Google engineer quits his “amazing” job over AI, and says the doomers have it wrong: I am not convinced the chance of ASI doom is…

Robert O’Callahan, a Google DeepMind engineer based in Auckland, has resigned over how fast artificial intelligence is advancing. In a resignation email shared on his blog this week, he wrote that AI progress is “far too rapid”. His team’s goal of making AI “much cheaper and lower-latency”, he added, was not good for people right…

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Russia targets Ukraine’s digital nerve centres as war reaches data infrastructure

Four people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a business centre in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said Russia is expanding its strikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure to include data centres and telecommunications facilities, disrupting internet services for around 100,000 households in Kyiv and the surrounding region.According to the BBC, citing Ukrainian officials, Russian strikes…

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Her employer deducted Rs 3.91 lakh TDS but failed to deposit it; Mumbai IT professional got just Rs 79,030 credit and faced Rs 3.36 lakh demand, ITAT gives relief

As the deducted amount was not deposited, the complete TDS credit did not appear in her Form 26AS. (Image for representative purpose only) Your employer cuts Tax Deducted At source or TDS from your salary, but doesn’t deposit it. You get a tax demand notice. What do you do?A Mumbai-based IT professional faced this very…

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A Chicago couple began protecting their Illinois woodland in the 1980s rather than develop it; decades later, all 126 acres have been bought for a new public preserve carrying their family name

Representative image from Canva In the 1980s, Dr. Shin Theke Kang and his wife, Tae Sue Kang, made a long-term decision to protect a piece of land in southwestern Will County, Illinois, rather than develop it. Over the decades, the Chicago couple restored former agricultural areas, planted thousands of trees and cared for the woodland…

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Pakistan govt puts Islamabad on lockdown as Imran Khan’s party pushes ahead with march

Islamabad locked down as PTI prepares for Imran Khan march Leaders of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have vowed to press ahead with nationwide demonstrations demanding his release, as authorities tightened security in Islamabad ahead of the planned march.More than 1,000 shipping containers, many reinforced with spikes, have been placed…

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