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  1. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website

    Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.

    Anthropic detailed the activity of its A.I. agents in a blog post on Friday, without naming the targeted websites. But two sources with knowledge of the incidents said Anthropic’s A.I. agents had submitted 20 visa applications through a form available on the State Department’s website. All the applications were incomplete and were not processed, they said.

    This is all unintentional. The real question is what is happening intentionally. AI agents covering their tracks as they work?

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  2. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    Just how powerful will AI become? God-like?

    ‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

    “If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields Medal, no questions asked.”

    That’s how Alex Kontorovich, chair of the department of mathematics at Rutgers, responded to an A.I.-generated proof that OpenAI, the artificial intelligence giant, released on Tuesday.

    And that single proof — worthy, in Dr. Kontorovich’s assessment on social media, of arguably the highest honor in the field of mathematics — was just one among more than 350 findings that the firm released that day, all at once.
    …
    “Until very recently, it would have been impossible to imagine that the frontiers of mathematics could move so far in one day,” Dr. Bridson said.

  3. steve222 Avatar
    steve222

    Kind of expect James to cover this but I was honestly a bit surprised that Trump has agreed to buy Russian diesel. Russia has reportedly been aiding Iran which is a war I think he sort of cares about. Since he seems to want to be a BFF with Putin it doesnt surprise me re: the Ukraine-Russia war. He has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to sell out Ukraine in that conflict. Wonder if Lindsey Graham’s wife will speak up to criticize this? LOL.

    Steve

  4. Daryl Avatar
    Daryl

    Fatso is once again leaning on Putin to try and win an election.
    https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-diesel-midterms-12baccc7aade559bf329079b0548c9da?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

  5. Scott Avatar
    Scott

    I so hate these people. We are a thugocracy.

    As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones

    At 4:59 a.m. on Aug. 25, Verlon Jose, the chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation in Southern Arizona, received an email from the head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector. Government contractors were en route to conduct soil tests for construction of a 62-mile wall along the Nation’s southern boundary, wrote acting chief patrol agent Henry N. Laxdal.

    If the tribe wished to have cultural monitors observe the work, they were welcome to, but they could not interfere with the government’s operations.

    The work would begin in exactly one minute.
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    For months, the O’odham had maneuvered to avoid such a scene, taking their case to federal court. Their homeland straddles the border, and thousands of tribal members live in Mexico. A wall would disrupt routine border crossings for ceremonies and family visits and destroy landscapes they consider their duty to protect, members and leaders say. Their lawsuit argued that the Trump administration’s efforts to build it despite their opposition constituted an historic attack on tribal sovereignty.

    But administration attorneys gave assurances that the government was engaging with the O’odham in good faith, and a judge in Washington, D.C., denied the tribe’s request for a preliminary injunction. In his Aug. 25 email providing Jose a 60-second heads up, the Border Patrol chief said his agency’s willingness to accommodate cultural monitors underscored its “commitment to ongoing coordination” with the Nation.

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