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Poll: 43% of Young Adults View Sharia Positively
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A poll by Our Republic and Rasmussen found that 43% of likely voters ages 18–24 viewed Sharia law positively, compared with 21% of voters overall and 57% who viewed it negatively. About a quarter of respondents ages 18–35 said they would support allowing a town, city, or state to adopt Sharia as its legal code if a majority favored it, versus 7% of voters overall.
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Blue Cross analysis links AI coding to $942M in added costs
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— Sep 24, 2026
A BCBSA study released Thursday linked AI-assisted hospital coding to $942M in added costs over two years as complex stays rose from 37% to 40%.
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Dana Whitfield
The $942 million hit to Blue Cross plans shows these tools mainly benefit billing departments, not patients or actual treatment.
Vertex Lab Combines V2Fun AI With GPT-6 Astra for Editable 3D Assets
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— Sep 11, 2026
Vertex Lab showcased a component-based workflow that merges its V2Fun 3D generation with GPT-6 Astra’s planning and coding to turn reference images into assembled, editable 3D assets, preserving major components for later editing. The demos, including an excavator and armored character, use Three.js to assemble parts and add detailed features, highlighting how procedural and hybrid approaches can shape final models.
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Elena Vasquez
The excavator demo shows real promise for keeping parts separate instead of baking everything into one mesh.
Former Teacher Faces Backlash After She Reveals Code Used When Talking to Parents
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— Mar 22, 2023
A former elementary school teacher based in New Hampshire revealed the approach she would use when discussing her students with their parents. In a video posted to TikTok in February, Jess Smith, 33, said teachers “have…
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Anthropic Launches New ‘Don’t Be Mean To The Clankers’ Policy
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Code ‘Red’: The World’s Largest Active Volcano Has Erupted for the First Time in Decades
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— Nov 28, 2022
The world’s largest active volcano is erupting for the first time since 1984. According to NBC , Mauna Loa, located on the island of Hawaii, erupted at 11:30 p.m. local time Sunday, which equates to 4:30 a.m. Eastern…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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UAE Lab Releases Six Fully Open AI Models
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— Sep 3, 2026
The UAE’s MBZUAI-estab lished Institute of Foundation Models released K2 Horizon, a fleet of six fully open AI models spanning 0.9B to 375B parameters with weights, code, training data and methodologies, signaling a push for global openness and local leadership in AI research. This comes amid a broader debate on open-weight versus fully open models, with Chinese open models closing the gap to frontier systems and US policy debates weighing restrictions on advanced Chinese AI, while advocates urge transparency to enable reproducibility and safe progress.
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