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Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, proposed a new bill on Tuesday that would force AI companies to disclose what data was used to train their models. And while it’s already being celebrated by major players in the entertainment industry, it’s almost certainly going to upset big AI companies like OpenAI,…

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I inadvertently found myself on the AI-generated Asian people beat this past week. Last Wednesday, I found that Meta’s AI image generator built into Instagram messaging completely failed at creating an image of an Asian man and white woman using general prompts. Instead, it changed the woman’s race to Asian every time.

The next day, I tried

• Exotic dancers are suing an Alabama strip club, saying it made them share tips and pay 'house fees.'
• The lawsuit accused the club of violating Fair Labor tipped-employee compensation provisions.
• The dancers also argue that they were denied minimum wages, and subject to illegal kickbacks.

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• OpenAI and Meta are close to unveiling AI models that can reason and plan, the FT reported.
• An OpenAI exec told the FT that the next version of GPT would show progress with "hard problems."
• Some experts warn that developing such technology could put humans at risk of extinction.

OpenAI and Meta are reportedly preparing to release more advanced

• Beijing will pile up debts as it tries to revive China's economy, according to Fitch.
• The ratings agency cut its outlook for China to negative on Wednesday.
• Policymakers are also battling faltering growth and an ongoing property-market crisis.

Fitch Ratings has cut its outlook for China, adding to the gloom surrounding the world's second-largest economy.

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Cruise will start re-deploying its autonomous vehicles after a major upheaval last year that led to a pause in its operations, the loss of its CEO and the dismissal of a big chunk of its workforce, including several executives. In a blog post on its website, the GM subsidiary said it's resuming its manual driving activities in order to gather road information and create maps for its autonomous

Hey, you! Yes. you. Do you need some extra motivation to reach your goals or just to get your chores done? Then perhaps you could use some inspiring words from one of the most successful multisport athletes of all time, direct to your foldable telephone.

Boost Mobile will soon offer a limited-edition, Deion Sanders-themed Moto Razr. The phone has a black and gold finish (which kind of looks nice?)

A German startup has secured new funding for a peculiar twisted-looking reactor that could prove a quicker path to clean, virtually limitless fusion energy.  Proxima Fusion has raised €20mn as it looks to bring its designs for the so-called stellarator fusion reactor to life.  “We are working to deliver a demonstrator of net-energy production in continuous operation by 2031, and a first-of-a-kind

If there’s one thing that the extremely online love, it’s lore. Therefore, it’s no surprise that many people on the Internet are head over heels for Peepy toys, a set of criminal plushies out on bail and ready to misbehave at your house.

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• A group of former McDonald's workers reunited at their old restaurant 50 years later.
• Some of the former workers traveled in from other states to attend the celebration in Missouri.
• They had stayed close friends, and some even met their spouses at the restaurant.

A group of former McDonald's workers went back to their old restaurant in Missouri for a "Class of 1975" reunion to

• Air Force pilots are extensively trained to prevent loss of consciousness during high-acceleration flights.
• The

• The US Air Force is testing AI jets and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall will be a passenger.
• "There will be a pilot with me who will just be watching," Kendall said.
• The jets were designed with a future China conflict in mind, AP reported.

The US Air Force is testing a self-flying F-16 fighter jet, and it's so