American actor Paul Wesley is best known as Stefan Salvatore from the supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries. The drama was an adaptation of a book series of the same name, written by L. J. Smith, and aired on The CW from 2007 to 2019. Paul Wesley as Stefan in “The Vampire Diaries.” | The CW Paul Wesley sometimes […]
OpenAI’s VP of global affairs claims o1 is ‘virtually perfect’ at correcting bias, but the data doesn’t quite back that up
Departures might be dominating the week’s OpenAI-related headlines. But comments on AI bias from Anna Makanju, the company’s VP of global affairs, also grabbed our attention. Makanju, speaking on a panel at the UN’s Summit of the Future event on Tuesday, suggested that emerging “reasoning” models such as OpenAI’s o1 have the potential to make […]
11 Photos Showing Off NCT Haechan’s “Honey-Tan” Proving He Doesn’t Need To Conform To Toxic Beauty Standards
NCT‘s Haechan rewrites a new standard of beauty in the world of K-Pop. In Korean culture and in many parts of the world, idols deal with the toxic beauty standard of possessing fair skin, often leaving those with varying skin tones subject to colorist comments. When a top idol like Haechan confidently declares the beauty of his […]
X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
X, formerly Twitter, could be bringing back a downvote feature for posts — something it had previously tested back in 2021, ahead of Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social network. At the time of the original experiment, Twitter had tested both upvoting and downvoting buttons, similar to how users can vote on the social forums […]
DC’s political class doesn’t know Y Combinator exists, but it’s trying to change that
Washington, D.C., may be the hub for legislation and regulation that affects startups, but many people in the city don’t know anything about one of the more prominent accelerators fueling the industry: Y Combinator. Speaking at a TechCrunch Strictly VC event on Tuesday evening, YC Head of Public Policy Luther Lowe said the startup incubator […]