With his strikes on Iran, President Trump is betting that the United States can repel any retaliation, and that the U.S. has destroyed the regime’s chances of reconstituting Iran’s nuclear program. David Sanger, the White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, explains the risk. Source link
Modern generative AI model providers require unprecedented computational scale, with pre-training often involving thousands of accelerators running continuously for days, and sometimes months. Foundation Models (FMs) demand distributed training clusters — coordinated groups of accelerated compute instances, using frameworks like PyTorch — to parallelize workloads across hundreds of accelerators (like AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia…
MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw appreciates his 11th career All-Star Game selection while acknowledging this one’s a little different from the rest. The three-time Cy Young Award winner has made only nine starts this season but still got selected to the National League team as a “Legend Pick” by MLB commissioner Rob…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British health insurer Bupa has agreed to pay a A$35mn (US$23mn) fine in Australia after it admitted to “unconscionable conduct” by denying legitimate claims made by patients over a five-year period. The Australian Competition and…
Ford CEO Jim Farley believes half of white-collar jobs will be lost to AI Amazon, Anthropic, Fiverr and other companies all agree Unsurprisingly, OpenAI and Nvidia think we’re overreacting Ford CEO Jim Farley has stated he believes “literally half” of all white-collar jobs in the US could be lost to artificial intelligence (via TechSpot). Speaking…
DEERFIELD, Ill. & SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2025 – Walgreens and Greater Than HIV/STDs, a public information campaign from KFF, are joining with health departments and community organizations to provide free rapid HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C testing at more than 575 Walgreens stores on June 27 for the nation’s largest National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) event. …
Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt is hoping for a big season. Getty Images The Green Bay Packers went 11-6 last season, sweeping the NFC West and the AFC South along the way. Overall, though, no one in the building was happy. The Packers failed to build on their terrific finish to the 2023…
Despite the recent trade between the Miami Dolphins and Pittsburgh Steelers, there is usually little movement at this stage of the NFL calendar. Moves that are made this time of year are usually of little consequence to the outcome of the season. However, big names linger on the open market, such as wide receivers Keenan…
Divya Talwar & Tammi Walker BBC Tassie Weaver says she was treated like “a hysterical woman” by a midwife When Tassie Weaver went into labour at full term, she thought she was hours away from holding her first child. But, by the time she was giving birth, she knew her son had died. Doctors had…
Be cautious about asking AI for advice on when to see a doctor Chong Kee Siong/Getty Images Should you see a doctor about your sore throat? AI’s advice may depend on how carefully you typed your question. When artificial intelligence models were tested on simulated writing from would-be patients, they were more likely to advise…
