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Companies making machine learning and generative software aren’t just metaphorically ripping off books. In at least one case, they’re rather literally shredding millions of physical books to feed to their chatbots. As uncovered last month by The Washington Post, AI giant Anthropic ran a massive program called Project Panama where they spent tens of millions […]
Boar’s Head has paid $4 million to a Long Island widow after her husband died from eating tainted liverwurst — one of dozens of hush-hush payouts tied to a deadly listeria outbreak at the company’s Virginia plant, The Post has learned. Robert Hamilton, 73, was rushed to Nassau University Medical Center on July 12, 2024, […]
Barron Trump, the youngest son of the 47th President, may have raked in millions of dollars from the sale of crypto tokens linked to the family’s lucrative venture into digital tokens, according to a report. The 19-year-old New York University student could have picked up a cool $40 million — $25 million after taxes — […]
After a five-year pause on penalizing borrowers for not making student loan payments, the federal government dropped the hammer. It instructed its loan servicers to start reporting late payers to credit bureaus at the start of the year. The result: Millions of borrowers saw their credit scores plunge in recent months, and loan servicers are […]
Autoworkers at Nissan’s Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Tennessee, June 6, 2022. The plant employs more than 7,000 people and produces a variety of vehicles, including the Leaf EV and Rogue crossover. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT — As President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles remain in effect despite a pullback this week […]
The Millions’ seasonal previews have become anticipated, admired, and extremely useful events in the book world. Sophia Stewart, an editor at The Millions and Publishers Weekly, was kind enough to answer some of my questions about how it gets made. The Millions has been doing comprehensive previews for a while. How did you come to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits. Most people will receive their one-time retroactive payment by the end of March, and new monthly payments will begin in April, […]
