An organization OpenAI frequently partners with to probe the capabilities of its AI models and evaluate them for safety, Metr, suggests that it wasn’t given much time to test one of the…
Border Report – Texas House passes education savings accounts program
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After nearly 11 hours of debate, the Texas House voted to give initial approval to its version of SB 2, which would create a universal education savings account program,…
El Paso Matters – The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain and how it impacts El Paso
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with El Paso Matters. Reporting for this story was supported by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. By January 2018, Vanessa Dominguez and her husband…
Tech Crunch – India’s Uber-rival BluSmart appears to suspend service in wake of EV loan probe
BluSmart, India’s all-electric cab-hailing startup that was once seen as an emerging rival to Uber, appears to have suspended service in some cities just as the country’s market regulator launched a probe…
Texas Monthly – The Impossibly Expensive Plan to Save Texas’s Water Supply
The year is 1969, and revolution is in the air. Protests clog American campuses and streets. Richard Nixon enters the White House on behalf of his “silent majority.” NASA puts men on…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI debuts Codex CLI, an open source coding tool for terminals
In a bid to inject AI into more of the programming process, OpenAI is launching Codex CLI, a coding “agent” designed to run locally from terminal software. Announced on Wednesday alongside OpenAI’s…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI launches a pair of AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini
OpenAI announced on Thursday the launch of o3 and o4-mini, new AI reasoning models designed to pause and work through questions before responding. The company calls o3 its most advanced reasoning model…
Tech Crunch – Digital frame maker Aura introduces the Aspen, a $299 frame with more intelligent features
Aura, a digital photo frames company founded by early Twitter employees, is introducing its latest model, Aspen, which adds new technology to the device and its accompanying mobile app. In addition to…
Border Report – Service members in deadly crash were in civilian vehicle
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two service members deployed to the U.S. Southern border were killed and a third is in serious condition after a vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, the military…
Border Report – Boasberg moves to hold Trump administration in contempt over deportation flights
A federal judge Wednesday found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying his order to immediately halt deportations under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act and…