Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Fable 5.1 model, details here

Anthropic upgrades Claude with new Fable 5.1 model, details here

In June, Anthropic first released Fable 5, its Mythos-class AI model for Claude. Three months later, Anthropic is improving Claude with its new Fable 5.1 model update. Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 arrive today In the world of Anthropic, Fable is Claude’s most capable model. Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus are the small, medium, and … Read more

Stan Kroenke buys Angels, ending Arte Moreno’s troubled tenure

Stan Kroenke buys Angels, ending Arte Moreno's troubled tenure

Rams owner Stan Kroenke agreed to purchase the Angels, adding Major League Baseball to a portfolio spanning six leagues and two continents. The deal is executed through Kroenke Sports and Entertainment, Kroenke’s holding company, which also owns the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, the MLS’s Colorado Rapids and the Premier League’s Arsenal. The … Read more

UAlbany physics professors report on dark matter LZ experiment

UAlbany physics professors report on dark matter LZ experiment

The main LUX-ZEPLIN detector in a surface laboratory before its underground installation. Researchers now report that they have found an unexplained phenomenon that could be direct proof of the existence of dark matter. Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility The LZ dark matter detector was placed nearly a mile underground in a former gold mine at … Read more

Column | We asked scientists: Is it okay to use a little bit of cannabis? – washingtonpost.com

Column | We asked scientists: Is it okay to use a little bit of cannabis? - washingtonpost.com

Column | We asked scientists: Is it okay to use a little bit of cannabis? washingtonpost.comThe Hazards of Marijuana Psychology TodayThe potential impacts of cannabis use WTNH.comWHO updates its assessment of cannabis risks for the first time in ten years Українські Національні Новини (УНН)WHO Report Finds Rising Harms From Nonmedical Cannabis Use Cannabis Wire

Map: 3.6-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Texas

Map: 3.6-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Texas

Note: The map shows the area with a shaking intensity of 3 or greater, which the USGS defines as “weak,” although the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Central Time. The New York Times A minor earthquake of magnitude 3.6 struck Texas on Tuesday, according to the … Read more

Florida bans Flock Safety cameras from state roads over privacy fears

Florida bans Flock Safety cameras from state roads over privacy fears

Pensacola, Florida, area resident Jacob Rockwell joins ‘The Sunday Briefing’ to discuss his concerns about red light camera surveillance and raise questions about who is responsible for camera tickets after disputing his own out-of-state citation. Florida drivers may soon see fewer high-tech eyes monitoring their road trips after state officials ordered local police to remove … Read more

Germany blames Russia for drone incursion, announces retaliatory measures – POLITICO

Germany blames Russia for drone incursion, announces retaliatory measures – POLITICO

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul announced a series of domestic countermeasures, including the closure of the Russian consulate in Bonn on September 18, stricter entry controls for Russian citizens and the termination of the agreement governing the Russian House in central Berlin, a cultural institution suspected of serving as a center for espionage operations and … Read more

Bond sell-off continues on Wall Street, pushing borrowing costs higher

Bond sell-off continues on Wall Street, pushing borrowing costs higher

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Tuesday as oil prices continued to rise and stoked concerns about persistently high inflation. The S&P 500 index fell 0.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 190 points, or 0.4%, as of 12:05 p.m. ET. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%. The weak start to September follows … Read more