Artificial intelligence is here to stay, though what is meant by the term is often confusing. Most of what we consider to be AI is still very much based on algorithms, not large language models like ChatGPT.
These algorithms determine what content is pushed to us and have recently come under scrutiny for boosting harmful content. “Because the algorithms are secret — the sanitized term is ‘proprietary’ — they remain behind the curtain until the occasional reveal of their utter inhumanity,” Valerie Hudson writes.
What the University of Utah president learned from touring the Paris athletes village
PARIS — University of Utah President Taylor Randall said he was struck by the size of the athlete housing built for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
“It’s a massive village. It’s a ways out of Paris,” Randall said after a daylong tour of the new apartments sprawling across three suburbs outside Paris that will house nearly 15,000 athletes and coaches during the Olympics and Paralympic that follow for athletes with disabilities.
Randall, part of the Utah delegation that traveled to the French capital for the International Olympic Committee’s July 24 decision awarding the 2034 Winter Games to the state, wanted to see the Paris athletes village firsthand since in a decade it will be the University of Utah’s turn to house Olympic competitors.
Reno, Nevada — JD Vance preached Donald Trump’s America First vision in Nevada on Tuesday to thousands of MAGA faithful, who said they see the Republican vice presidential candidate as the torchbearer for a transformed Republican Party.
At the rally, Vance promoted the mass deportation of migrants and said he would support policies to combat globalization, putting the needs of American workers ahead of the desires of the nation’s elites.
After coming under attack by Democrats for statements he made several years ago, Vance is trying to regain his footing and to win the favor of not just Trump’s biggest fans, but Americans in swing states across the country. The voters who attended Vance’s rally Tuesday seemed ready to embrace the relatively young senator from Ohio.
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Utah
Colby Jenkins files petition with Utah Supreme Court to challenge primary election (Deseret News)
Venezuelans in Utah gathered as election results came in, hoping for change (Deseret News)
BYU professor says AI can shave years and millions off nuclear power development process (KSL)
Here’s how Salt Lake County’s $36.7M zoo, arts and parks tax keeps these programs alive (KSL)
The Nation
See photos of the Northern California Park Fire (Deseret News)
Acting Secret Service director says he’s ‘ashamed’ about Trump assassination attempt, avoids Sen. Lee’s questions (Deseret News)
The World
Israel targets Hezbollah commander in Southern Beirut after 12 Israeli children killed (Deseret News)
Multiple meteor showers illuminate the night sky this week (Deseret News)
Olympics
U.S. women’s rugby makes Olympic history as Utahn Alex Sedrick delivers a ‘life-changing moment’ in bronze-medal win (Deseret News)
Utahn Taylor Booth and U.S. men’s soccer clinch historic Olympic berth (Deseret News)
Jimmer Fredette, Team USA lose Olympic debut to Serbia (Deseret News)
USA gymnastics runs away with team gold (Deseret News)
Sports
‘Consistency is the key’: What to keep an eye on as BYU opens camp ahead of second year in the Big 12 (Deseret News)
What Olivia Moultrie said about playing her first game in Utah — and scoring a goal (Deseret News)
How will Kyle Whittingham keep Cam Rising ‘upright’ this year? (Deseret News)
Super senior Darius Lassiter determined to make the most of his last chance at college stardom (Deseret News)
Faith
What a young Olympic skateboarder can teach us about joy, sports and faith (Deseret News)
Season 5 of ‘The Chosen’ will have ‘a lot of mic-drop moments’ (Deseret News)
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