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Bear attack in Japan car park captured on CCTV as cities record more wild encounters.
Bear encounters are rising in Japan, and the problem is not confined to the wilderness.
Experts say a shortage of nuts due to poor seasonal harvests has driven bears closer to cities in search of food, leading to the increase in sightings and attacks.
Yoshikazu Sato, a professor of wildlife ecology at Rakuno Gakuen University, told Japanese broadcaster NHK last month that bears were also being born and raised closer to human settlements. "As a result, these young bears don't see people as a threat like the bears before them did," Professor Sato said. "They're growing up without that fear and, as a result, they're less wary of humans."
Yoshikazu Sato, a professor of wildlife ecology at Rakuno Gakuen University, told Japanese broadcaster NHK last month that bears were also being born and raised closer to human settlements. "As a result, these young bears don't see people as a threat like the bears before them did," Professor Sato said. "They're growing up without that fear and, as a result, they're less wary of humans."
The Wall Street Journal reports:
The Trump administration's decision to halt all foreign use of Anthropic's most capable AI models was prompted by conversations between Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy and U.S. officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, people familiar with the matter said.
Researchers at Amazon had used a series of prompts to get Anthropic's Fable 5 model to provide them with information that could be used to aid cyberattacks and was supposed to be off limits, Jassy told the officials, according to people familiar with the matter. Tech industry executives have been in regular touch with the administration about the power of cutting-edge AI tools. Shortly afterward, White House officials held a meeting to discuss how to respond and security researchers began testing Amazon's claims. The officials asked Anthropic to fix the vulnerabilities or take down the model, according to administration officials. The officials decided that the most direct way to address that risk was by preventing foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing the tool, the people said. President Trump later signed off on the action despite reservations about it hindering innovation, a senior White House official said.
The administration had long felt that Anthropic, one of the leaders in America's AI race, couldn't be trusted to manage the security risks its new model presented. Friday's call between some administration officials and Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei reinforced that feeling, the people said...
Anthropic has said that the vulnerabilities like those flagged by Amazon are relatively basic. The company has said that other publicly available models are capable of discovering them and that they don't represent a full so-called jailbreak, a point of view shared by some security researchers familiar with Amazon's research.
The article points out that Amazon is "a big investor in Anthropic, supply Anthropic with chips for data centers.
The Trump administration's decision to halt all foreign use of Anthropic's most capable AI models was prompted by conversations between Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy and U.S. officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, people familiar with the matter said.
Researchers at Amazon had used a series of prompts to get Anthropic's Fable 5 model to provide them with information that could be used to aid cyberattacks and was supposed to be off limits, Jassy told the officials, according to people familiar with the matter. Tech industry executives have been in regular touch with the administration about the power of cutting-edge AI tools. Shortly afterward, White House officials held a meeting to discuss how to respond and security researchers began testing Amazon's claims. The officials asked Anthropic to fix the vulnerabilities or take down the model, according to administration officials. The officials decided that the most direct way to address that risk was by preventing foreign governments, companies and individuals from accessing the tool, the people said. President Trump later signed off on the action despite reservations about it hindering innovation, a senior White House official said.
The administration had long felt that Anthropic, one of the leaders in America's AI race, couldn't be trusted to manage the security risks its new model presented. Friday's call between some administration officials and Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei reinforced that feeling, the people said...
Anthropic has said that the vulnerabilities like those flagged by Amazon are relatively basic. The company has said that other publicly available models are capable of discovering them and that they don't represent a full so-called jailbreak, a point of view shared by some security researchers familiar with Amazon's research.
The article points out that Amazon is "a big investor in Anthropic, supply Anthropic with chips for data centers.
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banzainetsurfer has added a photo to the pool:
Furo-an is a kakerizukuri (suspended structure) teahouse built in sukiya-style on a cliff overlooking Garyu-buchi. The teahouse itself is made to look like a ship. The ceiling is made of a single piece of bamboo wickerwork made to look like the bottom of a ship. The moon rises from the right side of Mt. Tomisu-yama on the opposite bank, which the ceiling reflects to brighten up the cleverly designed room. A single plank of Sendai pine with a width of 3.6 meters is used for the floor.
Source: www.en.garyusanso.jp/about/#about01
The image of Furo-an resting on stilts above Hijikawa River is celebrated among photography enthusiasts. The house is well-lit by natural light and good views can be seen from here of the river. Furo-an has an interesting curved ceiling onto which the river reflects the image of the moon during the night.
Source: www.japan-guide.com/e/e5528.html
