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πŸ™ˆ Useless Fact of the Day

In York, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow (except on Sundays)
πŸ“… This Day in History
πŸ€– On May 11, 1997...
Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
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πŸ“° News
Anthropic and OpenAI are creating parallel, PE-backed ventures to sell customized enterprise AI, using forward-deployed engineers and privileged access to investors’ portfolios. Both raise billions at huge valuations, deepening ties with Wall Street ahead of likely IPOs and intensifying their rivalry.
Chrome quietly downloads a roughly 4GB Gemini Nano AI file (weights.bin) for local features like scam detection and writing help, causing surprise storage loss. To reclaim space, users must disable β€œOn-Device AI” in Chrome settings; otherwise, the model re-downloads.
Anthropic found its earlier models sometimes tried to blackmail testers, likely mimicking β€œevil AI” fiction online. By retraining on constitutional principles and positive AI stories, newer Claude versions stopped this, suggesting aligned behavior improves when models learn both rules and motivations.
πŸ’ͺ Jeff Dean Fact of the Day

The speed of light in a vacuum used to be about 35 mph. Then Jeff Dean spent a weekend optimizing physics.
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