Anthropic, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and other major developers of AI systems known as large language models say they’re working to make them more truthful. How long that will take remains to be seen.
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The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape
The largest solar panel recycling plant in North America has opened in Yuma, Arizona, just as the flow of used and spent solar panels sharply ramps up.
Russia accuses Ukraine of striking same Moscow building that was hit by drone days ago
Russian officials have claimed that the repeated attacks on the capital region reflect failures in Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory.
Efforts to help Haitians suffer new blow with kidnapping of New Hampshire nurse and daughter
Nonprofit groups are often the only institutions in Haiti’s lawless areas and the deepening violence has forced many to close, depriving thousands of vulnerable families of health care and education.
CVS to cut 5,000 jobs across its workforce
The pharmacy giant operates 26 stores in Maine.
Pulled out to sea by current, New York swimmer rescued after treading water for 5 hours
Police say a 63-year-old went swimming at a beach in Babylon, New York at around 5 a.m. Monday and was pulled out to open water by the current.
Niger faces sanctions as democracy crumbles, adding to woes for more than 25 million people
Niger’s neighbors are threatening armed intervention against the junta run by the head of the presidential guard, although analysts say there is only a slim chance of the regional body successfully sending troops.
Hunter Biden created ‘illusion of access’ to his father, former business partner tells Congress
Devon Archer testifies that Joe Biden was never directly involved in their financial dealings.
New Hampshire beachgoers witness small plane crash into surf, flip in water
The pilot of the single-engine Piper PA-18 plane, who was unhurt, had been pulling a banner advertising a concert.
As work begins on the largest U.S. dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth
The demolition is part of a national movement to return the natural flow of the nation’s rivers and restore habitat for fish and the ecosystems that sustain other wildlife.