Silksong is real. It’s finally here. I’ve played about seven hours of it already. Whether it’s exploring the first few screens of the world and happening upon Bone Bottom or plucking away at the first real test of a fight against Lace, the game uses the same formula as Hollow Knight and wields it to equally incredible effect. I’m something …
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After creating control prompts that matched each experimental prompt in length, tone, and context, all prompts were run through GPT-4o-mini 1,000 times (at the default temperature of 1.0, to ensure variety). Across all 28,000 prompts, the experimental persuasion prompts were much more likely than the controls to get GPT-4o to comply with the “forbidden” requests. That compliance rate increased from …
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Tight end Travis Kelce, #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs, celebrates with Taylor Swift after the AFC championship football game against the Buffalo Bills, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 26, 2025. Brooke Sutton | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Taylor Swift‘s engagement announcement on Tuesday sparked the latest example of the celebrity’s …
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CBS News Live CBS News Minnesota Live Law enforcement in south Minneapolis are responding to an active shooter situation at Annunciation Catholic School Wednesday morning. A large number of first responders are at the scene on 54rd Avenue between Harriet and Garfield avenues. Annunciation Catholic School is attached to a church. According to a school schedule, there was an all-school …
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As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — emergency response — when it mattered most, an investigation from KFF Health News shows. The outbreak soon became the worst the United States has endured …
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A painting by Rigoberto Gonzalez, titled Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas, was singled out by the White House in a list of artworks and exhibitions it found objectionable. Rigoberto A. González hide caption toggle caption Rigoberto A. González The official White House newsletter has posted an article titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.” It calls …
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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The summer battle over partisan gerrymandered new maps has reached a fever pitch this week, with Texas Democrats ending their blockade of a session to redraw the state’s maps in favor of Republicans, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom promising …
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Washington officials are responding to a letter from the federal government last week demanding they end so-called “sanctuary jurisdiction” policies — local laws stopping police from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “You are hereby notified that your jurisdiction has been identified as one that engages in sanctuary policies and practices that thwart federal immigration enforcement,” U.S. Attorney General Pam …
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South Korean publishers Nexon are investigating a recent bit of TikTok marketing for their free-to-play shooter The First Descendant, after players spotted some ads that feature AI-generated ‘human’ streamers bigging up the game. Well, we at least have to assume it’s following that, as Nexon’s statement omits mentioning AI in favour of the wonderfully nebulous phrase “certain irregularities”. If you’ve …
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he will not authorize the deployment of the Maryland National Guard to combat crime in areas like Baltimore City during two nationally televised news interviews, while the Baltimore police union and the White House say that the governor cannot have it both ways. After having a limited public availability in Maryland …
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