Bye-bye bots: Altera’s game-playing AI agents get backing from Eric Schmidt | TechCrunch
Autonomous, AI-based players are coming to a gaming experience near you, and a new startup, Altera, is joining the fray to build this new guard of AI
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/bye-bye-bots-alteras-game-playing-ai-agents-get-backing-from-eric-schmidt/
Deadly Landslides in India Made Worse by Climate Change, Study Finds - The New York Times
Extreme rainfall made 10 percent heavier by human-caused climate change triggered landslides that killed hundreds, according to a new study.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/climate/landslides-climate-change.html
NFL Agent Sean Stellato Hopes His Viral Moment Was Just the Start - The New York Times
Sean Stellato rocketed to fame through a mix of outlandish clothes, an outsize personality and an embrace of the N.F.L.’s underdogs. He is sticking with what worked.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/style/sean-stellato-agent.html
Musk Tees Up Softball Questions for Trump on X, After Technical Problems - The New York Times
Elon Musk offered frequent praise as he proved a sympathetic partner to help amplify Donald J. Trump’s views on a social-media platform that once barred him for pushing his false election claims.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/us/politics/trump-musk-interview-x.html
Opinion | What Donald Trump Calling Kamala Harris a ‘Communist’ Shows - The New York Times
MAGA desperately turns to old-fashioned red-baiting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/opinion/harris-trump-communist.html
Harris Says Trump Will Repeal Obamacare. Trump Now Claims He’ll Make It ‘Better.’ - The New York Times
The popularity of the Affordable Care Act has changed the political strategy of Republicans, who are no longer campaigning to end the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/us/politics/harris-trump-obamacare-health-care.html
Opinion | ‘I Just Have Some Questions’: An Interview With Justice Gorsuch - The New York Times
The justice talks about everything from his indictment of the regulatory state to the rights of Native Americans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/04/opinion/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court.html
St. Lucia and Dominica Win First-Ever Olympic Medals - The New York Times
Gold medals in track and field brought St. Lucia and Dominica into an exclusive club of nations. But for 66 other countries and territories, the wait for an Olympic medal goes on, and on, and on.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/03/world/olympics/country-without-medals.html
