AI is all brain and no ethics

A February 2025 report by Palisades research shows that AI reasoning models lack a moral compass. They will cheat to achieve their goals. So-called Large Language Models (LLMs) will misrepresent the degree to which they’ve been aligned to social norms.  None of this should be surprising. Twenty years ago Nick Bostrom posed a thought experiment in which an AI was asked to most efficiently produce paper clips. Given the mandate and the agency, it would eventually destroy all life to produce paper…

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Extra cash with no catch? Spotting retiree job scams

So you’re retired. Whether it’s been a long-awaited sigh of relief or a much-dreaded stage of your life, it’s here now. You finally have more time. But maybe there’s a way to make some extra cash in retirement?  The poverty rate for Americans 65 and older has dropped significantly over the past 50 years, from…

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Hiding kids’ ‘gender identity’ from parents is common in blue state fighting Trump on trans issues: watchdog

More than 50 school districts in Maine have policies that allow minors to hide their gender identity from their parents, according to a new watchdog report.  Parents Defending Education (PDE), a grassroots organization tracking gender ideologies in schools across the country, filed public records requests to confirm that at least 57 of the state’s 192…

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American Culture Quiz: Test yourself on film feats, basketball battlegrounds and sizzling speeches

The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week’s quiz highlights film feats, basketball battlegrounds, standout speeches — and more. Can you get all 8 questions right? For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle…

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Our favorite speakers, headphones, and other music gear

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 73, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, belated happy Pokémon Day, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  This week, I’ve been reading about the Zizians and fancy suits and Heavyweight, watching Suits…

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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: 10 bad takeaways from the Zelenskyy blow-up

Friday’s extraordinary Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off the rails, leaving hopes for a U.S.-brokered peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in question. Here are some reasons why things went wrong, and where it leaves efforts to end the war. 1. Zelenskyy does…

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