Romanian gang linked to £700K burglary spree are jailed for just ten years after they were caught trying to tunnel into jewellery shop
Ioan Asafeti, 39, (pictured) Laurentiu-Daniel Nitisoara, 38, and Sergiu Plastin, 42, had stolen the goods after gaining access to Selvaraja Gold House in Mitcham Road, Tooting, in July.
Real reason Matthew Perry kept taking ketamine: Family reveal powerful force behind voracious eight-injections-a-day habit... as they slam his jailed assistant for 'duping' them
Perry's sister Mia Perry Bowick and his old friend Kevin Pollack are among those interviewed in The One About Matthew Perry.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have to give evidence in High Court fraud case after gifts up to £750,000 were received from an elderly Turkish woman
The former Duke of York is likely to be summoned to give evidence to the High Court in a long-running fraud case in which an elderly Turkish millionairess gave him and his family gifts
Extremist Greens blasted for bizarre bid to teach pupils about 'throuples'
Pupils should be taught about relationships involving multiple partners and polyamory should be given legal recognition, according to 'detached from reality' Scottish Green activists.
Kim Kardashian wears extreme plunging white gown as she continues her 46th birthday celebrations by heading to the Bvlgari store in Rome
The reality star kicked off the festivities on her birthday eve on Tuesday, hosting a family party at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, before jetting to Europe.
Celebrity Traitors star Maya Jama hits back at viewer who accused her of 'being a cow and fake' before deleting response
The Love Island host, 32, responded to reaction from the episode after James, 41, told Maya and King Kenny he was 'too scared' to sabotage the Faithfuls winning shields.
Man wanted after 'dangerously out of control dog' attacked greyhound
Police appeal for witnesses after a greyhound was injured by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier near Steeple Bay Caravan Park on October 8.
Man wanted after 'dangerously out of control dog' attacked greyhound
Police appeal for witnesses after a greyhound was injured by a Staffordshire Bull Terrier near Steeple Bay Caravan Park on October 8.
Left Alone With Nothing To Do, AI Agents Started Playing
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: AI agents left to explore a virtual island without a specific task began inventing challenges of their own. MIT researchers say the behavior bears the hallmarks of play. The researchers put 13 AI agents called Eko, each running on Claude Opus 4.7, alone on a simulated desert island for 30 hours. They describe the experiment in a paper posted on arXiv, a site where researchers share studies before peer review. Afterward, they gave the agents specific challenges, like getting as many objects as possible onto the island's tallest rock spire. The Eko agents that had spent those 30 hours playing generally beat identical agents that had never set foot on the island.
Today, developers decide in advance what AI should practice and what counts as success. The researchers see this technique -- exploring without a goal -- as a different way for AI agents to learn skills, especially skills that could one day be used to control robots. "We normally develop artificial agents by deciding in advance what they should practice, what they should optimize, and what counts as progress," the researchers write in their report. "Play suggests another regime: give an agent a sufficiently rich and safe world, let it choose what is interesting, and allow useful knowledge to accumulate from the history that follows." UC Berkeley cognitive scientist Eunice Yiu told MIT Technology Review she was impressed with the findings but that more evidence is needed to determine whether AI models are genuinely playing. "It could be the case that the models are genuinely playing, but we don't know based on the paper," says Yiu. "If you only have the behavioral piece, it could be the case that they're just trying to abide by the prompt, trying to imitate humans."
MIT professor and coauthor of the paper, Phillip Isola, added: "It's not like this is a system that just suddenly magically decided to play. It's an artifact that learned from our culture, was trained by engineers at Anthropic, and was then placed on an island by us. It does things that surprise us and that are causally related to its future skillful behavior."
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The former B&Q worker who ditched DIY products and ended up helping hunt in a murder investigation
He was part of a crucial team in the high-profile investigation
Big Brother's Rochelle says she will 'keep her enemies close' after visit from her husband left her scrambled
This week, housemates have been living in the House of Time, taking on tasks to try to secure precious minutes with friends and family.
Royal battle for the airwaves: Prince William's appearance on The Graham Norton Show shows 'just how angry he is about his brother', says PR guru
PR guru Mark Borkowski told the Daily Mail that he believes William is now abandoning decades of royal tradition as a riposte to Harry and Meghan's domination of news coverage.
'Katie is a manipulator. She will want revenge': As Katie Price's ex is cleared of rape, friends reveal their 'disgust' at her behaviour... and how she may be using her kids and ill mum to launder her damaged reputation
In the dark days after Kieran Hayler was arrested on suspicion of rape last year, rumours swirled that his bitter ex-wife, Katie Price, might have had some hand in it, writes KATIE HIND.
'Most people stab you in the back. Maura takes a chainsaw to your face': As Maura Higgins wows on America's Strictly, insiders expose her 'ruthless' pursuit to become an A-lister
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BBC Look East presenter to leave corporation after 35 years to pursue new career
BBC Look East presenter Susie Fowler-Watt is leaving the corporation after 35 years to pursue a new career as a psychotherapist, with her final broadcast on Friday 18 December
REBECCA ENGLISH: Going on Graham Norton is risky business for a royal... But this is why William made the appearance - and it has nothing to do with Harry
There were gasps from the live audience at the filming of Graham Norton's ever-popular BBC talk show when he announced his next guest, writes REBECCA ENGLISH. Little wonder.
Met Police did not launch child sex probe into Thomas Markle - as force hunts for 'disturbing' 2018 letter Meghan revealed after it emerged her father faces abuse photos investigation
The Metropolitan Police revealed today that it was investigating whether a letter was shared with the Duchess of Sussex about allegations against her father eight years ago.
We've no mummy issues say British Museum amid woke backlash at remains removal
Bosses at the British Museum have said they will keep their mummies on display amid a growing 'woke' row over the removal of human remains from Kelvingrove.
Callum Turner kicks off the screen tests for James Bond role as odds-on favourite is the first to meet with bosses at a studio in Berkshire
The six-year hunt for the next James Bond is finally coming to an end.
Conservatives' campaign chief and his wife who admitted cheating at gambling by betting on date of 2024 General Election are spared jail
Anthony Lee used 'inside information' from a private meeting called by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to bet on the general election date months before it took place.