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The country that’s dominating chess boxing #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-19 14:30
We're by far the underdogs. We're coming in with with the red, white, and blue trying to to upset people. You know, no one thinks we're going to do well. No one thinks we're going to win.The Russians are the best >> by a long shot. Yeah. So, >> why makes them so good.>> They have it in over 500 schools and universities where kids are growing up with chess boxing. It is their sport, their focus. ...
AI’s double edge: curing disease or creating danger #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-19 00:00
What kind of things are you testing for. >> The broad category is national security risk. >> Can this AI make a weapon of mass destruction.>> Specifically, we focus on CBRN, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear. And right now, we're at the stage of figuring out can these models help somebody make one of those. You know, if the model can help make a biological weapon, for example, that's usually the same capabilities that the model uh could use to help make vaccines and accelerate therapeutics.Graham ...
What is “the compressed 21st century”? #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 23:45
Twice a month, he convenes his more than 2,000 employees for meetings known as Dario Vision Quest. A common theme, the extraordinary potential of AI to transform society for the better. >> We have a growing team working on, you know, using Claude to make scientific discovery.>> He thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer's, and even double the human lifespan. >> That sounds unimaginable. >> In a way, it sounds crazy, right.But here's the way I think about it. I use this phrase cal ...
An AI-run vending machine #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 21:01
We got glimpses of those weird experiments in Anthropics offices. In this one, they let Claude run their vending machines. They call it Claudius, and it's a test of AI's ability to one day operate a business on its own.Employees can message Claudius online. >> So, this is a live feed of Claudius discussing with employees right now >> to order just about anything. Claudius then sources the products, negotiates the prices, and gets them delivered.So far, it hasn't made much money. It gives away too many disco ...
Some critics call Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei an AI alarmist #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 19:30
Dario Amade is 42 and previously oversaw research at what's now a competitor Open AI working under its CEO Sam Alman. He left along with six other employees including his sister Daniela to start Anthropic in 2021. They say they wanted to take a different approach to developing safer artificial intelligence.>> It is an experiment. I mean nobody knows what the impact fully is going to be. I think it is an experiment and one way to think about anthropic is that it's a little bit trying to put bumpers or guard ...
The role of an in-house philosopher at an AI company #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 19:15
What is somebody with a PhD in philosophy doing working at a tech company. >> I spend a lot of time trying to teach the models to be good uh and trying to basically teach them ethics and to have good character. >> You can teach it how to be ethical.>> You definitely see the ability to give it more nuance and to have it think more carefully through a lot of these issues. And I'm optimistic. I'm like, look, if it can think through very hard physics problems, um, you know, carefully and in detail, then it sure ...
Americans’ secret weapon in chess boxing #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 15:34
As Iron Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face." >> Most people on the surface when they hear about chess boxing, they think that the the battleground is the chess board or the boxing ring. And and it is. You have to be good at both, but the the real battlefield is the minute in between rounds.>> Thomas told us the best chess boxers learn how to control their breathing to switch from a high octane fight to cold calculation. So, the more that you can downregulate, lower ...
The unlikely sport for a self-proclaimed “scrawny kid” #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 15:27
Athlete's Background - William Gambit Man Grafe is a New York State chess champion who started playing chess competitively at the age of five [1] - Grafe added 30 lb of muscle to become a chess boxer [1] - Grafe weighs 160 lb [2] - Grafe was ridiculed and ostracized for being a scrawny chess player [2] Chess Boxing - Chess boxing combines chess and boxing [1][2] - There is no prize money in chess boxing [3] - Participants pay their own way to compete in chess boxing [2] Personal Motivation - Grafe sees chess boxing as an opportunity to tell his story and challenge himself [2]
Meet the U.S. squad of chess boxers #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 15:27
Ladies and gentlemen, chess boxing fans around the world, thank you. >> Matt Thomas is a chess boxing evangelist. >> When we get to the later rounds, >> and coach of Team USA, >> he's built a squad of 15 American contenders from all walks of life.There's the lawyer, a Cornell math major, a military veteran. >> In 2018, Thomas became the first American to compete for a world chess boxing title. And you won. >> And I won.Which the person who was the most surprised about that was me. >> So, did you win by hook ...
Chess boxing. Yes, it’s a real sport #shorts
60 Minutes· 2025-11-18 15:26
The German comes out fast, jabbing and punching. He batters his Russian rival until a roundhouse sends him down. Fighters from 18 countries are here trying to knock each other's heads off. There's the bell. But wait, now the fighters strip off their gloves and sit down. It's chess time. Competitors have 3 minutes to vanquish their enemy on the board. If they don't, it's back to the slugfest for three more minutes. It's gloves on, gloves off until checkmate, knockout, or judge's decision. This is chess boxin ...