Nigel Farage insists there is no link between £5m gift and purchase of £1.4m home
The Reform leader had previously claimed the payment was made for security purposes
King Charles cheered by crowds in Golders Green as he meets victims of stabbings in show of support for Britain's Jewish community
The King has shown his personal support for the UK's Jewish community as he met this morning with the two victims of last month's terror attacks in Golders Green, North London.
Person injured after motorcycle crash shut part of busy Essex route
A person was injured following a motorcycle crash which caused major disruption on a key Chelmsford route.
Person injured after motorcycle crash shut part of busy Essex route
A person was injured following a motorcycle crash which caused major disruption on a key Chelmsford route.
Princeton Will Supervise Exams For First Time In 133 Years Because of AI
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Princeton University will soon require exams to be supervised for the first time in 100 years -- all thanks to students using artificial intelligence to cheat. For 133 years, the Ivy League school's honor code allowed students to take exams without a professor present, but on Monday, faculty voted to require proctoring for all in-person exams starting this summer. A "significant" number of undergraduate students and faculty requested the change, "given their perception that cheating on in-class exams has become widespread," the college's dean, Michael Gordin, wrote in a letter, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Princeton's honor system dates back to 1893, when students petitioned to eliminate proctors -- or an impartial person to supervise students -- during examinations, according to the school's newspaper, The Daily Princetonian. The honor code has long been a point of pride for Princeton. However, artificial intelligence and cellphones have made it easier for students to cheat -- and even harder for others to spot, Gordin wrote. Despite the changes to the policy, Princeton will still require students to state: "I pledge my honor that I have not violated the Honor Code during this examination," according to the Journal.
Students are also more reluctant to report cheating, according to the policy proposal. Students are more likely now to anonymously report cheating due to fears of "doxxing or shaming among their peer groups" online, the proposal says, according to the school newspaper. Under the new guidelines, instructors will be present during exams to act "as a witness to what happens," but are instructed not to interfere with students. If a suspected honor code infraction occurs, they will report it to a student-run honor committee for adjudication.
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Gwyneth Paltrow raves about 'dream girl' Apple Martin on her 22nd birthday after Goop layoffs
'Happy Birthday to my ultimate dream girl @applemartin You are the funniest, goofiest, most big hearted, knockout in the, I love you so so so much ❤️mama,' wrote the star.
Britney Spears seen 'barking and carrying knife' during chaotic restaurant visit
Britney Spears reportedly caused a stir during a night out at a Los Angeles restaurant on Wednesday, just days after leaving rehab and resolving a recent DUI case.
It's official: Spying Southampton face being THROWN OUT of play-offs as EFL confirm £200m Wembley final may have to move date with hearing set for just four days before
CRAIG HOPE: As revealed by Daily Mail Sport last Thursday, a Southampton first-team analyst was caught allegedly filming Boro's training from behind a tree ahead of the first leg.
Wealthy Hawaii tourist accused of hurling rock at protected seal then claiming he is rich enough to pay fine faces a year in PRISON after being arrested by feds
Shameless Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk, 38, of Covington, could spend a year in prison and be fined up to $70,000 for throwing a 'coconut-sized' rock at a protected Hawaiian seal monk.
Essex woman 'didn't think she would survive' horrendous abuse from ex-partner
She has waived her anonymity to speak out on what happened
US Clears H200 Chip Sales To 10 China Firms
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CNBC: The U.S. has cleared around 10 Chinese firms to buy Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chip, the H200, but not a single delivery has been made so far, three people familiar with the matter said, leaving a major technology deal in limbo as CEO Jensen Huang seeks a breakthrough in China this week. [...] Before U.S. export curbs tightened, Nvidia commanded about 95% of China's advanced chip market. China once accounted for 13% of its revenue, and Huang has previously estimated the country's AI market alone would be worth $50 billion this year.
The U.S. Commerce Department has approved around 10 Chinese companies including Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance and JD.com to purchase Nvidia's H200 chips, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. A handful of distributors including Lenovo and Foxconn have also been approved, they said. Buyers are permitted to purchase either directly from Nvidia or through those intermediaries and each approved customer can purchase up to 75,000 chips under the U.S. licensing terms, two of them said.
Despite U.S. approval, deals have stalled, as Chinese firms pulled back after guidance from Beijing, one source said. The shift in China was partly triggered by changes on the U.S. side, though exactly what changed remains unclear, the person added. In Beijing, pressure is mounting to block or tightly vet the orders, a separate fourth source said. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick echoed that view, telling a Senate hearing last month that "the Chinese central government has not let them, as of yet, buy the chips, because they're trying to keep their investment focused on their own domestic industry."
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British mother pleads for help after 'abusive' Turkish ex 'kidnaps their toddler son' in Cyprus
A distraught British mother has appealed for help after her 'abusive' ex partner allegedly kidnapped their two-year-old son in Cyprus.
'Crash' on one of city's busiest junctions causes delays
A crash on a busy junctions has led to disruption for motorists this evening in Chelmsford
'Crash' on one of city's busiest junctions causes delays
A crash on a busy junctions has led to disruption for motorists this evening in Chelmsford
Grad-to-be turns graduation cap into Rust-powered light show
Eric Park tells us he doesn't plan to wear his modified cap to commencement, but his code's available for anyone with no such qualms and an upcoming ceremony
Britain's 'fundamental problem' and why whoever wins Labour's tawdry civil war will be incapable of fixing it: JAMES TAPSFIELD warns the Daily Mail's Deep Dive podcast
The parliamentary Labour Party is simply unable to do the 'difficult things' needed to tackle Britain's existential problems, James Tapsfield told Deep Dive.
'Just like Thatcher': Kemi Badenoch gets endorsement from US star Nicki Minaj after Commons tour de force
Nicki Minaj, whose hits include Anaconda, compared the Tory leader to Thatcher and predicted there would be films made about her in the future.
Modern Family star Ariel Winter splits from boyfriend of six years after they ditched LA for a quieter life
They have been living together for several years and share several dogs that they featured on Instagram.
From The Hills villain to leading LA mayoral contender: How former reality TV star Spencer Pratt is taking over the blue city's voters
From The Hills villain to LA mayoral contender: How Spencer Pratt is inching closer to victory in Los Angeles mayoral elections
Anthropic Forms $200 Million Partnership With the Gates Foundation
Anthropic announced today that it is partnering with the Gates Foundation to "commit $200 million in grant funding, Claude usage credits, and technical support for programs in global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility over the next four years."
"This commitment is central to Anthropic's efforts to extend the benefits of AI in areas where markets alone will not," the company says. Reuters reports: One area of focus is language accessibility. AI systems have performed poorly in writing and translating dozens of African languages, so Anthropic and the foundation want to support better data collection and labeling that would be released publicly to help improve models across the industry, said Janet Zhou, a Gates Foundation director.
Another area under consideration is releasing so-called knowledge graphs that could help AI systems better meet the needs of teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and India, Zhou said. The public-goods focus has come from "the needs of different partners and governments, including some of the fears that they may have around proprietary lock-in and sovereignty," Zhou said.
One initiative will equip research centers to use Claude to predict drug candidates for treating HPV and preeclampsia, diseases that have been less commercially attractive for pharmaceutical companies to research, Zhou and Anthropic's Elizabeth Kelly said. Anthropic [...] is embracing the work to fulfill what Kelly described as its founding mission to benefit humanity. "This announcement is really core to who we are as a company," said Kelly, who leads Anthropic's beneficial deployments team.
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