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Boston, MA
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I have no idea what the rules of snooker could possibly be, but I always have to watch a ronnie o'sullivan match when I come across one
Disagree that this bot passes the turing test. Try talking to an actual human, you will see the difference. But, clearly it’s only a matter of time.
Introducing Griffin, the first model to pass the video Turing test.
48% of people who talked to it live thought it was a real human. Previous systems have had a pass rate <3%. It is #1 on NVIDIA's benchmark for full-duplex AI video.
It’s the first Human Interaction Model (HIM).
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The 48% figure and "video Turing test" claim are from Tavus's own study of 54 one-minute calls, not independently verified or using a standard protocol. Griffin-Lite leads NVIDIA's VideoFDB benchmark on their public leaderboard.
cellcog.ai/blog/tavus-gri…
research.nvidia.com/labs/amri/proj…
tech-ish.com/2026/10/02/tav…
The only aspects of this that are new are the foreign investment controls and the provision that these rights would survive an independence referendum
BREAKING: Officials on all sides who have been briefed on the US-Denmark-Greenland deal tell me they are happy with the details.
A senior State Department official and a regional official briefed on the deal say the highlights are:
- Provides US permanent basing, access, and overflight rights
- Bans non-NATO bases
- Screening mechanism for investments that would allow a block on Chinese, Russian investments
- Greenland population can choose its political future
- No territory transferred to the US
I predict this will not happen, and will be quietly forgotten about.
BREAKING: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says she wants to open the door for Canada to become the bloc’s first associate member. apnews.com/article/europe-ca…
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We’re sharing a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, one of the deepest problems at the frontier of mathematics.
The proof was produced by a group of agents, using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra.
The problem concerns whether the description of smooth three-dimensional fluid motion modeled by the Navier-Stokes equations can break down. It has remained unresolved for roughly 90 years.
It’s crazy because in my memories, this is how the game actually looked. When I revisit the original game now, it’s hard to believe that I read such detail into jagged polygons. That’s childhood, I guess :)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | First Look and Details
▪️Launches on November 5
▪️Link can now jump
▪️Swim and dive underwater
▪️Swap between items with single button
▪️Characters fully voiced in cutscenes
▪️Still has load screens to maintain essence of the original
▪️Threads of Time: Track progress and see next objective
▪️Dash to sprint and move faster
▪️Hyrule Castle Town has some new areas previously closed off
▪️Hear gossip and play minigames
▪️Time of day now progresses everywhere
▪️You can use the Ocarina accessory to play melodies in-game
#Nintendo #TheLegendofZelda
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A cartoon by Joe Dator.
See more cartoons from this week’s issue: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5O…
I think if you “actually know” anything about MA politics, Lynch losing this race is virtually unimaginable
I’m not the first to point this out, but I think the MA-Sen primary is getting too much attention & the MA-08 primary is getting too little attention.
Stephen Lynch voted against the Affordable Care Act, voted for the Laken Riley Act and to thank ICE, and has always had positions on social issues that are to the right of his constituents (he previously described himself as “pro-life”)
And he’s facing a legit challenger from the left in Patrick Roath, a former Deval Patrick aide who has outraised Lynch and has gotten legit endorsements (state legislators, major unions, etc.).
Lynch’s district has gotten younger and more liberal, and Lynch hasn’t tried at all to shift with it.
Lynch has barely campaigned and has ignored Roath’s calls to debate more (very Espaillat-coded).
