-- "The ChatGPT-maker said its agent - an AI system which can operate alone after human instruction – was being tested in a controlled environment but, after finding weaknesses, was able to escape the test limits. The AI agent created its own cyber-attack against the sandbox itself, finding a vulnerability which allowed it to escape the restrictions." --NOTA BENE... 'Hasta la vista, baby'...
-- “Autonomous, AI-driven offensive tooling is no longer theoretical.” --
-- "Abhishek Kumar Patel, 30, of Brantford has been arrested after police say hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of specialized equipment was stolen from an aerospace company in Oakville. Patel was caught after he posted the stolen goods for sale on social media." --
-- "A constable-in-training from Durham Regional Police Service has died, while another is fighting for their life, following a collision between a transport truck and a sedan at College Line and Imperial Road near Aylmer, Ont. The driver of the tractor-trailer was uninjured. DRPS will not be providing any further details." --UPDATE: Dead police cadet identified...
-- Tyrone Magbitang, 27, was pronounced at the scene --
-- "Corrections Deputies escorted Cox to a changing room, where she attempted 'to shield' her buttocks with her hand, authorities said. This one puts the ole … ’those are not my pants’ excuse to shame, the Sheriff’s office wrote in a statement on Facebook." --
-- "A Ghanaian witch doctor named Nana Kwaku Bonsam cursed English star Harry Kane before England’s game against Ghana. Bonsam warned of his powers as he announced the curse, claiming responsibility for the 2014 knee injury to Portuguese star Ronaldo." --
-- “Police Officers spoke with the person of interest and informed him he was under arrest. The man went back into the unit and closed the door. A short time later, officers were informed that an individual had fallen from the apartment unit to the ground below.’ The SIU has assigned three investigators and a forensic expert to the case." --
Stand by for a lawsuit in three, two...
CBC CONTINUES POUNDING THE DRUM FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS...
-- "Khouri-Raphaël, who is the vice president of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, said the deportation proceedings contradict Canada's legal obligations, including commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, as well as provisions in Canada's immigration law emphasizing family reunification." --
Number 7A, 1948, which went under the hammer at the renowned Christie's auction house on Monday, smashed the previous record for the most a work by the late American artist has taken at auction.
-- "Brailen Weaver, 18, accused of murdering two Kentucky bank employees during a robbery was quickly tracked down when investigators linked him to his own Facebook posts." --
-- "Georgia State University teacher and self-described 'DOGEWALKER' Jessica Blinkhorn has been awarded in the art world for her performance pieces about sex and disability. She received a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2024 — a prestigious award that comes with tens of thousands of dollars in grant money — for her project SPANKBOX." --Help Jessica save America.
-- "A Secret Service agent guarding former first lady Jill Biden shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday. A spokesperson told The Post: 'We are gathering the facts and will have a statement shortly.'" --
-- "Michael Brown, a 22-year-old spring breaker who was caught on viral video half-naked and twerking on top of a speeding SUV has died after he was flung from the Jeep in a drunken crash. Brown was pronounced dead last Friday — just days after he suffered a catastrophic head injury in the horrifying wreck." --
-- "'Despite hundreds of Iranian missile and drone attacks, there have been no reported US casualties or combat-related injuries,' CENTCOM wrote." --
UPDATE: 3 US service members killed, 5 wounded
Oh, yeah... Supreme Whackadoodle Ali Khamenei got smoked in first wave
-- "Four people have been arrested in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand for burning to death a woman and her 10-month-old son on suspicion of practising witchcraft earlier this week. The woman's husband, who was also attacked, suffered severe burns and is in hospital." --Nota bene...
-- "According to the National Crime Records Bureau, more than 2,500 people, mostly women, were killed in India on suspicion of witchcraft between 2000 and 2016." --President Grandad had a plan.
-- "'It's obviously a conversation that everybody has,' Netflix executive Jeff Gaspin told Variety magazine. 'We'll cut away. We have a 10-second delay. Nobody expects or wants to see anything like that to happen.'" --UPDATE: Alex Honnold does it again
-- "Honnold's time more than halves the record of the only other person to scale the tower. Alain Robert, a Frenchman who called himself 'Spiderman', made it to the top of Taipei 101 - at the time the world's tallest building - in four hours. He did so with ropes and a harness." --UPDATE2: What does Mrs H think?
-- “There are things where I’m like, ‘That doesn’t feel so family friendly.’” --
-- "Renee can be seen in the driver’s seat of the plum-colored Honda Pilot, while her wife, Rebecca, stands in the street next to the car. The video — filmed by agent Jonathan Ross on Wednesday — shows the heated interaction between the Goods in the lead-up to the shooting. 'You wanna come at us?' Rebecca sneers at Ross." --It gets better... by which I mean worse...
-- "As the car is in motion, Rebecca, who is still out of the car, can be heard shouting, 'drive, baby, drive, drive' before Renee peels off and hits Ross, prompting him to open fire." --
Hey... these two trained for this moment.
THE MOGADISCHU MUPPET WEIGHS IN...
-- "Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey shrugged off the newly surfaced cellphone video Friday taken by a federal agent of the shooting that killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good." --
-- "Windsor Fire and Rescue Services says a long-term care home resident is in critical condition in hospital after her supplemental oxygen triggered a fire while she was trying to smoke. She was able to escape the burning wheelchair but sustained burns to her face and damage to her respiratory tract from smoke and heat." --
-- "Ender Alexis Rojas Montan, the 31-year-old leader of the gang’s Alayon Dynasty branch, plummeted a staggering eight stories and appeared to die on impact, according to video footage obtained by NewsX. The gang boss was seen trying to scale the balcony’s railing as Colombian National Police were busting down his door with a battering ram." --Meanwhile... back at the ranch.
-- "Stephen J. Shaw is a data scientist, demographer, and filmmaker best known for his groundbreaking documentary Birthgap – Childless World" --
-- "At approximately 5:25 p.m., Mackale LAVOIE, 17, encountered a group of three individuals in the downtown core who appear to have been the intended targets. LAVOIE, opened fire, striking one of the individuals. As he continued to shoot at a second person, an innocent bystander—26-year-old Belinda Sarkodie—was fatally struck." --Meanwhile... back at the ranch...
-- "A woman was transported to a hospital following a shooting near Driftwood Avenue and Grandravine Drive in North York on Sunday evening." --You thought tow truck wars were over?
-- "As many as eight vehicles were set on fire at an auto body shop near Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road In Scarborough early Monday morning, officials say." --
-- "Liam was the first to say that what he did was inherently dangerous and to point out that it takes years of training and involves paying extremely close attention to safety on every single jump." --Wait for it...
-- "Liam Byrne, 24, an experienced wingsuit flyer who starred in a documentary about his journey to become a champion skydiver has died during a jump from 8,000 feet." --
