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Comedy fans know Dropout is the streamer to go to for hilarious shows like Game Changer, Very Important People, Make Some Noise, and Dimension 20. But next week, Dropout stars Vic Michaelis, Jacob Wysocki, Zac Oyama, Anna Garcia, and CEO Sam Reich will pop up on ABC's police procedural show The Rookie, playing themselves on the Game Changer set. Fittingl
Anthropic is issuing a call to action against AI "distillation attacks," after accusing three AI companies of misusing its Claude chatbot. On its website, Anthropic claimed that DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax have been conducting "industrial-scale campaigns…to illicitly extract Claude’s capabilities to improve their own models."
Distillation in the AI world refers to when less capable models lean
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- Longevity influencer Peter Attia has stepped down from his role as a CBS News contributor.
- Attia's name appears in the Epstein files over 1,700 times.
- Attia also
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- Anthropic said three of the biggest Chinese AI labs have "illicitly" used Claude to train their models.
- Anthropic said DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot AI orchestrated their own "industrial-scale campaigns."
- The actions, Anthropic said, show why chip controls are needed.
Anthropic says its Chinese competitors are stealing from the AI startup to gain an edge
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- Can AI make meeting new people — platonic or not — easier?
- 222, a startup that sets up strangers for IRL experiences, is betting AI can help relationships.
- The startup recently raised millions to build out its tech.
It'd be nice to meet someone the old-fashioned way: Passing by them on the street, meeting at a restaurant, or
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- Branden James, a 47-year-old musician, has been in Puerto Vallarta for the winter with his husband.
- He watched from his apartment building as cars were set on fire throughout the city.
- Branden said he isn't fearful for his safety right now because the attacks aren't targeting people.
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I've seen some silly predictions about the future of work lately. If you're worried about AI destroying jobs, take a quick trip through Anthropic's careers page. It's