PORTLAND, Ore. — As odd as it may sound, Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant last played in an NBA playoff game in the month of September. Grant scored 20 points when the Denver Nuggets were eliminated from the postseason after losing 117-107 to the Los Angeles Lakers during Game 5 of the NBA Western...
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These NBA Playoffs weigh a bit larger on some of its participants. BIL ranks each one by championship desperation. The NBA Playoffs often come down to who wants it more. Some teams, however, might outright need it more. Sixteen teams are getting ready to play for the ultimate prize in men’s basketball, as the Association postseason officially...
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Is anti-A.I. radicalization a growing trend?
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A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems.
Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media
The artificial-intelligence-generated fake influencers have surged on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube in an apparent bid to hook conservative voters.
White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise
Friday’s meeting at the White House followed the introduction of Anthropic’s powerful new artificial intelligence model, Mythos, which U.S. officials believe could be critical for security.
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by “unfriendly states”
Grinex, a US-sanctioned cryptocurrency exchange registered in Kyrgyzstan, said it’s halting operations after experiencing a $13 million heist carried out by “western special services” hackers. Researchers from TRM, which has confirmed the theft, put the value of stolen assets at $15 million after discovering roughly 70 drained addresses, about 16 more than Grinex reported. Neither...
Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
Sometime around 2010, sophisticated malware known as Flame hijacked the mechanism that Microsoft used to distribute updates to millions of Windows computers around the world. The malware—reportedly jointly developed by the US and Israel—pushed a malicious update throughout an infected network belonging to the Iranian government. The lynchpin of the “collision” attack was an exploit...


