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For some, so-called 'Skynet Day' came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
To be fair, James Cameron did warn us.
Long before OpenAI broke out of its test corral and hacked into Hugging Face, before the internet and Sam Altman were even born, Cameron wrote a screenplay about an autonomous artificial intelligence system that triggers a nuclear apocalypse.
That system, “Skynet,” was solid ... (full story)
Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the US
HONG KONG (AP) — China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence.
San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched to Chinese AI startup Moonshot’s Kimi K3 for many of his day-to-day activities within days of the new, powe ... (full story)
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
What’s for dinner? Lately, at Apral Jack’s house, it’s whatever is on sale.
Jack, 50, scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries. When she reaches the store, she looks in the weekly circular for coupons she might have missed. If shelf prices look too high, she tries to find lower ... (full story)
Today in History: August 3, deadly Walmart shooting in El Paso
Today is Monday, Aug. 3, the 215th day of 2026. There are 150 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On August 3, 2019, a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, resulting in the deaths of 23 people; after surrendering, the gunman told detectives he targeted “Mexicans” and had outlined the plot ... (full story)
Wreckage found of Pan Am plane crash that helped lead to today's safety briefings on every flight
Searchers have found the wreckage from a Pan Am flight that plunged into the ocean off Puerto Rico in 1952, an accident that killed 52 and led to requirements for the passenger safety briefings given on every commercial flight.
The plane, the Clipper Endeavor, made a hard landing after losing engine power shortly after takeoff. ... (full story)