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- A.I. Safety Is So Back + Mythos Mayhem with Nikesh Arora + Hot Mess Express
After several years of dismissing A.I. safety as doomer fear-mongering, parts of the Trump administration now seem ready to support regulation. [TheTopNews] Read More.46 mins ago - Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi SummitThe standoff comes as Chinese firms increasingly turn to domestic chipmakers like Huawei, in a drive to reduce China’s dependence on Western technologies. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- U.S. and China Will Start Discussing A.I. Safety, Bessent SaysTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not say when these talks would happen. There are fears in the United States and China about the threats from A.I., but neither side is willing to slow down its development. [TheTopNews] Read More.7 hours ago
- Judge Banishes Notorious Kars4Kids Commercial From California Airwaves
Screenshot via YouTube. If you’ve ever heard the “Kars4Kids” television ad before, the mere sight of the screenshot above was probably enough to get the infernal jingle violently bludgeoning your brain, but relief may be in sight — at least for residents of California, and the case lays out a blueprint for annoyed residents of other states to follow. The “Kars4Kids” jingle has been around since the late 1990s, first used on radio commercials in New York City and then spreading to air in other markets like a national musical pandemic, ending up in TV ads starting in 2014 that featured children dressed in pink and black, awkwardly miming playing instruments and singing along. It’s been parodied countless times; in a 2014 Saturday Night Live sketch,Bobby Moynihan and Kyle Mooney portrayed CIA psychologists who have devised some truly diabolical torture methods — including proudly taking credit for the Kars4Kids song. A 2015 Vice article declared the jingle to be “universally loathed” and “as memorable as it is infuriating,” and noted the aggressively violent responses it evoked in social media posts: To take a quick scan through mentions of “Kars4Kids” on Twitter, you’d get a glimpse into seemingly rational people being pushed to the darkest recesses of their psyches. They want to kill themselves. They want to kill the kids. They want to krash the kars. They want to krash the kars into the kids. It’s even uglier in the comments section of YouTube, where nuance is notoriously thrown out the window. “WORSE THAN EBOLA,” said one commenter. “I want to stick a knife into my ears,” said another. The phrase “ear cancer” gets thrown around like candy. (Comments for the original jingle have been disabled, likely for the best.) The nonprofit organization behind the eardrum-torturing theme has a spotty history, Vice music writer Dan Ozzi noted, including “serious bad press and legal issues,” critical assessments by charity watchdogs for its “lack of transparency in its religious affiliations” and for burning through millions of dollars on failed real estate investments. These sorts of issues led a California judge to issue an order banning the organization from airing its advertisements in California, as part of a lawsuit that was filed accusing Kars4Kids of false advertising by not helping underprivileged kids in California, but instead funding trips to Israel for Orthodox Jewish 17- and 18-year-olds in New York and New Jersey. In the… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - Jim Jordan Comically Denies Saying Thing He Said Less Than a Minute Ago: ‘Thos...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had some blunt words for Americans paying higher gas prices, but to hear him tell it, he said no such thing. Appearing on Thursday’s edition of The Source on CNN, Jordan was peppered with questions from host Kaitlan Collins, particularly on President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, which began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country in February. In response, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world’s oil flows. Predictably, oil and gas prices have soared. The national average was $4.53 for a gallon of gas, as of Thursday. Before the war, it was under $3. Collins noted to Jordan that Trump ran and won in 2024 on the issue of affordability, especially gas prices. “What about his promise in 2024 that if he was reelected, gas would be under $2 a gallon because of his policies?” she asked. Jordan replied in part by saying, “that’s life.” “Well, gas prices were coming down until we had to deal with this situation,” Jordan said. “But, you know, that’s life. That’s dealing with world and, you know, the world we live in. I think the country gets the fundamental fact – and I know I understand this – President Trump makes decisions that are in the best interest of our nation, 250 years, greatest country in history.” Collins followed up by asking Jordan whether he thinks his “that’s life” response would placate voters. Jordan responded by denying what he said just 54 seconds earlier: COLLINS: But if someone’s listening to you and they were paying $2.98 a gallon gas before the war started, and now they’re paying $4.53, I mean, saying “that’s life” might not, you know, make them feel better. JORDAN: Those are– those are your words. Not mine. I’m saying– COLLINS: No, you said, “That’s life” just now. JORDAN: This is the situation. This is the situation. They were pursuing a nuclear weapon. They wanted to get there. President Trump said, “I’m not gonna do that.” He ran on that, and he’s taken the appropriate action that I think you want your commander-in-chief to take for the security and safety of America. COLLINS: But he also ran on bringing gas prices to under $2 a gallon. [CROSSTALK] JORDAN: Hopefully, we’ll get there soon. I want– I want gas prices low, too. I mean, we all want gas prices low. Who… [TheTopNews] Read More.8 hours ago - CNN Panelists Laugh at MAGA Guest Who Says Trump Being ‘Crazy’ Is Good, Actu...CNN panelists Charles Blow and John Avlon laughed at podcaster Emily Austin on Thursday when she argued that President Donald Trump is “crazy” – and that is a good thing. Trump’s visit to China took center stage on NewsNight, with the panelists debating whether or not the president would be able to extract deals and concessions from Chinese President Xi Jinping. Panelist Bobby Ghosh called out Xi’s forceful statement on Taiwan, noting that the Chinese leader used tougher language than with previous presidents. “He says, if this issue is mishandled, it could lead to clashes and conflict. Coming from Xi Jinping, that is very, very tough language. He’s never going to say it could lead to war, but that’s as close as the president of China is ever going to come to saying that,” Ghosh said. “That is very, very tough language. And he doesn’t use this language with previous presidents. He doesn’t use this language at Trump before.” When asked by host Abby Phillip to explain why that was the case, Ghosh said it was due to Xi “sensing weakness” in Trump. “Well, he’s sensing weakness here. He’s sensing that Trump is weak. He knows Trump has come to Beijing with his hat in his hand and he needs XI jinping for all kinds of reasons, economic reasons and geopolitical ones,” he said. “He is now establishing that I am the big dog in this room. And I am putting down these markers.” Later in the discussion, Austin invoked Ghosh’s phrase, claiming that, actually, Trump was the “big dog.” “Let’s be real, if there’s a big dog at any table, it’s President Donald Trump,” she said. Blow and Avlon began laughing as Austin continued to make her point. “And no, no, let’s be honest with ourselves. You might not like him, but you have to agree he is crazy, and nobody wants to mess with him.” The men continued to laugh as Blow called the argument “hilarious.” Avon attempted to continue her claim. “In a world full of crazy, in a world full of crazies, you might just have to–” she said. Blow cut in, still giggling. “That’s exactly the opposite,” he said. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN Panelists Laugh at MAGA Guest Who Says Trump Being ‘Crazy’ Is Good, Actually first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
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