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Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors

1 May 2026 @ 10:23 pm

Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”

The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS

1 May 2026 @ 10:00 pm

Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?

Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive

1 May 2026 @ 9:05 pm

Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.

Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

1 May 2026 @ 7:12 pm

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.

Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races

1 May 2026 @ 5:51 pm

Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.

Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines

1 May 2026 @ 5:36 pm

More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.

Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers

1 May 2026 @ 5:09 pm

AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.

Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal

1 May 2026 @ 4:24 pm

Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.

GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests

1 May 2026 @ 3:32 pm

New results suggest Mythos' cyber threat isn't "a breakthrough specific to one model."

Is your Purosangue SUV not sharp enough? Ferrari has you covered.

1 May 2026 @ 3:23 pm

We'll soon get to see the brand's first EV; first, a more honed V12 four-seater.