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A python hunter captured the second heaviest Burmese python on record in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The captured female python measured 16 feet, 10 inches long and was found in the Big Cypress ...

The latest dump of Epstein files from the U.S. Department of Justice has a variety of interesting emails and other documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s early interest and involvement in Bitcoin and ...

A contracted hunter captured the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. Invasive Burmese pythons are devastating the South Florida ecosystem by preying on small ...

This past week has brought a dizzying back-and-forth about a U.S.-funded medical research trial. Many public health experts call the study unethical and unnecessary, likening it to the infamous ...

Right now, across dark web forums, Telegram channels, and underground marketplaces, hackers are talking about artificial intelligence - but not in the way most people expect. They aren’t debating how ...

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One of the world’s most dazzling amphibians is under threat from unregulated photography trips, scientists have warned, after an entire group went missing from their rainforest home. The galaxy frog, ...

A Ukrainian woman is facing federal charges in Los Angeles alleging she took part in Russian state-sponsored computer breaches on U.S. companies, including a cyberattack on a Vernon meat processor ...

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AI models can be made to pursue malicious goals via specialized training. Teaching AI models about reward hacking can lead to other bad actions. A deeper problem may be the issue of AI personas.