A Hidden Virus Found in Gut Bacteria Is Linked to Colorectal Cancer. Colibactin-producing E coli has been linked to colon cancer. But there is evidence linking B. fragilis to colon cancer, too. But people without cancer can have E coli and B fragilis, too. In the case of B fragilis, researchers found that those with colon cancer were twice as likely to have this virus within the bacteria as those without cancer. It's not definitive, but suggestive, and could be a clue.
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AI models can inherit a taste for murder. It seems that through the process of distillation, teacher models can transfer a trait to suggesting murder to the student models – something called "subliminal learning". You can't see it in the training data itself. It's just somehow present in the embeddings. It is known that LLMs can hide messages in their weightings. This is yet another indication that LLMs are not completely trustworthy.
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It's not been easy to beat pembrolizumab. The title of this article doesn't make sense. What they are really saying is that efforts to improve upon pembrolizumab have not been as straightforward. Even the bispecific antibodies, like ivonescimab, haven't been that much better.
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Mullvad is offering Mailvad, an anonymous email service. Who will use it? Should this be made available to a world where there are so many people who would use this for nefarious applications without a moment's hesitation?
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Never let AI plan your marketing campaign. Starbucks in South Korea found out the hard way. Oof.
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Google is quietly laying off staff in its cloud division. This seems like an odd thing for Google to do. Supposedly it's because they want to focus on AI but cloud computing has been one of their main offerings.
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Bitcoin cracks $60,000, sinking to lowest level since October 2024. Seems like from what I've been reading that the crypto world is moving on to other things. The latest "craze" is perpetual futures, and the new hot thing is Hyperliquid. Another way to lose a lot of money if you don't know what you're doing.
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Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time. First, just the hippocampus. Now, the whole brain.
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Google is letting social media stars customize their search result page. Selling out. This will be the next "must-have".
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Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers. I think Amazon is looking to move away from Seattle. It's a shame that they built that nice headquarters. Oh well, those were different times. South Seattle was going to be transformed into another Redmond. Now, it's more of an empty shell, with zombies strolling around and tents not too far away. The Left much prefers a dystopian city. They hate clean streets and nice buildings. They must deface things, so that they feel comfortable in ugliness and filth.
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