Churchill

We gaan met het gezin naar Londen. Voor de kinderen de eerste keer. First stop: de Big Ben. Op het plein ervoor staat het imposante beeld van Churchill.

In het midden

Horizontaal: 2. Wordt ook in een schijf gegeten 5. ‘Ziekenhuis Breda is rokers beu en stelt __ tentoon’ 10. Bobbi of Jaap 12. Honnepon 13. ‘__ boekt opnieuw recordcijfers’ 14.

Sudoku

Plaats de cijfers 1 tot en met 9 zo in het diagram dat elk cijfer precies één keer voorkomt in elke rij, kolom, de negen vetomrande 3x3 vakken, én de vier grijze 3x3 vakken.

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Trump Calls Off AI Executive Order Over Concern It Could Weaken US Tech Edge

Trump called off a planned AI executive order just hours before a signing ceremony because he said he was worried the framework could slow America's lead over China. "We're leading China, we're leading everybody, and I don't want to do anything that's going to get in the way of that lead," Trump told reporters. The Associated Press reports: The order would have established a framework for the government to vet the national security risks of the most advanced AI systems before their public release, according to a person familiar with the White House's deliberations with the tech industry but not authorized to speak about it publicly. The directive was being characterized as a voluntary collaboration with participating U.S.-based tech companies, including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, the person said.

There are competing factions within the administration, said Serena Booth, a computer science professor at Brown University and former AI policy fellow in a Democratic-led Senate committee. "We do see this kind of public fighting," she said. "'We will release an executive order. No, we won't. We're going to sign it this afternoon. Oh, the signing is canceled.' I think this whiplash is because we're seeing these fractures.'"

Some of those divides are balancing what Booth said is a "reasonable idea" to test the most capable AI models before their public release, with a concern that government scrutiny, if it takes too long, could burden AI developers. "It does come at a potential very large cost to innovation and speed of development," she said. "There is, I think, a real risk here and I do see both sides." [...]

"They don't want to do it because it's politically risky in a million different ways," said Dean Ball, now at the Foundation for American Innovation. Ball said he would welcome an executive order that would get those companies working more closely with the government on cybersecurity but "ultimately, I'm fine with them taking time to get this right."

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Russell insists ‘no need to panic’ over championship gap

George Russell says that he is not thinking about the championship entering into the Canadian Grand Prix, a weekend that will see Mercedes bring upgrades to the W17.

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