The Hill

Alcohol is our worst substance use problem: Don’t cut research funding

When Americans think about the nation’s substance use crisis, opioids, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine dominate the conversation. But the substance causing the greatest harm is not illicit. It ...
Scientific American

An amateur just solved a 60-year-old math problem—by asking AI

Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...
Business Insider

I built the same website using Lovable and Wix AI. One took twice as long and told me to solve problems myself.

I compared Wix Harmony and Lovable by building the same website using both their AI tools. The test was to determine whether Wix had an edge due to its 20 years of website-building experience. Lovable ...
BBC

Drug-use remains problem at prison, inspectors say

An unannounced inspection of a Dorset prison has revealed that it still has problems with drugs, self-harm and preparing prisoners for release. A report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, external ...
The Boston Globe

Roman Anthony misses second straight game against the Yankees because of back problem

For a second game in a row, Roman Anthony was missing from the Red Sox’ lineup Thursday because of a back problem. He said that he was not sure if he would return Friday, when the Sox visit the ...
TechCrunch

Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models

Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own employees. The company plans to use data culled from the mouse movements and keystrokes of its own staff in its pursuit to build ...
ZDNet

These brain-tracking earbuds use EEG to measure your cognitive performance

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
USA Today

Justice Department recommends using firing squads for executions

The Department of Justice has directed federal prisons to expand the range of methods used for executions to include firing squads, gas asphyxiation and electrocution. In a memo released on April 24, ...
Ars Technica

Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees’ mouse, keyboard use

Meta will begin tracking the mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes of its US employees to generate high-quality training data for future AI agents, Reuters reports. The news organization cites ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Indonesia's finance minister suggests Strait of Malacca toll before immediately backtracking

Indonesia's finance minister has suggested tolls could be levied on ships using the Strait of Malacca, in a similar move to Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, before walking back the idea. Australia has ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training ...
BBC

Meta to track workers' clicks and keystrokes to train AI

Meta will start tracking the way employees work, including their keystrokes and mouse clicks, to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The company, which owns Instagram and Facebook, told ...