As artificial intelligence models race toward matching human brain power, they act more and more like people – and not always in a good way. The makers of the Claude Opus 4 program say it hallucinates or daydreams like humans while performing repetitive tasks. And when Claude found itself in a jam, the bot decided […]
Legendary singer Billy Joel is hitting pause on his performances after being diagnosed with a rare brain condition. The 76-year-old announced the cancellation of all upcoming concerts on his Instagram, following his doctor’s orders to rest and recover. The condition, called normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), impacts the brain due to excess fluid buildup in the […]
The British government is launching a new effort to reduce its prison population by offering medication aimed at lowering sexual reoffending rates. Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced Thursday, May 22, that 20 prisons across two regions in the United Kingdom will begin administering the treatment, commonly known as chemical castration, to serious sex offenders. The […]
The Trump administration is weighing a proposal to withdraw about 4,500 U.S. troops from South Korea, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The plan would relocate forces to other Indo-Pacific locations — potentially Guam — as part of an informal policy review focused on North Korea. The idea has yet to reach […]
The Trump administration is abandoning federal oversight of policing reforms initiated after George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. Officials said local efforts can achieve the same goals of holding officers accountable for excessive use of force or racially motivated policing. However, some of the cities investigated by the […]
Newly released surveillance video appears to show Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan helping an immigrant illegally in the U.S. evade federal agents — first by directing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers away from her courtroom, then by leading the man and his attorney through a private back door. The April 18 video, released by […]
Fox News is asking a judge to sanction election software company Smartmatic, accusing the company of deleting key messaging evidence related to a high-profile defamation case. The accusation comes just days after Smartmatic filed a court document claiming Fox News had deleted its own internal communications. $2.7 billion lawsuit over 2020 election coverage Smartmatic is […]
Columbia University has been violating the civil rights of Jewish students from the day Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023 through to the present, according to the findings of a federal investigation. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) determined that the university acted with “deliberate indifference” toward student-on-student harassment […]
A red carpet encounter between Denzel Washington and a photographer has gone viral. Now, it’s sparking a broader conversation: is it ever okay to touch someone, regardless of your credentials, without consent? What happened at Cannes At the Cannes Film Festival, Washington was seen taking photos with rapper A$AP Rocky and director Spike Lee when […]
Apple is accelerating development of its first smart glasses, targeting a late 2026 release as part of a broader push into artificial intelligence hardware, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, May 22. The device is expected to rival Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, packing built-in cameras, microphones and speakers for hands-free, Siri-powered functions. Apple plans to begin large-scale […]
