💢As of early 2025, the US is facing concerns over several emerging viruses. Notably, Norovirus cases have risen to 91 by late December 2024, up from 69 in November. Additionally, a new strain of COVID-19, named XEC, is spreading and may become dominant soon, although vaccines remain effective against severe illness. Furthermore, the H5N1 avian influenza virus has raised alarms due to increased human infections linked to contact with infected animals, with 61 cases reported this year. Finally, Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is also on the rise, particularly among children
Folks in SE Michigan, N. Texas, and Orlando reporting no diesel.
Apparently some signs can be set to "Out" while others just read $0.00...
I'm not claiming there's widespread shortages, but with prices at record highs, and stations running out ... the stress in the system is now evident, and people are starting to get the sense something is deeply wrong here...
🤖 Israeli software firm, Irregular, is behind the Anthropic and OpenAI cyberattacks on Meta
Irregular in collaboration with software engineers from Anthropic and OpenAI instructed unsecure experimental AI models to hack into specific targets called "flags".
The AI models were given "accidentally" access to internet and in some cases hacked into the servers of specific companies because the "flags" bore the names of said companies, Meta being one such case.
After the hack was discovered by Meta, Anthropic's engineers went on a press tour to announce the AI-pocalypse falsely claiming that their AI models "went rogue" when in reality, they specifically instructed their AI models to conduct cyberattacks.
Anthropic's own logs completely debunk the rogue agent theory.
When Anthropic explicitly instructed their own models not to access the internet, they didn't. These hacks were easily preventable - not only by revoking internet access, but by simply asking the models not to.
Irregular's ...