00x Final Filter

8 billion tokens a day forced AT&T to rethink AI orchestration — and cut costs by 90%– venturebeat.com

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When your average daily token usage is 8 billion a day, you have a massive scale problem.

This was the case at AT&T, and chief data officer Andy Markus and his team recognized that it simply wasn’t feasible (or economical) to push everything through large reasoning models.

So, when building out an internal Ask AT&T personal assistant, they reconstructed the orchestration layer. The result: A multi-agent stack built on LangChain where large language model “super agents” direct smaller, underlying “worker” agents performing more concise, purpose-driven work.

Cuba Kills Four on Florida Boat; Rubio Promises ‘to Figure Out Exactly What Happened’– legalinsurrection.com

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the press that the boat Cuba’s Coast Guard shot at and killed four people was not participating in a U.S. government operation.

We do not know who was on the boat. One person told The New York Post that the boat was “a US civilian boat working to get relatives out of Cuba, adding that the vessel was not a US Naval or Coast Guard boat.”

Cuba identifies ‘terrorist infiltrators’ from US — RT World News– www.rt.com

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The suspects’ boat was loaded with tactical gear, assault rifles and improvised explosives, according to authorities on the island

Cuba’s Interior Ministry has released new findings from its investigation into the deadly gunfight between Cuban border guards and a US‑flagged speedboat, saying the vessel was carrying ten armed men who allegedly intended to execute a “terrorist infiltration.”

Havana said the clash erupted on Wednesday when border guards approached a Florida‑registered vessel, FL7726SH, operating roughly one nautical mile off the northern coast of Villa Clara province for an identification check. The individuals aboard the boat allegedly opened fire first, wounding the commander of a Cuban patrol craft before guards returned fire, killing four people and injuring six others.

Pope Leo DIVIDES CHURCH on SSPX, Freemasonry, and homosexuality– www.lifesitenews.com

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The SSPX has announced it will proceed with episcopal consecrations on July 1, defying Vatican objections and declaring the Church in a state of emergency. Cardinal Robert Sarah and Cardinal Walter Brandmüller have issued public rebukes, demanding obedience to Pope Leo. Bishop Athanasius Schneider has offered support. The battle lines are drawn, not over rebellion, but over whether the crisis within the Church justifies extraordinary measures to preserve the priesthood and the faith.

Pope Leo’s recent episcopal appointments have placed men supportive of same-sex blessings into positions of authority, elevated figures entangled in Freemasonry controversies, and advanced leaders shaped by Germany’s Synodal Way. The pattern is not accidental. It is a deliberate reshaping of the hierarchy in Rome’s own image.

Rubio Responds After Cuban Government Opens Fire On Boat Registered In Florida– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Wednesday night that an investigation was underway after the Cuban government opened fire on a speedboat they claimed was registered in Florida, killing four people and wounding multiple others.

Rubio, speaking from St. Kitts and Nevis during a diplomatic engagement with Caribbean leaders, stated that the US learned of the incident through direct Coast Guard-level contacts with Cuban authorities before the Cuban government’s public announcement.

“We’re going to find out exactly what happened, who was involved, and we’ll make a determination on the basis of what we find out,” the secretary told reporters.

Ilhan Omar’s Guest ARRESTED During State of the Union– wltreport.com

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Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest to the State of the Union was Aliya Rahman — a woman who was arrested for impeding ICE agents.

Rahman was injured while being arrested, and she’s been going around playing the victim, ever since.

Despite the media’s attempts to play up her ‘hardship,’ ICE has the receipts:

Iranian Opposition Group Says It Attacked Khamenei’s Compound — ‘Heavy Clashes’ in Tehran– www.breitbart.com

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An Iranian opposition group took credit for a coordinated assault on Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Tehran headquarters this week, reporting “heavy clashes” with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that allegedly left more than 100 of its fighters killed, wounded, or arrested.

The Command Headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) said the operation began at dawn Monday, February 23, during the call to morning prayer, and continued into the afternoon around the Motahari Complex in central Tehran — one of the Islamic Republic’s most heavily fortified seats of power.

BREAKING: Former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers RESIGNS from Harvard Over Epstein Ties– wltreport.com

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Another prominent public figure has just resigned over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

This time, it’s Larry Summers — Democrat ex-Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton and former Harvard president.

He has resigned from his position at Harvard University.

