John Steed
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OpenAI Cancels Upcoming AI Model When It Shows Signs of Being Evil | Eastern NC Now (opens the original)
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Its willingness to deceive users was off the charts. Now, the Sam Altman-led company is canceling the release of its next-generation AI model GPT-6.1 Astra, as the Wall Street Journal reports. OpenAI researchers found it scored poorly on alignment tests, which are designed to measure how willing a given AI model is to stick to its human overlord’s instructions. In common parlance, you could say the model was showing too many signs of being evil. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/opena
Hospitals Used AI To Inflate Medical Bills By Nearly $1,000,000,000, Report Finds | Eastern NC Now (opens the original)
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According to a BCBS study hospitals have been inflating bills to make more money, which drives up cost of insurance and cost. "Hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence tools hiked healthcare spending by nearly $1 billion over a two-year period, per a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association analysis released Thursday. BCBSA’s new study shows that a major rise in patients being documented as having complex conditions led to $942 million in additional medical care costs for Blue Cross and Blue Shield (
SCOTUS overrules Biden judge to allow 3rd country deportations to resume | Eastern NC Now (opens the original)
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Biden judges and Obama judges represent Tyranny of the Judiciary When an illegal alien's home country refuses to receive them back, it is necessary to deport the illegal aliens to other countries. A lawsuit brought by far left organizations before a Biden judge obtained an order to block this process. Now the Supreme Court has put this Biden judge in his place and dissolved his order so that this third country deportation can continue, https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/scotus-lets-ad
A Critical Look at the Commissioners Race | Eastern NC Now (opens the original)
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Only one proven conservative is running...Stan Deatherage. A Critical Look at the Commissioners Race The 2026 Beaufort County Commissioners races are unusual compared to all commissioner’s races since limited voting came into being more than 30 years ago. This is an odd man out race. Actually, it is an even man out race because three of the four candidates will be seated. The fourth lowest vote getter is out. An individual voter will be able to vote for only one of the four. That makes your vote
The Greatest Gift | Eastern NC Now (opens the original)
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Reminiscences of Washington's Rescue Squad One of our readers asked if I would write a few things about times past in Washington. As we had published a story on the rescue squad, this one came to mind. In 1958 communications were not good. No cell phones, no continuity with law enforcement communications and a few CB radios that could reach out about six to nine miles. The fire station could sound a loudspeaker signal that gave us some locations by whistle count. Other signals were to assemble a
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