Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety. In separate instances, they alleged that certain advocates of AI safety are not as virtuous as they appear, and are either acting in the interest of themselves …
Read More »Top Silicon Valley Democrat breaks with Marc Benioff as rift deepens Politico Venture Capitalist Ron Conway Resigns From Board Over Benioff National Guard Comments The New York Times San Francisco leaders reject Benioff’s comment about National Guard KTVU ‘Stay the hell out’: SF leaders blast Trump’s call to send in National Guard SFGATE San Francisco opposes ‘authoritarian crackdown’ as Trump threatens to send troops The …
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Two Pittsburgh-area hospitals and one near State College are being called out by a health care think tank for performing what it calls unnecessary back surgeries. A report released earlier this month by the Massachusetts-based Lown Institute says around 38% of spinal fusions performed at Heritage Valley Sewickley weren’t warranted, the fourth-highest rate of any hospital in the nation. Mount …
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Howdy Valley Villagers! Today, we had the pleasure of previewing our upcoming free update, as well as offer a sneak peek at the wonders you might expect from the game in 2026! We also had opportunity to reveal more about our next expansion that lies just yonder – Disney Dreamlight Valley: Wishblossom Ranch arriving on November 19th, 2025. If you missed …
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says America’s tech capital has a police problem, and he’s welcoming President Donald Trump’s pitch to send National Guard troops to yet another Democrat-led city. “We don’t have enough cops, so if they can be cops, I’m all for it,” Benioff told The New York Times on Friday. Trump has already sent troops to Los Angeles, …
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Lily JamaliTechnology correspondent, San Francisco Getty Images Silicon Valley is home to many major tech firms, including Apple’s circular headquarters At OpenAI’s DevDay this week, OpenAI boss Sam Altman did what American tech bosses rarely do these days: he actually answered questions from reporters. “I know it’s tempting to write the bubble story,” Mr Altman told me as he sat …
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By Maya C. Miller, CalMatters Fairgoers walks around the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Along the highways of California’s San Joaquin Valley, as field workers harvest almonds and pistachios and tractors churn dusty top soil into the already …
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Of all the unlikely stories to emerge from the current AI frenzy, few are more striking than that of Leopold Aschenbrenner. The 23-year-old’s career didn’t exactly start auspiciously: He spent time at the philanthropy arm of Sam Bankman-Fried’s now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange before a controversial year at OpenAI, where he was ultimately fired. Then, just two months after being booted …
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage is celebrating its second anniversary with the announcement of Valley of Memory, a free story expansion for Assassin’s Creed Mirage launching November 18. What is Assassin’s Creed Mirage Valley of Memory? Valley of Memory is a free major update for anyone who owns Assassin’s Creed Mirage, offering up to six hours of additional gameplay and story. Taking …
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GREENBELT, Md. — A California resident who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison by a federal judge, who imposed a punishment that is significantly more lenient than the Justice Department’s recommendation. Sophie Roske, a transgender woman from Simi Valley charged under her legal name, Nicholas …
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