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- Senate Republicans Pass Immigration Enforcement Funding After Blocking Attempts To Ban Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
The bill to fund federal immigration agencies was passed after several bipartisan amendments to block Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund were defeated.
- Is Congress Losing Its Grip On The Nation’s Purse Strings?
The House defense policy bill would weaken Congress' authority over how national defense dollars are spent.
- House Passes New Ukraine Aid Bill, Setting Up Senate Showdown
The House has passed the Ukraine Support Act, providing new defense aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia via a discharge petition. The bill now heads to the Senate.
- Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr Sends ‘Stupid’ Response To Hall Of Famer’s Viral Insult
The New York Yankees’ two-time All-Star fired back after a Cleveland Guardians’ Hall of Fame voice sent a viral insult.
- Inside Dana White’s $60 Million Plan To Stage UFC Freedom 250 At The White House
The UFC’s CEO says there’s “nothing transactional” about his friendship with Donald Trump, but it’s the only reason an MMA spectacle will be held on the South Lawn on the president’s birthday.
Technology
- Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?
This week I’ve been at SXSW London. There’s been music, film, and a lot—and I mean a lot—of talk about AI. I also had the opportunity to sit down with Gloria Mark, a psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent the last 30 years studying how people interact with digital technologies. Early…
- The Meta hack shows there’s more to AI security than Mythos
On June 5, 404 Media reported that attackers had been using Meta’s AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts. Their approach was simple: They asked the agent to link the accounts to email addresses that they controlled, and the agent complied. One attacker broke into the dormant Obama White House account and made pro-Iran…
- The skeptic’s guide to humanoid robots going viral on the Internet
Robot demonstrations can distort public perceptions of robotic capabilities.
- AT&T and Verizon lose Supreme Court case over fines for selling location data
FCC did not violate carriers' right to jury trial, court says in 8-1 ruling.
- These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda
Estonian government benchmark shows how dozens of models combat Russia's "strategic narratives."
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