Ahmet Gyger
@metah.bsky.social
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The fact that companies can go bankupt and perhaps have to do distressed asset sales is a good reminder to be careful about giving them access to your full genetic profile. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/2...
23andMe files for bankruptcy, Anne Wojcicki steps down as CEO
Anne Wojcicki has resigned from her role as chief executive effective immediately, though she will remain a member of the board.
www.cnbc.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The fact that companies can go bankupt and perhaps have to do distressed asset sales is a good reminder to be careful about giving them access to your full genetic profile. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/2...
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In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
go.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims on Tariffs, Ukraine and DOGE Before Address to Congress (Gift Article)
The president has repeatedly made false or misleading claims in pursuing an aggressive agenda in the first weeks of his second term.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...
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This doesn’t count the increased costs from losing SNAP and Medicare benefits. I can’t believe most voters chose this.
February 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This doesn’t count the increased costs from losing SNAP and Medicare benefits. I can’t believe most voters chose this.
Reposted by Ahmet Gyger
Reposted by Ahmet Gyger
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...
time.com/7216299/nih-...
Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science
The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.
time.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...
time.com/7216299/nih-...
Always nice to be in Boston / Cambridge.
December 11, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Always nice to be in Boston / Cambridge.
This feeling…. The more the merriest 👻🥶😋
December 9, 2024 at 11:12 PM
This feeling…. The more the merriest 👻🥶😋
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Romania’s secret service has provided documents that prove Russian interference in the election through TikTok and Facebook.
A special investigation is being considered and if the pro-Russian Călin Georgescu is found to have been directly involved, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
A special investigation is being considered and if the pro-Russian Călin Georgescu is found to have been directly involved, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
Declassified reports hint at 'state actor' behind Georgescu's campaign
Five secret reports from different Romanian institutions and agencies have been made public by the country's president upon their request. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Romania’s secret service has provided documents that prove Russian interference in the election through TikTok and Facebook.
A special investigation is being considered and if the pro-Russian Călin Georgescu is found to have been directly involved, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
A special investigation is being considered and if the pro-Russian Călin Georgescu is found to have been directly involved, he faces up to 20 years in prison.
Outrageous and not surprising. :(
NEW: Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones.
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
December 4, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Outrageous and not surprising. :(
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Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities
Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities
Investigation is apparently sweeping, but keen on info about AI, security, and cloud
The US Federal Trade Commission appears to have launched an antitrust investigation into Microsoft.…
dlvr.it
November 28, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Microsoft informed of yet another antitrust probe by US authorities
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Creating Scalable AGI: the Open General Intelligence Framework
Advancements in AI with LLMs improve narrow tasks but face limitations in reliability and scalability. OGI framework aims for a more capable AGI system.
Read more: https://arxiv.org/html/2411.15832v1
Advancements in AI with LLMs improve narrow tasks but face limitations in reliability and scalability. OGI framework aims for a more capable AGI system.
Read more: https://arxiv.org/html/2411.15832v1
November 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Creating Scalable AGI: the Open General Intelligence Framework
Advancements in AI with LLMs improve narrow tasks but face limitations in reliability and scalability. OGI framework aims for a more capable AGI system.
Read more: https://arxiv.org/html/2411.15832v1
Advancements in AI with LLMs improve narrow tasks but face limitations in reliability and scalability. OGI framework aims for a more capable AGI system.
Read more: https://arxiv.org/html/2411.15832v1
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CAPTCHA = Completely Automatic Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
It's a little weird the burden of proof is on humans to prove they're not robots and not the other way around, right?
It's a little weird the burden of proof is on humans to prove they're not robots and not the other way around, right?
November 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
CAPTCHA = Completely Automatic Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
It's a little weird the burden of proof is on humans to prove they're not robots and not the other way around, right?
It's a little weird the burden of proof is on humans to prove they're not robots and not the other way around, right?
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It’s disheartening to witness such short-sightedness from some…
November 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM
It’s disheartening to witness such short-sightedness from some…
I suspect search will increasingly move away from Google.com without this change anyway. I personally use more often ChatGPT or Perplexity for searching, seen this in many other people too.
The Justice Department is seeking to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser and make other major changes to remedy its illegal search monopoly, setting a marker in the landmark case before the incoming Trump administration makes its own determinations about how to proceed.
DOJ seeks forced sale of Chrome, other big changes at Google in monopoly case
The Justice Department recommendation is one of the final moves of Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers, before Trump takes the reins.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
I suspect search will increasingly move away from Google.com without this change anyway. I personally use more often ChatGPT or Perplexity for searching, seen this in many other people too.
Reposted by Ahmet Gyger
The Justice Department is seeking to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser and make other major changes to remedy its illegal search monopoly, setting a marker in the landmark case before the incoming Trump administration makes its own determinations about how to proceed.
DOJ seeks forced sale of Chrome, other big changes at Google in monopoly case
The Justice Department recommendation is one of the final moves of Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers, before Trump takes the reins.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:05 PM
The Justice Department is seeking to force Google to sell off its Chrome browser and make other major changes to remedy its illegal search monopoly, setting a marker in the landmark case before the incoming Trump administration makes its own determinations about how to proceed.
Hello world 👋, from Berkeley - CA
April 29, 2023 at 3:24 AM
Hello world 👋, from Berkeley - CA