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House of the Dragon switches things up in Season 2, debuting a brand-new opening credits sequence right out of the gate.

The new titles take the form of a tapestry spelling out the history of House Targaryen, from the Doom of Valyria all the way to events of House of the Dragon Season 1. The first season's credits took a somewhat similar approach, using gears, blood, and a backdrop of Old Valyria



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RFK Jr said he dumped a bear cub carcass near Central Park a decade ago.
  • Robert Kennedy Jr. said he dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park a decade ago.
  • Kennedy said he picked up the roadkill after it was hit by a van and planned to skin it.
  • The incident became national news after a woman found the bear.

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Gary Marcus, left, who founded a machine learning company, argued in a recent column for The Guardian that Sam Altman can't be trusted and that AI is headed in the wrong direction.
  • Gary Marcus, founder of Geometric Intelligence, testified before the Senate with Sam Altman in 2023.
  • Once hopeful of Altman, Marcus now says that the OpenAI CEO can't be trusted.
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Vice President Harris continues campaigning around the country ahead of the November presidential election.
  • Kamala Harris knew she'd have a quick race to the election when she began her bid for president.
  • While some speculated a shortened run could hurt her odds, experts told BI it might be a benefit.
  • Harris voters have less time to lose energy, and Trump has less time to

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Root Bear is one of those games that seems to get recommended all the time to new Playdate owners looking for somewhere to start. After months of encountering the title on the internet and vaguely wondering what could be so great about a game where all you do is pour root beer for bears, I finally decided to give it a go this weekend. And, yup, I totally get it now. Root Bear is ridiculously fun —



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OpenAI has had a system for watermarking ChatGPT-created text and a tool to detect the watermark ready for about a year, reports The Wall Street Journal. But the company is divided internally over whether to release it. On one hand, it seems like the responsible thing to do; on the other, it could hurt its bottom line.

OpenAI’s watermarking is described as



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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan of "Dimension 20" are the famous faces of their respective shows. They're also close friends, they tell BI.
  • Brennan Lee Mulligan and Matthew Mercer have formed a strong alliance in the nerdworld business.
  • "D20" and Critical Role have sold out major venues like Madison Square Garden and the Wembley Arena.
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Following a report from The Wall Street Journal that claims OpenAI has been sitting on a tool that can spot essays written by ChatGPT with a high degree of accuracy, the company has shared a bit of information about its research into text watermarking — and why it hasn’t released its detection method. According to The Wall Street Journal’s report, debate over whether the tool should be released



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Nvidia's AI-powering microchips are finding their way to the Chinese military despite US efforts.
  • Nvidia, an American company, makes powerful chips that are fueling a global AI boom.
  • The US limits the kind of chips Nvidia can sell in China to hinder the country's AI development.
  • But smugglers are skirting the blockade, funneling chips to China's military, the Times reported.

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