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Measuring AI progress has usually meant testing scientific knowledge or logical reasoning — but while the major benchmarks still focus on left-brain logic skills, there’s been a quiet push within AI companies to make models more emotionally intelligent. As foundation models compete on soft measures like user preference and “feeling the AGI,” having a good command of human emotions may be more important than hard analytic skills. One sign of that focus came on Friday, when prominent open source group LAION released a suite of open source tools focused entirely on emotional intelligence. Called EmoNet, the release focuses on interpreting…

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.Now PlayingMamdani says listening, making city affordable key part of campaign01:02UP NEXT’We’re not there yet’ on Trump’s bill but ‘we can get it done by July 4’: House Republican09:44Steve Kornacki: Zohran Mamdani’s rise over Andrew Cuomo fueled by key groups05:06‘We will see loss of life’: How GOP Medicaid reforms could threaten rural hospitals05:44Intel report that strikes only sent Iran nuclear program back by months ‘makes no sense’: Expert17:31 ‘He likes me’: Trump on NATO chief Mark Rutte calling him ‘daddy’00:42Trump says assessment of Iran nuclear facility damage…

Seoul, South Korea CNN  —  As American B-2 bombers streaked over Iran, targeting facilities tied to Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, policymakers and analysts in East Asia were already grappling with a critical question: What signal does this send to North Korea, a country whose nuclear arsenal is far more advanced than Iran’s? Experts warn Washington’s military actions may harden Pyongyang’s resolve to accelerate its weapons program and deepen cooperation with Russia, as well as reinforcing its leader Kim Jong Un’s belief that nuclear arms are the ultimate deterrent against US-enforced regime change. Despite yearslong efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel challenged on a bipartisan basis the merits of cancelling billions of dollars in spending for foreign aid and public media as part of a contentious hearing Wednesday examining the White House’s request for the cuts.The House has already voted to claw back $9.4 billion as requested by President Donald Trump. Now, the Senate is preparing to take up the package with a July 18 deadline for action. If the Senate declines to approve a measure by then, the Trump administration must obligate and spend the funds in question.Russell Vought, director of the White House…

In a year marked by economic uncertainty and changing consumer habits, a travel trend has returned – the micro-cation.According to data from Allianz Partners USA’s annual Vacation Confidence Index, Americans are once again opting for shorter, more intentional getaways. Micro-cations, defined as a leisure trip more than 100 miles from home for four or fewer nights, are making a strong comeback as travelers redefine how they plan, spend and experience their time away from home. These shorter getaways offer a practical solution for Americans navigating high travel costs, limited PTO and a desire for meaningful breaks without the commitment of…

GoKwik, an Indian startup that offers a suite of integrated e-commerce products, has raised a small round of $13 million, which it calls a “growth” round, that has boosted its valuation to $450 million pre-money. While the new funding round, led by RTP Global, is 63% smaller than its Series B of $35 million, announced in May 2022, it has valued the New Delhi-based startup 43% more than its last pre-money valuation of $315 million. The fresh funding also included participation from the startup’s existing investors, namely Z47, Peak XV Partners, and Think Investments, bringing its total fundraising to $68…

Zohran Mamdani didn’t just score more first-place votes Tuesday night in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary — he also prompted his closest rival, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to concede before the night was over, making the city’s ranked choice tabulation feel like a formality.While Mamdani’s supporters claim the outcome was no surprise, Cuomo had widely been considered a probable first-round winner until the election, with Mamdani and allied candidates organizing to deny him a ranked-choice majority via cross-endorsements.However, several key factors ultimately swung the race in Mamdani’s favor.Defying polling expectationsTwo of the most recent pre-election, nonpartisan polls had Cuomo…

Reuters  —  Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offenses from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of a tycoon in a $12 billion fraud case. The National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, unanimously ratified the amendment to the Criminal Code earlier on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty for the crimes, it said in a statement. Other crimes that will no longer lead to the death penalty include vandalizing state property, manufacturing fake medicine, jeopardizing peace, triggering invasive wars, espionage and carrying drugs, the official Vietnam…

President Donald Trump is repeatedly condemning CNN and The New York Times for reports that call into question the damage caused by last weekend’s U.S. strikes of Iran — and downplaying his own intelligence analysts in the process.Trump on Wednesday called on CNN to throw out “like a dog” a reporter who has worked on the story and suggested Times reporters were “bad and sick people” who were attempting to demean American pilots involved in the strikes.Both news outlets defended their reporting.The president is angry about stories that a preliminary assessment by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency had said Saturday’s…

Vaccines Disability issues Federal agencies Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link A century ago, one of the biggest safety concerns about vaccines involved bacterial contamination. In 1916, four young children died in South Carolina after receiving typhoid vaccine that had been contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Twelve years later, 12 children in Queensland, Australia, died from tainted immunizations against diphtheria. In the 1930s, vaccine makers began using a preservative called thimerosal to stave off microbial growth in their products. For the next six decades, it didn’t receive much notice; ill effects appeared limited to minor local injection-site…