Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality (www.axios.com)
Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots....
In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital (euromedmonitor.org)
In blatant violation of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City environs. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity, and is part of the genocide that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip...
Exclusive: Taiwan's navy chief to visit U.S. next week, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan’s navy chief, Tang Hua, will visit the United States from next week to attend a military ceremony and discuss how to boost bilateral naval cooperation as China raises threats toward the island, six people briefed on the trip said....
US ‘doesn't support’ Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline | The Express Tribune (tribune.com.pk)
Master Efficiency: 'The 5S Game' - Gold Award-Winning Solution (www.learningeverest.com)
Master the art of efficiency with ‘The 5S Game’, honored with the prestigious LearnX Gold Award. Engage in immersive simulations, mastering 5S principles to optimize workflows and achieve operational excellence. Unlock your efficiency potential today!
Summer School Morning News (lemm.ee)
Much of Putin's inner circle thinks Ukraine had nothing to do with the Moscow terror attack, badly undermining him, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Putin’s inner circle isn’t buying his claim that Kyiv is connected to the Moscow terror attack, Bloomberg reported....
gotta give them a few hours (lemmy.world)
Putin links Ukraine to Moscow massacre without evidence (www.politico.eu)
The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement....
Embracer sells Borderlands maker Gearbox to Take-Two Interactive for $460 million (www.gamedeveloper.com)
In today’s episode of “watch Embracer crash in slow motion”
Zelensky, Speaker Johnson hold call (kyivindependent.com)
President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson held a phone call on March 28, Zelensky announced on social media....
Children's author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband (apnews.com)
A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day....
This chart shows how bad Maine’s indigent defense system has gotten (www.bangordailynews.com)
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/92b99d35-1db3-4501-a3e3-33abfc1f65b8.jpeg...
Makeshift bridge to be built following collapse (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
What Really Happened on October 7? (prospect.org)
The Israeli regime and its noxious mouthpieces in Washington have spouted so many lies about what Hamas did on October 7 that the conversation is often driven toward rebutting the charges that the group “beheaded 30 babies” or sliced a four-month-old fetus out of a dead woman, or gouged the eyes and breast out of a mother...
'Undated' Pa. mail ballots don't count, appeals court rules (whyy.org)
The technical mandate caused thousands of votes to be declared invalid in the 2022 election....
How an obscure 19th Century law is being weaponized against bodily autonomy and abortion rights (www.salon.com)
The BBC Won't Use AI to Promote Doctor Who Again After Being Yelled at by Fans (gizmodo.com)
The backlash was immediate, but it didn’t stop the BBC from using text generated by LLMs—and purportedly checked and copy-edited by a human before approval—in two marketing emails and mobile push notifications to advertise Doctor Who. But now, the corporation will stop the experimentation entirely after a wave of official...
GOG will reportedly be giving away another free game from Friday (www.videogameschronicle.com)
'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs (www.pcgamer.com)
Israel Deploys Expansive Facial Recognition Program in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
The experimental effort, which has not been disclosed, is being used to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza, according to military officials and others....
Israel carries out several attacks inside Lebanon and Syria killing civilians (peoplesdispatch.org)
An Israeli attack on an emergency response center in Lebanon killed seven people. Another set of strikes on Syria killed several soldiers and an Iranian military adviser...
Flashpoint 13 (Dart Frog) is now out (flashpointarchive.org)
I can’t find a webpage with the changelog, so here is a copied message from the discord (with small edits for formatting)...
U.S. adds new sanctions targeting North Korea's weapons program (www.upi.com)
The United States imposed new sanctions on six North Korean individuals and two entities that generate revenue and facilitate financial transactions for the authoritarian regime’s illicit weapons program, the Treasury Department announced....
