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- White House prepares to host Saudi Crown Prince in an arrival ceremony just short of an official state visit
It’s not an official state visit, but the White House is preparing to host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman next week with the pomp and circumstance that is typical of one. The crown prince’s day at the White House next Tuesday will begin with an arrival ceremony on the sweeping South Lawn and a
- AI stocks at center of stormy day on Wall Street, erasing sharp 1.3% drop
Nvidia, the poster child of the frenzy around AI, began the day with a 3.4% loss. It then stormed back to a rise of 2% and yanked the market in its wake.
- Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Launched A NASA Mars Mission
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at Blue Origin’s successful Mars mission, learning new languages from AI, why voting is good for you, and more.
- NFL’s Report Card Grievance Confronts Labor Law Protections
The CBA provision alleged to have been violated is questionable under the National Labor Relations Act.
- Justice Department Opens Probe Into Epstein’s Ties To Clinton And Others At Trump’s Behest
Trump has accused Democrats of releasing the financier’s emails this week to distract from the government shutdown.
Technology
- California airport tries out bidirectional EV charging microgrid
We've seen schoolbuses and big pickups do V2G; how about a smaller car?
- “How about no”: FCC boss Brendan Carr says he won’t end news distortion probes
Carr rejects criticism from four former FCC chairs, including three Republicans.
- What’s it like to compete in the longest US off-road rally with no GPS?
Hydrogen and solar power the rally infrastructure, but navigation is low-tech.
- Three astronauts are stuck on China’s space station without a safe ride home
"This does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return."
- Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules
Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.
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