InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code enables coding agent teaching

Agent Skills, an experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources GitHub Copilot ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code adds support for agent skills

An experimental feature in VS Code 1.108, Agent Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that GitHub ...
Inc

Want to Learn “Anything You Want”? Neuroscience Says 7 Sessions Is All It Takes

Here’s an example. Compared with my wife, to whom any computation seems to come intuitively, I have zero talent for math. One day I was struggling to determine the correct angle to set a miter saw for ...
The New York Times

House Returns After Long Recess to Take Up Bill to End Shutdown

After a 54-day break, the House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed spending deal. Approval would clear it for President Trump’s signature. By Michael Gold Reporting from Washington The House of ...
PBS

Johnson calls House back into session after refusing to convene during shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session — and facing an avalanche of pent-up ...
The Hill

Senate to remain in session until shutdown deal is struck, Thune says

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Saturday that senators will remain in session until a deal is unlocked to reopen the government as the shutdown reached Day 39 with members ...
Rolling Stone

How Asheville’s 100-year anniversary of the ‘Asheville Sessions’ Makes it the Country Music Destination of Appalachia

There are cities and towns across the United States that specifically call to music lovers. Among them is Asheville, North Carolina, the ultimate destination for artists and travelers looking to ...
MIT Technology Review

Therapists are secretly using ChatGPT. Clients are triggered.

Some therapists are using AI during therapy sessions. They’re risking their clients’ trust and privacy in the process. Declan would never have found out his therapist was using ChatGPT had it not been ...
Healthline

How Long Does It Take for Therapy to Work?

Research indicates that, on average, it can take between 15 and 20 sessions for therapy to result in some form of improvement. However, it’s important to remember that therapy isn’t ‘one size fits all ...
The Verge

Anthropic will start training its AI models on chat transcripts

You can choose to opt out. You can choose to opt out. is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired ...
Houston Chronicle

Is Gov. Greg Abbott calling too many special sessions?

Gov. Greg Abbott has used special sessions of the Texas Legislature so frequently as a political weapon that lawmakers have been in session for what amounts to an extra 230 days over the last four ...