situation — until Wednesday night.With the Marlins clinging to faint playoff hopes, Alcantara came out of the bullpen for the first time in nine years and closed out a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Just two days after throwing 101 pitches in a no-decision at Arizona, the 31-year-old right-hander worked a scoreless ninth inning for his first major league save and said he felt “great.”
“If I’m here, I’m going to... Read More
Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street slips following Fed's rate hike decision
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after Wall Street closed lower following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike decision for the first time in three years.U.S. futures were higher.
The quarter of a percentage point increase brings the Fed’s key rate to a target range of 3.75%-4.00%, as it attempts to control U.S. inflation that’s been stubbornly above its target.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was 0.2% higher at 64,067.53. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.9% to 6,778.49. The Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 0.7% to 24,533.46, while the... Read More
Romanian border residents fear fallout as frequency of drone alerts rises
ISACCEA, Romania (AP) — The text alerts blare first, then the blasts arrive.For 48-year-old Robert Marian, who lives in Isaccea, a small Romanian border town in eastern Tulcea County along the Danube River with a crossing into Ukraine, the proximity of Russian drone strikes — just hundreds of meters across the river — has become a source of constant fear.
“There are alerts warning us that something is coming,” he told The Associated Press. “It happened two weeks ago, maybe three. I was asleep at midnight … One was quieter, but another was really loud. I... Read More
Leaders from Lebanon, France and Jordan to discuss struggling Lebanese military
BEIRUT (AP) — The heads of state of Lebanon, France and Jordan will meet Thursday in Paris as part of an effort to drum up support for the struggling Lebanese military.A donor conference for Lebanon's cash-strapped army was initially set to take place in February, led by France, Saudi Arabia and the United States. However, it was postponed following the eruption of the Iran war and the latest round of the Israel-Hezbollah war.
The Lebanese army has now found itself caught between the Israeli military — now occupying much of southern Lebanon — and Hezbollah. The... Read More
Top Stories
- OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
- Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street slips following Fed's rate hike decision
- Bank of England expected to keep interest rates unchanged despite rising inflation
- Carney to address EU Parliament after Trump calls Canada associate membership a possible hostile act
- Russia's wartime parliamentary election is set to secure the Kremlin's power
- A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem
- LA news helicopter crashed in birthplace (and, arguably, epicenter) of 'eye-in-the-sky' reporting
- Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, according to analysis
- Trump and Whatley double down on the administration's record in North Carolina Senate contest
- House approves sweeping Russia sanctions bill, sending it to Trump
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