Here are the details:

Indiana U. med school trains residents in ‘gender-affirming medical treatment’– www.thecollegefix.com

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Key Takeaways

  • Indiana University School of Medicine offers a residency health track focusing on gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ patients, training residents in comprehensive, whole-person healthcare.
  • Despite a 2024 state court ruling banning gender-affirming care for minors, Dr. Parsons, a program graduate, supports the effectiveness of such treatments in alleviating dysphoria based on research evidence.
  • Medical advocacy groups emphasize the importance of rigorous scientific standards in medical education, cautioning against ideologically driven narratives opposing gender-affirming care for minors.

Chagos Islands deal chaos as UK government sends contradictory signals– www.foxnews.com

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The Chagos Islands deal fell into disarray Wednesday amid conflicting U.K. government messages about whether ratification was paused for talks with the United States over the strategic Indian Ocean military base Diego Garcia.

Foreign Office Minister Hamish Falconer had told members of Parliament that ratification of the deal to cede the islands to Mauritius had been paused while discussions with Washington continued.

A U.K. government spokesperson later denied there was any formal suspension of the process, insisting no deadline had ever been set and reiterating that Britain would not move forward without American backing.

Nvidia’s Huang says any Pentagon–Anthropic rift is ‘not the end of the world’– www.cnbc.com

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that the dispute between the U.S. Defense Department and Anthropic is “not the end of the world.”

His comments come after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic until Friday to loosen its rules on how the Pentagon can use its AI tools, or risk losing its government contract.

If Anthropic fails to comply, Hegseth threatened to label the company a “supply chain risk” or invoke the Defense Production Act, sources told CNBC‘s Ashley Capoot and Kate Rooney earlier this week.

Whitmer defends trans rights after Trump SOTU: ‘No matter who comes after you, I'll stand in the way’– thehill.com

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday defended transgender rights in her State of the State address, a day after President Trump criticized gender transition in his State of the Union address. “In Michigan, everyone deserves to be who they are and love who they love. I want to take a moment and speak directly…
from thehill.com

Kash Patel fires at least 10 FBI employees who worked on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents investigation: reports– www.independent.co.uk

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Republicans Have Been ‘Countenancing Racism in Their Party for Decades’– www.breitbart.com

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Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said Republicans have been allowing “racism in their party for decades.”

Host Jen Psaki said, “You’ve talked about your battle with dyslexia a lot publicly over the years. You wrote a children’s book. And you talk about it a lot in the book in terms of dealing with undiagnosed dyslexia as a child. And MAGA is currently having an absolute meltdown on social media over comments you made on your book tour in Atlanta. And you said, just to remind people, while talking about your experience, you said, I’m like you, I’m a 960 SAT guy. Right wingers and on Twitter and Fox News hosts and some even Republican elected officials have said that’s racist. I mean, what goes through your head when you saw that commentary sort of building and bubbling?”

France’s Le Pen says she won’t run in 2027 if appeal court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet– abcnews.com

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PARIS — France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she won’t run for president next year if a Paris appeals court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet over alleged misuse of European Union funds.

Le Pen said she hopes the appeals court clears her in key verdict set for July 7 — a ruling that may derail her presidential ambitions.

“I know very well that the decision regarding this candidacy isn’t mine to make,” she said Wednesday evening on news broadcaster BFM TV.

Le Pen, 57, is challenging a March 2025 verdict that found her and other members of her National Rally party guilty of misusing EU Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016 who allegedly worked for the party instead of doing parliamentary tasks.

Croatia says it can meet oil demand for both Slovakia and Hungary, Ukraine reportedly will reopen Druzhba pipeline today– rmx.news

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The crude oil shipment destined for MOL Group is already being loaded at the state-owned Janaf’s Omišalj terminal, the Croatian oil company announced on Wednesday, per a report from HVG. According to the statement, this will not be the only shipment, as seven more tankers will arrive by the beginning of April.

Janaf emphasized in its statement that it is not Russian crude oil that is being supplied to Hungarians, and yet, the company is ready to meet the entire annual demand of refineries in both Slovakia and Hungary.

AI Is Being Misunderstood as a Breakthrough in Planning. It’s Not.– warontherocks.com

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In the age of AI, the scarcest resource in headquarters is no longer time. It is, rather, the willingness to say no.

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly into military planning staffs because it compresses routine cognitive labor. AI excels at absorbing guidance, reorganizing complex material, and producing clear strategic language at speed. This feels like a qualitative advance, creating the impression that planning itself has become easier. But this impression misleads. The risk of AI-enabled planning is that it will produce plausible constructs that obscure where judgment is required, creating the illusion that analytic completeness can substitute for prioritization.

