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Image Credit: Courtesy of ABC/20/20 Vili Fualaau, 40, and the late Mary Kay Letourneau were at the center of the tabloids in the late 1990s and early 2000s for their “illegal relationship.” Now, their story has been resurfaced in Netflix’s film, May December, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. In the film, Natalie plays the role of Elizabeth Berry, an actress researching a woman named Grace and her relationship with a man named Joe. The plot of the film is based on Mary and Vili, and how Mary sexually abused Vili when he was 12 years old. The duo was married in 2005. However, they…

The problem of alignment is an important one when you’re setting AI models up to make decisions in matters of finance and health. But how can you reduce biases if they’re baked into a model from biases in its training data? Anthropic suggests asking it nicely to please, please not discriminate or someone will sue us. Yes, really. In a self-published paper, Anthropic researchers led by Alex Tamkin looked into how a language model (in this case, the company’s own Claude 2.0) could be prevented from discriminating against protected categories like race and gender in situations like job and loan…

The everywoman Entrepreneur Awards was held on 6th December 2023 at The Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square, where over 400 talented women and supporters of female entrepreneurs united to celebrate the achievements of these extraordinary women and their businesses. For over two decades, everywoman has been at the forefront of the drive to increase the number of female entrepreneurs, working with government, industry bodies and the corporate sector to accelerate the rate of progress and dismantle barriers that remain for women, particularly when it comes to accessing funding, growing, and scaling their businesses. Despite a record-breaking 150,000 women founding new…

The Met Police is investigating an explosion that saw a ULEZ camera blown up in Sidcup last night. The controversial emissions policy sees high-polluting cars hit with a £12.50 charge for crossing the boundary into greater London. Reports of an explosion began circulating early this morning and just after 5pm the Met Police confirmed a criminal investigation was taking place. “The incident is being treated as a deliberate act, which was caused by what appears to be a low-sophistication improvised explosive device (IED),” the Met said. Counter-terror officers are leading the investigation but the Met are not currently treating the…

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The sky looked like something from a sci-fi film in parts of Wales on Thursday, but there’s a pretty straightforward explanation why Source link

Between October 24 and November 2, Kent Police received reports of numerous burglaries in Tonbridge and Dartford. Property stolen included jewellery and cash. On Tuesday, December 5 Patrick Malone, of Old Maidstone Road in Sidcup, was charged with nine counts of burglary and one count of attempted burglary. The 21-year-old appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, December 6. He was remanded to a hearing at Maidstone Crown Court on Wednesday, January 3 2024. A Kent Police spokesperson said: “A suspect has been charged following a spate of break-ins at homes in west and north Kent. “Between 24 October and…

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao must stay in the United States until his February sentencing as he’s unlikely to return to the country if allowed to travel to the United Arab Emirates, a federal judge has ruled.On Dec. 7, Seattle District Court Judge Richard Jones ordered Zhao to stay in the U.S. until his Feb. 23, 2024 sentencing date. He faces up to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering on Nov. 21.“The defendant has enormous wealth and property abroad, and no ties to the United States,” Judge Jones wrote, and agreed with earlier arguments from federal…