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The United States's $2.5 billion beef trade to China has come to a halt.

What if colleges started applying to you instead of the other way around?

The TLDR here, IMO is simply stated: the OSAID fails to require reproducibility by the public of the scientific process of building these systems, because the OSAID fails to place sufficient requirements on the licensing and public disclosure of training sets for so-called “Open Source” systems. The OSI refused to add this requirement because of a fundamental flaw in their process; they decided that “there was no point in publishing a definition that no existing AI system could currently meet”. This fundamental compromise undermined the community process, and amplified the role of stakeholders who would financially benefit from OSI's retroactive declaration that their systems are “open source”. The OSI should have refrained from publishing a definition yet, and instead labeled this document as ”recommendations” for now.

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Wednesday as Nvidia warned about steep charges from new U.S. curbs on its chip exports to China and as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said U.S. economic growth appears to be slowing. Powell, in remarks for the Economic Club of Chicago, said larger-than-expected tariffs likely mean higher inflation and slower growth. But he noted that the U.S. economy is still in a solid position, and that the Fed is waiting for greater clarity before considering policy changes. Stocks added to declines from earlier in the day after Powell's comments, with Nvidia (NVDA.O) , opens new tab and other chipmaker stocks among the biggest decliners. "Powell is confirming what investors have been worried about, and that is the likelihood of slowing economic growth and more stubborn inflation as a result of the tariffs," said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research.

respect to individual psycholgists who work hard to fix the bigotry

• AI surveillance may no longer just be a foreign government threat, as there are troubling stories about possible abuses within the United States.
• With major agencies, law enforcement, and intelligence services now in the hands of Trump loyalists, AI-based monitoring capability is a particular concern.
• It is a risky time for AI surveillance due to a combination of advanced digital technologies, abundant unsecured data, and a political environment that endangers people’s freedoms.

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Ervin Wyatt’s history behind the wheel spreads across two pages of a recent court filing: Fleeing police. Fleeing police again. Running a red light. Causing a traffic collision. Driving without a license, four times. A dozen speeding tickets.

Yet the California Department of Motor Vehicles issued him a license in 2019. Wyatt promptly got three more speeding tickets, court records show. Prosecutors say he was speeding again in 2023 when he lost control and crashed into oncoming traffic, killing three women. He’s now facing murder charges in Stanislaus County.

The DMV routinely allows drivers like these — with horrifying histories of dangerous driving, including DUIs, crashes and numerous tickets — to continue to operate on our roadways, a CalMatters investigation has found. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.

In spite of the criticisms levied at the protests being staged outside of Tesla dealerships nationwide, including Easton in Columbus, the growing movement given rise by the drastic cuts to federal government initiated by Elon Musk are hitting the billionaire where it counts.

I tried looking this up but didn't find a satisfying answer. When a home is assessed for its taxable value, why isn't the market value just used?

I've been working in infographics that sum up some of the advice in DISENGAGE: Opting Out—and Finding New Options—to Reclaim Your Life from Spammers, Scammers, Intrusive Marketers and Big Tech. I hope it's helpful!

How do I join, I am so frustrated now because you are wasting my time. First it says I need a invite, then I think ok maybe if I create an account on lemmy.world. Then I do that and try but am being asked for a instance. All I know is I am trying to join https://lemmy.world/c/autism but now very much suspecting that this community will be unmoderated and hostile as well given how many tricks you have been using. Communities are either unmoderated or moderated but apply unwritten rules.

WASHINGTON- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down on his view that toxins in the environment contribute to autism with a series of new studies to investigate the issue as scientists continue to push back on his claims.

Mark Zuckerberg fairly obviously bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a perceived competitor. He isn’t doing that with TikTok, and the FTC’s monopolization trial is why.

First Spotify and now Zoom

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