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Kia’s electric van lineup is getting more interesting with reveal of PV7

You may not know it, but minivans are making a comeback in the US. Look around, and you'll start to notice an uptick in these breadboxes on wheels. Sales were up 21 percent in 2025, suggesting that the humble minivan is shaking off its "uncool" stigma and finding new fans among an SUV-weary public. I'm here for it. One of the companies currently carrying the torch for minivans is Kia, which has sold its popular Carnival minivan here since 2021. Kia is also one of the few automakers making all-el

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DZone

Microsoft’s New AI Rules Say Models Must Never Resist Human Shutdown

Microsoft is drawing a line around how much autonomy it wants its future AI models to have: no resisting shutdown, no deceiving overseers, and no overriding human control. The company on Monday published a draft code of conduct for models developed by Microsoft AI, setting out what it calls a “Humanist AI” approach. Microsoft says current models will not be trained on the document, but it plans to begin using the framework in 2027 after a six-week public comment period.

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Kubernetes Blog

Kubernetes v1.37: Pod-Level Resource Managers graduated to Beta

With the release of Kubernetes v1.37, the Pod-Level Resource Managers feature has graduated to Beta status (disabled by default)! First introduced as an Alpha feature in Kubernetes v1.36, this enhancement builds on Pod-Level Resources by equipping Kubelet's Topology Manager, CPU Manager, and Memory Manager to use Pod-level resource declarations (.spec.resources) directly when making hardware placement decisions. Bringing pod-level resources to node managers Before this feature, obtaining exclusi

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DZone

Altman, Musk Back Amodei’s AI Warning: The Frontier May Be Moving Too Fast

Some of Silicon Valley’s fiercest AI rivals are finding rare common ground: frontier development may need to slow down. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on developers to slow the pace of increasing the capabilities of advanced AI models, warning that faster progress could outstrip existing safeguards. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI leader Elon Musk publicly endorsed the general direction of his argument.

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