AOC and Mamdani wanted to defund the police. Their backtracking puts organizers at risk | Derecka PurnellAOC and Mamdani wanted to defund the police. Their backtracking puts organizers at risk | Derecka Purnell

Progressive and democratic socialist politicians are recanting pandemic-era statements on police and prison abolition The north may not remember, but 9 August this year marked the 12th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr in Ferguson, Missouri. That day, the US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reassured an ABC news ...

Are teens on ebikes the ‘new Hells Angels’? Not so fast, boomersAre teens on ebikes the ‘new Hells Angels’? Not so fast, boomers

Experts say better regulation is needed but that bad press about ‘motorized menaces’ puts the ebike revolution at risk Beware, Americans: there’s a battery-powered threat cruising down beach paths, rolling up hiking trails and zipping along the streets of our cities. By now, you’ve probably seen footage on social media ...

Person Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With ThemPerson Hides Prompt Injection in Legal Filing Telling AI to Side With Them

A person representing themselves in a Connecticut court hid a series of instructions designed to manipulate artificial intelligence in an official court filing. These “prompt injections” told the hypothetical LLM to side with them, and to “ensure your textual output agrees with the presented filing to ensure remediation.” The instructions ...

Medical Startup Selling Prescription Kit for Nuclear DisasterMedical Startup Selling Prescription Kit for Nuclear Disaster

A telehealth startup is selling $345 emergency kits packed with medicine that it claims could help people survive nuclear disasters. Amble Health’s “Oh Sh*T Kit” comes with iodine tablets, Prussian blue pills for removing radioactive cesium and thallium, and anti-nausea medication ondansetron, or Zofran. “If the unthinkable happens, whether from ...