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Kyle Orland / Ars Technica : Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details “cognitive surrender”, where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning   —  When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users.

Kate Clark / Wall Street Journal : VCs are covering expenses like rent for young college dropouts founding AI startups; Antler: average AI unicorn founder age fell from 40 in 2020 to 29 in 2024   —  Venture capitalists are stepping in to cover expenses like rent while dropouts from Harvard to Stanford chase their startup dreams

America’s war with the mullahs of Tehran is into its second month and it has already changed Donald Trump ’s presidency in important ways. As the president considers how to navigate these new dynamics, it’s worth considering the experience of some previous presidents who entered office not expecting to be wartime presidents. Woodrow Wilson ended a four-cycle Republican winning streak by winning the three-way election of 1912. He did so because his two opponents, former president Teddy Roosevelt and incumbent president William Howard Taft, split the Republican vote. As president, Wilson embarked on an aggressive progressive domestic policy agenda. Things changed when World War One broke out in Europe midway through Wilson’s first term. Wilson then ran for reelection in 1916 promising to keep America out of the conflict, even using the slogan "He kept us out of war." He did not keep that promise, though, as America entered the war in 1917, during the first year of his second t...

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks   —  OpenAI's chief operating officer is shifting into a new role and two other top executives are going on leave due to health reasons …

FIRST ON FOX: Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is calling on Trump administration officials and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) leadership to testify before a commission he created targeting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations conducted in the state.  Pritzker sent a letter to White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, border czar Tom Homan , former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem , acting ICE director Todd Lyons, former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, and Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott among others.  "I established the Illinois Accountability Commission to preserve the truth and document how Donald Trump and his accomplices violated the rights of Illinoisans and terrorized our communities during Operation Midway Blitz," Pritzker told Fox News Digital in a statement. "These officials should answer directly to the people of Illinois for the chaos and violence they unleashed,...

Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal : Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers   —  AI models from the tech giants constantly need new training data.  This $10 billion startup is on the hunt for fresh resources.