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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Reunite, Hold Hands, KISS!
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck simply cannot quit each other.
Even when legal documents tell them they sort of have to.
In late August, Lopez filed to divorce Affleck of a summer spent scarcely with her famous husband in any way, shape or form.
It was a development the entire world saw coming.
On Saturday, however, the estranged spouses with spotted with their kids at the Beverly Hills Hotel in California.
And they weren’t simply hammering out the details of their impending divorce, according to an onlooker.
“Ben and JLo are currently at the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel holding hands and kissing. The kids are with them, but at a separate table,” an insider told Page Six.
Yes, that really does say holding hands and kissing.
At another point, the superstars were photographed having what seemed to be an intense conversation in a car parked outside of the building.
Affleck’s children — Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12 — as well as Lopez’s 16-year old twins, Emme and Max, were also spotted with their parents insider of the hotel.
Adding to the confusion and/or the complexity?
Affleck’s ex-wife Jennifer Garner who was ALSO seen leaving the hotel with her kids after grabbing brunch. There just a whole lot going on here apparently, folks.
Lopez filed her divorce paperwork on what would have been the couple’s two-year wedding anniversary, citing irreconcilable differences as the basis for the split.
The singer/actress also cited April 26 as as the date of separation, which backed up widespread speculation over the past few months that Affleck and Lopez were basically done as a romantic item.
Affleck has been spotted with his wedding ring on in ages, while the pair even put their shared home up for sale in June.
The stars first got together way back in 2002, only to get engaged and then call off the engagement two years later.
Each went on to have kids and get married to other people, reconciling in 2021 after Lopez broke off her romance with former steroid user Alex Rodriguez.
The two reportedly didn’t sign a prenup before they married, which could potentially lead to a battle over assets, including their aforementioned Beverly Hills mansion that they put up for sale for $68 million two-plus months ago.
Might Lopez and Affleck have simply been discussing this issue over the weekend?
Yes.
By at least one account, however, their tongues were doing a lot more than just talking. Stay tuned for more!
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Anthropic says US lifts export ban on its advanced AI tools
The US government has lifted an export ban on Anthropic’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) tools, just weeks after ordering it to restrict access to them over national security concerns, the company has said.
Anthropic said in a statement that it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Wednesday after being notified that the US Department of Commerce has lifted restrictions on the two models.
They are the firm’s most advanced AI tools, which were abruptly suspended on 12 June over concerns that they could be used by hackers to exploit weaknesses in computer systems.
The Commerce Department said in a letter seen by the BBC that Anthropic has addressed the risks.
“Anthropic has agreed to proactively detect and address security risks associated with the models,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote in a letter to the tech company.
The firm has also agreed to collaborate on future releases of its AI models and alert the government of any malicious activity, Lutnick wrote.
The Commerce Department reserves the right to reconsider its decision to lift export restrictions if necessary, he added.
The BBC has contacted the Department of Commerce for further information.
Mythos and Fable are two of Anthropic’s AI models built on its Claude platform – a rival to the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.
Fable 5 is a version of the AI model for the consumer market, capable of deep reasoning and can perform complex tasks independently.
Mythos 5 is a version of the platform designed for select businesses and cybersecurity experts. It is said to be able to identify vulnerabilities in computer code and exploit them. Both models were released on 9 June.
The firm previously said that US authorities had not pinpointed specific concerns about its technology even as it ordered both platforms to be suspended around the world.
“Our understanding is that the government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or ‘jailbreaking’ Fable 5,” the company said at the time, referring to a process of slipping past software safety restrictions to unblock features.
“However, we disagree that the finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people.”
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US to cut troop levels in Germany by 5,000 amid Trump spat with Merz
The decision to reduce the US deployment to Germany comes amid a row between the two allies over Iran.
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