Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI’s data practices “theft” while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers. Read more: Read…
KTSM News – Firefighters extinguish structure fire in Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Firefighters extinguished a structure fire in Las Cruces on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 17, according to the Las Cruces Fire Department. Just after 3:30 fire crews responded to…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – STOUT SPENT MORE ON TRAVEL THAN THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT COMBINED, SAMANIEGO UNDER FIRE FOR TAIWAN EXPENDITURES
[[{“value”:” Lesley Engle of KVIA ABC-7 News, with the assistance of Andrew J. Polk, just published a journalistic masterpiece that every citizen of El Paso must read. Here is what we learn:…
KTSM News – Man arrested at Horizon City business, charged with indecent assault
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A 56-year-old man was arrested Sunday, September 13, after Horizon City police investigated a report of unwanted sexual contact at a business in the area. Police reported…
Tech Crunch – Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles
The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away. Read more: Read More
El Chuqueño Blog – Sweetbreads
They are not sweet, and they are not breads, but they’re one of the most delicious parts of the animal. [“Sweetbread is a culinary name for the thymus or pancreas, typically from…
Texas Monthly – UT-Austin cutting majors centering Latino, Black, women and gender studies, email shows
The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Even the King of England has his hesitations about AI
King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and UK government. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire
Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI
Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting, and more in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved inspiration into purchases. Read more:…