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Ideally, you’d expect any Super NES console—if properly maintained—to operate identically to any other Super NES unit ever made (in the same region, at least). Given the same base ROM file and the same set of precisely timed inputs, all those consoles should hopefully give the same gameplay output across individual hardware and across time. The TASBot community relies on this kind of solid-state predictability when creating tool-assisted speedruns that can be executed with robotic precision on actual console hardware. But on the SNES in particular, the team has largely struggled to get emulated speedruns to sync up with demonstrated results on real consoles. After significant research and testing on dozens of actual SNES units, the TASBot team now thinks that a cheap ceramic resonator used in the system’s Audio Processing Unit (APU) is to blame for much of this inconsistency. While Nintendo’s own documentation says the APU should run at a consistent rate of 24.576 Mhz (and the associated Digital Signal Processor sample rate at a flat 32,000 Hz), in practice, that rate can vary just a bit based on heat, system age, and minor physical variations that develop in different console units over time. Read full article Comments
In a new paper published Thursday titled “Auditing language models for hidden objectives,” Anthropic researchers described how custom AI models trained to deliberately conceal certain “motivations” from evaluators could still inadvertently reveal secrets, due to their ability to adopt different contextual roles they call “personas.” The researchers were initially astonished by how effectively some of their interpretability methods seemed to uncover these hidden training objectives, although the methods are still under research. While the research involved models trained specifically to conceal information from automated software evaluators called reward models (RMs), the broader purpose of studying hidden objectives is to prevent future scenarios where AI systems might deceive or manipulate human users. While training a language model using reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), reward models are typically tuned to score AI responses according to how well they align with human preferences. However, if reward models are not tuned properly, they can inadvertently reinforce strange biases or unintended behaviors in AI models. Read full article Comments
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page World-famous conjoined twins Abby and Brittany Hensel have sparked rumours of a potential pregnancy with a cryptic TikTok video. The twins, 34, shared an uncaptioned video last month featuring a series of fake ‘breaking’ news headlines referencing them. One of the headlines read ‘Shocking Tragedy’, while another said: ‘What if one dies?’ The final headline, showcased at the end of the video, read: ‘Married & baby on the way,’ leading fans to speculate if the twins used the clip to soft-launch a pregnancy. Conjoined twins Abby Hensel and Brittany Hensel have sparked speculation of a pregnancy with a recent video (Picture: TikTok) Abby and Brittany are yet to confirm a potential pregnancy, although plenty of well-wishers have wasted no time in congratulating the twins. Their post was soundtracked by Sia’s song Unstoppable, which some believe was used as a way of cheekily hitting out at the headlines. The twins, who were born with a rare condition called dicephalic parapagus, made headlines in 2021 when it was revealed one of them was marrying US army veteran Josh Bowling. Pictures of the secret wedding were released by Abby in 2024, which showed her and Brittany in a white wedding dress alongside 33-year-old Josh in a grey suit. Just days before their rumoured pregnancy announcement, the twins shared another video featuring sweet snaps of their life with Abby’s husband Josh. Abby tied the knot with Josh Bowling in 2021 (Picture: @abbyandbrittanyhensel / Tiktok) The twins have yet to confirm the pregnancy rumours (Picture: Facebook) Captioned ‘We know you think you know us’, the twins also used Justine Skye’s 2014 song Collide in the background, which features the lyrics: ‘I know you think that you know me, but you ain’t even seen my dark side. ‘It’s reserved for you only so baby do me right
Sara Anne Wood was 12 when she was abducted and murdered by Lewis Lent while riding her bike near her New York home. Even though her killer is behind bars, authorities say he refuses to give her family the peace of knowing where Sara is.
Craig-Hamilton Parker has given his predictions for the year ahead (Picture: GETTY/AP/Craig Hamilton Parker) A psychic has predicted that a royal couple will divorce and Sir Keir Starmer will be ousted from the Government in 2025. Craig Hamilton-Parker, dubbed the ‘new Nostradamus’, says he can see into the future and works with his wife Jane as spiritual mediums. His previous correct predictions include the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit , the Tweety McTreason assassination attempt, and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The 70-year-old has been practising the psychic arts since his early 20s after being inspired by Nadi astrologists during a visit to India. Outlining his predictions for this year, he told Metro: ‘It is going to be a politically bumpy year in the UK. ‘I’ve had this vision recently seeing Keir Starmer being ousted from government. ‘I think Yvette Cooper will then step in as the caretaker Prime Minister for a while. Craig believes Keir Starmer will be ousted from government (Picture: AFP via Getty Images) Kemi Badenoch is expected to divide the Tory party even further (Picture: Getty Images) ‘It is going to be an even worse year for the Tories as well and we will see major defections to Reform from big names like Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, who are unhappy with Kemi Badenoch.’ Craig went on to predict more revelations within the Royal Family, who have had a difficult year in 2024. These range from Kate and Charles’s cancer diagnoses, to Camilla’s struggles with pneumonia. It is set to be a turbulent year for the royal family again, according to Craig. It looks like Harry and Meghan will divorce this year, according to Craig (Picture: Netflix) ‘Harry and Meghan will get divorced,’ he said. ‘There’s been some talk about this already I know but I first predicted this when they first got together. ‘Harry will leave the US and return to the UK but will have more of an under the radar kind of role. ‘Charles will welcome him
The four newcomers — representing the U.S., Japan and Russia — will spend the next few days learning the station’s ins and outs from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.
