Day: February 10, 2023
Officer drew gun as he approached Tyre Nichols, report finds
One of three Memphis Police officers who initially detained Tyre Nichols last month has admitted he did not witness the alleged reckless driving that was the justification for pulling over Nichols but still approached his car while brandishing his gun,…
Bo Bichette, Blue Jays finalize $33.6M, 3-year contract
Infielder Bo Bichette and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided a salary arbitration by finalizing a $33.6 million, three-year contract.
There’s a ring around this dwarf planet. It shouldn’t be there
A small icy world far beyond Neptune possesses a ring like the ones around Saturn. Perplexingly, the ring is at a distance where simple gravitational calculations suggest there should be none.
DeMeco Ryans wins AP Assistant Coach of the Year
DeMeco Ryans will take the AP Assistant Coach of the Year award with him to Houston.
Cavinder scores 33, Miami women beat No. 19 Florida State
Haley Cavinder made eight straight free throws in the final 30 seconds and finished with a career-high 33 points to help Miami beat No. 19 Florida State 86-82.
As ChatGPT and other LLMs repackage info into superficial approximations, like lossy compression for images, the web will become a blurrier version of itself (Ted Chiang/New Yorker)
Ted Chiang / New Yorker:
As ChatGPT and other LLMs repackage info into superficial approximations, like lossy compression for images, the web will become a blurrier version of itself — OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Go…
US House Republicans request documents in Biden family probe
The requests come a day after a House oversight committee questioned Twitter executives over a story about Biden’s son.