Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate known as the “ Godfather of AI,” issued an ominous warning to lawmakers: Congress may only have one year left to implement safeguards on artificial intelligence before it loses control of it. “Maybe a year, but not much more than a year,” Hinton said Wednesday e...
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Santa Rosa Police Chief John Cregan hosted an interactive forum that drew between 400 and 500 attendees to discuss the department's 143 Flock license plate reader cameras....
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A Brentwood community gathered in grief as hundreds of students, family members, and residents attended a candlelight vigil at Liberty High School to remember two 17-year-old students killed in a weekend car crash....
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San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra have reached a tentative deal after nearly a week of strike negotiations and the cancellations of some high-profile shows, including last weekend's annual Opera in the Park event....
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The San Francisco Opera and its orchestra have reached a tentative agreement after a nearly weeklong labor dispute that saw the delay of its season and the cancellation of a major free event in Golden Gate Park....
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Whale you believe this?? A humpback whale has been spotted in the Delta near Rio Vista Bridge on the Sacramento River, drawing similarities to Humphrey the Whale, who captured the hearts of Bay Area residents while traveling into the Sacramento River in 1985 and again in 1990....
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- It looks like the show will go on. On Thursday, the San Francisco Opera and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra announced they had reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The deal, on a new four-year contract, brings the curtain down on a week-long ...
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OpenAI has disclosed six reports of "unexpected or concerning" behavior in AI models, including an unreleased research model inserting "jailbreak-like instructions" into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and telling itself to be "freed from the roles and identitie...
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(KRON) -- A man who police said approached teenagers and intentionally dropped lewd photos of himself in front of them was arrested in Danville on Friday. The Danville Police Department said it arrested the man following an investigation into a series of such incidents. There hav...
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A Bay Area institution, celebrated as the oldest continuously operating brewpub in the country, announced on Thursday that it is closing its doors.
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The lone holdout juror whose refusal to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty by reason of insanity led to a mistrial is speaking publicly for the first time....
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A new Latino-owned business has opened its doors in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. Niebla, a hybrid bookstore and coffee shop, was made possible through a Storefront Opportunity grant. Inside, readers will discover a curated selection of literature rarely found elsewher...
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Federal authorities unveiled new technology Thursday at San José Mineta International Airport that could eventually be expanded nationwide.
