AI agents lack independent agency but can still seek multistep, extrapolated goals when prompted. Even if some of those prompts include AI-written text (which may become more of an issue in the ...

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• The nation’s highest court heard more than three hours of arguments in two cases regarding state bans on transgender students playing on sports teams that are consistent with their gender identity. ...

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When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Wednesday in the challenges to the tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in a series of ...

ACLU staff attorney Megan Keenan shares her thoughts after oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais today. We won't allow politicians to try and dilute the power of Black voters in Louisiana or anywhere ...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Louisiana v. Callais, a challenge to the state’s congressional map that could shape the fight over the Voting Rights Act. The court also heard ...

A guy I knew in college once told me, as I struggled to make a point in a dorm lounge argument, that I had “the verbal acuity of shampoo.” The put-down was so devastating that it immediately ended ...

Functions are the building blocks of Python programming. They let you organize your code, reduce repetition, and make your programs more readable and reusable. Whether you’re writing small scripts or ...