Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a bill that would've required residents to verify their age before accessing porn sites, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a letter to the members of the assembly last week, Evers writes that the bill "imposes an intrusive burden on adults who are trying to access constitutionally protected materials." […]

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Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are sharing information via the Frontier Model Forum to detect adversarial distillation attempts that violate their ToS  —  Rivals OpenAI, Anthropic PBC, and Alphabet Inc.'s Google have begun working together to try to clamp down on Chinese competitors extracting results …

During a sometimes confrontational hearing Monday, City Council members questioned the independence of Nadia Shihata, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s nominee for Department of Investigation commissioner, citing her longtime friendship with a top Mamdani aide and $700 in donations she made to the mayor’s campaign. Shihata insisted she would remain unbiased if she’s confirmed to run the […]

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