“Quite simply and astonishingly, this is dismantling the National Park Service as we know it, ranger by ranger and brick by brick.” – Theresa Pierno, NPCA’s President and CEO
— Read on www.npca.org/articles/7076-parks-group-warns-of-dismantling-of-the-national-park-service
NOAA scientists refuse to link warming weather to climate change | New Scientist
In a monthly reporting call on global climate, researchers from the US government’s climate and weather agency avoided mentioning rising levels of greenhouse gases
— Read on www.newscientist.com/article/2469442-noaa-scientists-refuse-to-link-warming-weather-to-climate-change/
Workday to cut 1,750 jobs as Bay Area tech giant pivots to AI
Bay Area tech giant Workday is laying off 8.5% of its workforce to restructure for AI demand, marking its second round of layoffs this year.
— Read on www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/workday-layoffs-ai-restructuring-20148801.php
Planet-warming carbon dioxide levels rose more than ever in 2024 – BBC News
The record rise is incompatible with keeping global warming to 1.5C according to the Met Office.
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30dn5dn53jo
It’s getting harder to measure just how good AI is getting | Vox
Toward the end of 2024, I offered a take on all the talk about whether AI’s “scaling laws” were hitting a real-life technical wall. I argued that the question matters less than many think: There are existing AI systems powerful enough to profoundly change our world, and the next few years are going to be defined by progress in AI, whether the scaling laws hold or not.
— Read on www.vox.com/future-perfect/394336/artificial-intelligence-openai-o3-benchmarks-agi