NEWSNATIONNOW (Jeff Arnold) - Judge denies El Chapo's written pleas for new trial, return to Mexico
Joaquín Guzmán is serving a life sentence plus 30 years after being convicted of drug trafficking and conspiracy in 2019
ABCNEWS - Americans have favorable view of pope, negative reaction to Trump's Jesus post: Poll
What Americans think about Pope Leo ahead of Rubio's Vatican trip.
ABCNEWS - 3 evacuated off cruise ship with suspected hantavirus cluster, WHO says
Swiss authorities also confirmed a case in a passenger who had left the ship.
AXIOS (Mike Allen) - Axios interview: Scale AI CEO Jason Droege pushes "reliablity" reality
Scale AI CEO Jason Droege tells Axios that AI is often too unreliable for mission-critical use by business, military and government. - "The cost of mistakes in these environments can be high," Droege, 47, said in an interview from San Francisco, where Scale — which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week — is based. Why it matters: Droege — who succeeded founder Alexandr Wang last June when the wunderkind became Meta's first chief AI officer, and Meta took a 49% stake in Scale — wants to signal that it isn't merely a data annotation company, but has long been an AI infrastructure and deployment company. Droege unveiled his mantra for his 1,300+ employees in a memo, "The Reliability Race," being reported here for the first…
Scale AI CEO Jason Droege tells Axios that AI is often too unreliable for mission-critical use by business, military and government. - "The cost of mistakes in these environments can be high," Droege, 47, said in an interview from San Francisco, where Scale — which celebrated its 10th anniversary this week — is based. Why it matters: Droege — who succeeded founder Alexandr Wang last June when the wunderkind became Meta's first chief AI officer, and Meta took a 49% stake in Scale — wants to signal that it isn't merely a data annotation company, but has long been an AI infrastructure and deployment company. Droege unveiled his mantra for his 1,300+ employees in a memo, "The Reliability Race," being reported here for the first…Open
NYTIMES (Hilary Howard and Olivia Bensimon) - Pollution Worsened in South Bronx After Congestion Tolls, Study Finds
Columbia University researchers said that sensors detected a 2 percent increase in toxic particles in the air. M.T.A. officials disputed the report.
NYTIMES (Santul Nerkar) - Trial Begins for Man Accused of Running Secret Police Outpost for China
Lu Jianwang, a U.S. citizen, is accused of working on behalf of the Chinese government to target dissidents. A co-defendant has pleaded guilty.
NYTIMES (Jonathan Wolfe) - Guy Goma’s Accidental BBC Interview Lives On After 20 Years
Guy Goma thought he was interviewing for an I.T. job when he found himself on air on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work.
NYTIMES (Farah Stockman) - American Factories Lag in Adopting A.I. This Drugmaker Is an Exception.
A Bristol Myers Squibb plant that makes cancer drugs was the only manufacturer in the U.S. recognized for innovation by the World Economic Forum this year.
NYTIMES (Lara Jakes and Andrada Lautaru) - In Romania, Living With Weapons of War Spilling Into NATO Territory
Four years of battle in Ukraine is taking a toll on neighboring Romanians. Even if the war has not crossed the border, drones have done so.
NYTIMES (Tariq Panja, Emma Bubola, Lucía Cholakian Herrera and Sarah Pabst) - World Cup Dynamic Ticket Pricing Drives Argentine Soccer Fans To Extremes
Dynamic ticket pricing has made this year’s tournament the most expensive in history, pushing Argentine fans to extremes.