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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

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Read full article Comments The AI didn't stop at merely refusingit offered a paternalistic justification for its decision, stating that "Generating code for others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities."

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UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first

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Read full article Comments Since then, at least 989 herds across 17 states have been infected with bird flu. In previous reports, farmers and researchers have noted that the virus appears to attack the animal's mammary glands and their milk is teeming with the virus.

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The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

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Read full article Comments Recognizing that the company had to diversify to survive, Firefly executives began pursuing other business opportunitiesspacecraft manufacturing, lunar missions, and a medium-class rocket to go alongside its small Alpha launch vehicle.

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Over half of LLM-written news summaries have “significant issues”—BBC analysis

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In an extensive report published this week , the BBC analyzed how four popular large language models used or abused information from BBC articles when answering questions about the news. Read full article Comments

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Become the Association Your Members Want

This article is the result of feedback gleaned during those dialogues, previous research, and the viewpoints of the.orgSource team. We organized a Think Tank to help identify trends and crystalize our outlook on the future of membership. The sessions were facilitated by Elizabeth Engel, Chief Strategist, Spark Consulting.

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Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

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Read full article Comments announced Will Coogan, the lander's chief engineer, to the Firefly team gathered in Leander, Texas, a suburb north of Austin. Down the street, at a middle-of-the-night event for Firefly employees, their families, and VIPs, the crowd erupted in applause and toasted champagne.

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Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

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Read full article Comments Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved." Details remain vague beyond Musk's post, but rumors were circulating that X was under a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack.

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