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National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties – The Washington Post

National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties  The Washington Post National Guard members activated for DC federal takeover seen picking-up trash  FOX 5 DC DC launches ‘We the People’ campaign while National Guard patrols streets, picks up trash  Fox News National Guard troops to pick up trash in DC, work on ‘beautification’ projects  NBC4 Washington National Guard called in to deal …

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Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland – POLITICO

Denmark summons top US envoy over ‘covert operations’ in Greenland – POLITICO

“It worries me greatly because we do not spy on friends,” Rasmussen also said in response to a report in The Wall Street Journal. According to DR, one of the men compiled lists of Greenlanders supportive of, or critical toward, U.S. influence, while others maintained political and business contacts on the island. It was unclear whether they acted independently or …

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Venezuela deploys warships, drones after U.S. sends guided-missile destroyers to region

Venezuela deploys warships, drones after U.S. sends guided-missile destroyers to region

Venezuela on Tuesday deployed warships and drones to patrol the country’s coastline after the United States dispatched three destroyers to the region to pressure strongman President Nicolas Maduro. In a video on social media, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino announced a “significant” drone deployment as well as naval patrols along its Caribbean coast, including “larger vessels further north in our territorial …

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Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects

Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects

Facebook Tweet Email Link Democrat Catelin Drey will win an Iowa state Senate special election, CNN projects, flipping the seat and breaking the Republican supermajority in the chamber. President Donald Trump won the Sioux City-area 1st senate district by 11 percentage points in November, so Drey’s margin of victory, currently about 10 points, represents a significant overperformance for Democrats. An …

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Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations – The New York Times

Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations  The New York Times Denmark summons top US diplomat over alleged Greenland influence operation  BBC Denmark summons US envoy over suspected influence operations in Greenland  Reuters Denmark summons US envoy over report on covert American ‘influence operations’ in Greenland  CNN Denmark summons US charge d’affaires over alleged attempts to interfere with Greenland’s status – Europe live  The Guardian …

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Poland presses ahead with 3 percent digital tax despite Trump threat – POLITICO

Poland presses ahead with 3 percent digital tax despite Trump threat – POLITICO

Digital taxes are “designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology,” Trump said in a post on his social network, Truth Social. However, the ministry said in the remarks, the Polish digital tax would not be “aimed at entities from any specific country.” “It is intended to apply to all relevant market participants.” As it stands, Warsaw intends to introduce …

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For more than two decades, a family lived full time at the Minnesota State Fair grounds – MPR News

For more than two decades, a family lived full time at the Minnesota State Fair grounds – MPR News

For more than two decades, a family lived full time at the Minnesota State Fair grounds  MPR News Wilmont teen named Minnesota 4-H Ambassador  Worthington Globe Area 4-Hers enter cattle in State Fair contests  Mankato Free Press RICE COUNTY 4-H: The Grand Finale: 4-H at the Minnesota State Fair  southernminn.com ‘Our way of life’: State Fair traditions keep a Minnesota farm family close across …

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OpenAI admits ChatGPT safeguards fail during extended conversations

OpenAI admits ChatGPT safeguards fail during extended conversations

Adam Raine learned to bypass these safeguards by claiming he was writing a story—a technique the lawsuit says ChatGPT itself suggested. This vulnerability partly stems from the eased safeguards regarding fantasy roleplay and fictional scenarios implemented in February. In its Tuesday blog post, OpenAI admitted its content blocking systems have gaps where “the classifier underestimates the severity of what it’s …

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