10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (434+ words) A chess club that began with one person and a single board in a Center City park has spent five years building something larger. As WHYY reported, the Rittenhouse Chess Club now draws players to Rittenhouse Square on Wednesday evenings…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (464+ words) Anthropic chief executive officer Dario Amodei called on the AI industry Saturday to deliberately reduce the pace of model development, arguing that progress has outrun researchers' ability to keep the technology safe, according to NBC News. OpenAI chief executive Sam…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (489+ words) Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts hosted the eighth annual Latin American Book Fair on Saturday, September 12, drawing attendees from across the tristate area for a full day of author presentations, cultural performances, children's activities, and food. Reporting from…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (525+ words) Philadelphia Flyers prospects take the ice at PPL Center in Allentown tonight at 7 p.m. in the first of two weekend games against New York Rangers prospects, according to Broad Street Hockey. The game streams on PhiladelphiaFlyers.com. A second game follows…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (501+ words) Reuters reported Saturday that cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne donated £36 million (roughly $49 million) to Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, matching a gift made the previous day by BitMEX co-founder Ben Delo. Together, the two contributions total £72 million ($97.4 million) and jointly set…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (478+ words) Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called on artificial intelligence companies to deliberately slow the pace of AI development Saturday, publishing a blog post that outlined a three-part framework for industry-wide safety measures. The call came as CBS News reported that…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (515+ words) Warner Bros.' Practical Magic 2 opened to $13 million on Friday, September 12, according to Variety, ending Spider-Man: Brand New Day's six-week run at the top of the North American box office. The sequel, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, played across 4,146 screens…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (333+ words) Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of AI safety company Anthropic, is urging the technology industry to pull back on the pace of AI development before autonomous systems cause catastrophic harm. As Axios reported on Friday, Amodei published an essay warning…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (479+ words) A browser-based RuneScape clone built by an OpenAI employee using artificial intelligence tools went offline September 9 after the game's developer, Jagex, sent a cease-and-desist notice demanding its removal. Dexerto reported the game had drawn thousands of players within days of…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (534+ words) Hundreds of residents filled the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Township on Thursday evening to mark 25 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to 6abc/WPVI. The ceremony centered on the 18 Bucks County residents killed that day, with nine of…...