AI is seen as “raising the floor” by making it easier to produce adequate products. That is true. Yet AI also “collapses the median” by increasing the relative cost of real insight. As AI-enabled planning begin to inform real-world operations, the temptation is to treat complete answers as sufficient, without interrogating whether they represent the right answers to the hard questions of what to resource, what to defer, and what risk to accept.

Iran, U.S. resume nuclear negotiations as Trump’s war clock ticks down – The Washington Post– news.google.com

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  1. Iran, U.S. resume nuclear negotiations as Trump’s war clock ticks down  The Washington Post
  2. U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiators meet for 3 hours with Trump decision looming  Axios
  3. First Thing: US and Iranian negotiators meet for critical nuclear talks in Geneva  The Guardian
  4. Live updates: US-Iran talks in Geneva, latest Trump administration news  CNN
  5. Live – Iran says talks with US paused, to resume later today in Geneva  ایران اینترنشنال

from news.google.com

CBS News Confirms Trump’s Claim About America’s Murder Rate ‘Seeing Largest Decline in Recorded History’ Last Year– www.westernjournal.com

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CBS News confirmed President Donald Trump’s assertion during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address that the United States experienced its lowest murder rate on record in 2025.

“Last year, the murder rate saw its single largest decline in recorded history. This is the biggest decline, think of it, in recorded history — the lowest number in over 125 years,” he said.

How the tariffs ruling could complicate Trump’s next Supreme Court nomination– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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The conservative bloc of the Supreme Court, and his own nominees, were divided on the tariffs decision, which Trump called “disappointing” and “very unfortunate” in his State of the Union address but used far harsher language when he spoke to reporters after it was handed down.

In the end, two of the three Trump-appointed justices voted against the president’s position on his signature economic policy, with only Justice Brett Kavanaugh pleasing him.

The two most conservative justices appointed by other Republican presidents, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, voted with Trump. They are also the two most likely justices to retire, creating vacancies for Trump to fill.

JD Vance Says Dems Showed ‘Cowardice’ During Trump’s SOTU Address And Lack ‘Conviction’– www.westernjournal.com

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Cowardice ran rampant among Democrats during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, according to Vice President J.D. Vance.

During a Wednesday interview, Vance focused on one section of Trump’s address where he asked legislators committed to America to rise.

“One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe,” Trump said, according to Roll Call.

Jasmine Crockett Takes 12-Point Lead in Texas Democrat Senate Primary, New Poll Shows– slaynews.com

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is leading the tightly contested Texas Democratic Party Senate primary by 12 points, according to a new poll.

The shock lead was revealed in a survey from the University of Texas/Texas Politics.

The survey of likely Democrat primary voters shows Crockett with 56 percent support.

Meanwhile, state Rep. James Talarico trails at 44 percent.

The poll carries a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 percentage points for the Democrat subset.

Ukraine war negotiators meet in Geneva as Trump pushes for quick wrap-up to peace deal– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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TRUMP AND ZELENSKY SPEAK: A day after President Donald Trump publicly ignored the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and barely mentioned the war in his State of the Union address, the president resumed his pressure campaign to convince Volodymyr Zelensky he has little choice but to make a quick deal to end the war before things get worse.

“I just spoke with @POTUS Donald Trump,” Zelensky posted on X yesterday after a phone call with Trump, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner. “I thanked them for all their work and for their active involvement in the negotiations and the efforts to end the war.”

In the 30-minute call, Trump told Zelensky he wants to see an end to the war “as soon as possible,” Axios reported, citing “a Ukrainian official and two other sources with knowledge of the call.”

Former U.S. Air Force Major Arrested for Training Chinese Military Pilots – RedState– redstate.com

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The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a former U.S. Air Force major and longtime fighter pilot has been arrested on charges that he trained Chinese military pilots without authorization.

Gerald Eddie Brown Jr., 65, was taken into custody in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and is expected to appear in federal court on Thursday. Prosecutors allege that beginning around August 2023, Brown worked to arrange combat aircraft training for members of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force and traveled to China in December 2023 to carry it out.

Federal officials were blunt.

“The United States Air Force trained Major Brown to be an elite fighter pilot and entrusted him with the defense of our Nation. He now stands charged with training Chinese military pilots.”