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"Analysis: Reform-led councils threaten 6GW of solar and battery schemes across England"
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Analysis: Reform-led councils threaten 6GW of solar and battery schemes across England - Carbon Brief
Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy capacity at risk, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

BRAVE: Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm with Voice Integration and Embodied Learning for Enhanced Mobility
Abdul Basit, Maha Nawaz, Muhammad Shafique
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18749

BRAVE: Brain-Controlled Prosthetic Arm with Voice Integration and Embodied Learning for Enhanced Mobility
Non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have the potential to enable intuitive control of prosthetic limbs for individuals with upper limb amputations. However, existing EEG-based control systems face challenges related to signal noise, classification accuracy, and real-time adaptability. In this work, we present BRAVE, a hybrid EEG and voice-controlled prosthetic system that integrates ensemble learning-based EEG classification with a human-in-the-loop (HITL) correction framework for enh…

Consent for Processing Personal Data in the Age of AI: Key Updates Across Asia-Pacific
https://fpf.org/blog/consent-for-processing-personal-data-in-the-age-of-ai-key-updates-across-asia-pacific/

Thoma Bravo raised $34.4B across three funds, including $24.3B for its main software company buyout fund and $8.1B for its midsize software-focused fund (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)
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Das ist ja fast beleidigend, dass jetzt ausgerechnet die Grünen wegen Polizei-kritischer Bekleidung einen Skandal im Bundestag haben. Hunderte Linke fühlen sich schon wieder nicht gesehen.
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Investigation of Zero-shot Text-to-Speech Models for Enhancing Short-Utterance Speaker Verification
Yiyang Zhao, Shuai Wang, Guangzhi Sun, Zehua Chen, Chao Zhang, Mingxing Xu, Thomas Fang Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14226

Investigation of Zero-shot Text-to-Speech Models for Enhancing Short-Utterance Speaker Verification
Short-utterance speaker verification presents significant challenges due to the limited information in brief speech segments, which can undermine accuracy and reliability. Recently, zero-shot text-to-speech (ZS-TTS) systems have made considerable progress in preserving speaker identity. In this study, we explore, for the first time, the use of ZS-TTS systems for test-time data augmentation for speaker verification. We evaluate three state-of-the-art pre-trained ZS-TTS systems, NatureSpeech 3, C…

Wide Reflective Equilibrium in LLM Alignment: Bridging Moral Epistemology and AI Safety
Matthew Brophy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00415 https://

Wide Reflective Equilibrium in LLM Alignment: Bridging Moral Epistemology and AI Safety
As large language models (LLMs) become more powerful and pervasive across society, ensuring these systems are beneficial, safe, and aligned with human values is crucial. Current alignment techniques, like Constitutional AI (CAI), involve complex iterative processes. This paper argues that the Method of Wide Reflective Equilibrium (MWRE) -- a well-established coherentist moral methodology -- offers a uniquely apt framework for understanding current LLM alignment efforts. Moreover, this methodolo…