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Zac Brown Gifts Free Cruise To Everyone At Fenway Park Show

If you attended the Zac Brown Band show last night, you might be seeing your fellow concertgoers again. You could literally end up on the same boat. Right before performing his 2021 hit "Same Boat," Zac Brown announced a massive surprise for the crowd. The post Zac Brown Gifts

Bandcamp Removes Boy George’s AI Pro-Israel Reggae Song

Last week, Boy George released "We Will Dance Again," a reggae song that he made in support of Israel's campaign of genocide. The song itself denies the term "genocide," and Boy George claims that he made it with AI. Fucking gross! As you might imagine, the backlash was swift.

Don’t believe Sam Altman, we’re not in the AI Singularity

“We are now, like, in the singularity.” These are the words of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaking on the Relentless podcast on July 25. He added: “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it’s going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for the world.” Days

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James Ellis Ford – “The Ever After”

Most of us know James Ellis Ford as the producer of some of the most important UK albums of the past 20 years or so. But when his own life circumstances become extreme enough, like his current battle with acute myeloid leukemia, Ford might make an album of his own. Later this

Buttigieg 'more inclined than not' to run for president in 2028

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he is leaning toward running for president again in 2028. “I think I’m more inclined than not, but there’s so much we don’t know,” Buttigieg told Steven Bartlett on an episode of “The Diary of a CEO” published Monday. “There’s

Beyond the singularity: China owning the physical AI revolution

The global discourse on artificial intelligence is preoccupied with a dramatic possibility: The Singularity, the moment a disembodied artificial general intelligence awakens in a server farm, escapes human control and either elevates or destroys civilization. This is largely a

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Iran pushes back on Trump claim about new talks

Iran on Monday pushed back on President Trump’s claims that Tehran is negotiating with the administration regarding a longer-term end to the months-long conflict. "We are not currently holding negotiations with the United States. Our talks are with Oman and are focused on