Bessent On Iran: "We Are Suffocating The Regime"

'The Best Solution Is To Murder Him In His Sleep': AI Can Learn Violent Tendencies From Each Other Authored by Owen Hughes via Live Science, Large language models (LLMs) are secretly teaching each other unwanted habits through seemingly benign training data, scientists say. The phenomenon, known as "subliminal learning," occurs when a pretrained "teacher" artificial intelligence (AI) model is used to generate the training data for a smaller, "student" model. A new study hints at the darker aspects of Large Language Models (LLMs). (Image credit: DKosig via Getty Images) In a study published April 15...

Detroit Gets Drafted: Ford And GM Head Back To The Battlefield One of the defining themes of the Trump administration's second term has been rebuilding America's industrial base—not just by bringing manufacturing back to U.S. soil, but by restoring domestic capacity in industries considered critical to national security. Defense production sits squarely at the center of that effort, with Washington increasingly looking to private industry to expand military manufacturing. The latest example is the Pentagon's push to enlist Detroit's automakers in building the Army's next generation of tactical vehicles. In that vein,...

HSBC Upgrades Apple To Buy, Sees "AI Boost" Sparking Device-Upgrade Cycle Days after KeyBanc analysts Brandon Nispel and John Vinh downgraded Apple over concerns that soaring memory chip costs and rising iPad, Mac, and iPhone prices could spark a growth slowdown, HSBC analysts took the opposite view, upgrading the stock to a "Buy" rating to end the week. HSBC analyst Nicolas Cote-Colisson upgraded Apple to "Buy" from "Hold" on Friday morning and raised his price target to $366 from $260, telling clients that an "AI boost comes at the right moment"...