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The America PAC has created an election denial pool
After Elon Musk tweeted that the US election integrity team “was undermining election integrity”, a human rights researcher said, “This is a sham designed to Lay the groundwork for baseless objections to elections after Election Day.” “It’s just an election denier jamboree,” Paul Barrett, deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at…
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There are strange answers in the search
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) overview product is a “tiny slice of what the company announced last week”, New York University Professor Gary Marcus said in an interview. He added that the AI Overviews on certain queries where appropriate under the company’s content policies, and the use of those examples to develop broader improvements to its…
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The discovery of the lost tails took 2.5 years to publish
A study in the journal Nature by scientists at Kiel University and New York University claims to have identified the genes responsible for the short tail of a mouse. The mice had been suffering from a tailbone injury. Scientists used genetic analysis to find similarities between changes in the genomes of mice and humans. The…
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The Education Department has opened school probes
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened inquiries into six universities, including Columbia, Cooper Union and Cornell in New York, after receiving complaints of antisemitic and anti-Muslim harassment at the universities. Three Jewish students sued New York University this week over what they said was a hostile environment that had allowed…
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There is a flood of evil that is destroying my world
A video has surfaced online, showing a New York University student walking through a crowd of students who had applauded the Israeli attacks. “This is a message from all over the world, that Israel is not an apartheid state,” the student said. The student, whose name was not made public, was taken into custody in…
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The Rep.-elect is being investigated by federal prosecutors
Republican George Santos, who has been accused of lying about his education, is “deserves an opportunity to clear his name”, Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman said. “Discrepancies on Santos’ resume are serious and he deserves an opportunity to clear his name,” he added. The New York Times had alleged that Santos did not have a…
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Is a career safe now?
A professor at New Jersey’sbergen University has withdrawn his approval for a new chatbot, ChatGPT. The professor said that the tool did not build “critical-thinking and problem-solving skills” which were essential for academic and lifelong success. The chatbot generates persuasive responses to user prompts and even essays in response to user prompts. It was announced…
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The Rep.-elect is under federal investigation.
US’ Nassau County District Attorney announced that it was looking into the fabrications of George Santos, who has been accused of lying about his educational background and working at Goldman Sachs. The District Attorney said the fabrications and discrepancies associated with Santos are “staggering”. Santos has admitted to lying about attending Baruch College, New York…
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Dog genetics, Moon capsule and skewed sports science.
New York University’s Adam Boyko, in his study on the effect of single-letter changes in DNA sequences on dog breeders’ behaviour, said it could be useful in understanding how environment shapes disease risk. The study focussed on small changes in DNA sequences, such as single-letter changes and small deletions or insertions of DNA.
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The new GOP House member is accused of faking his bio.
New York Republican Congressman-elect George Santos has denied claims by The New York Times that he never received his bachelor’s degree from either New York University or Barcuch College. He added that he received a law degree from New York University, while the Times alleged he received a bachelor’s degree from Barcuch College. “Congressional-elect Santos…