BEREA, Ky. — Anthropic says it has uncovered “industrial-scale” campaigns by three Chinese AI labs—DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax—that used about 24,000 fraudulent accounts to generate more than 16 million interactions with its Claude model. Anthropic states the goal was distillation: training another model on Claude’s outputs to copy capabilities faster and cheaper than building…

BEREA, Ky. — March in Kentucky means the start of tournament basketball. High school teams across the state enter the postseason with one goal in mind: reaching the KHSAA Sweet 16 State Tournament in Lexington. For readers who do not follow the structure closely, Kentucky’s system can seem confusing. The path to the state tournament…

BEREA, Ky. — As winter begins to fade and the first daffodils appear across yards in Berea, many families are starting to look ahead to spring break. In the Berea and Richmond area, the break does not happen all at once. Local colleges pause in early March, while most K–12 schools in Madison County take…

BEREA, Ky. — Summer Yue, Meta’s Director of AI Alignment, posted a story this week that landed with a thud because it was so terrifyingly ordinary. It was not a lab demo or a sci-fi doomsday scenario. It was just email. Yue said she gave an open-source OpenClaw AI agent access to her inbox with…

BEREA, Ky. — If you have daffodils already blooming in your yard, you are not imagining it. Spring is getting an early start around Berea, driven by bursts of unusually warm weather in late February and early March. The big question now is not whether spring is coming. It is whether we get a smooth,…

BEREA, Ky. — A “Power Conservation Alert” is not the same thing as a power outage. It is simply Berea Municipal Utilities (BMU) telling the community that overall electricity demand is expected to be very high, and that small changes from a lot of customers can help keep the grid stable and lower costs during…

BEREA, Ky. — Back in the early 1990s, I spent a significant amount of time studying COBOL and earning multiple IBM certifications, specifically around OS/2 Warp and OS/2 Warp Server. Because of that background, whenever I see a headline claiming a new tool is going to quickly unravel decades of IBM mainframe dominance, my immediate…

BEREA, Ky. — Apple is releasing a new budget-minded iPhone in March for the second year in a row, and it might just be the most practical device in their current lineup. The iPhone 17e is a streamlined model that still gets full Apple Intelligence support, MagSafe, and Apple’s current-generation A19 chip. Preorders open Wednesday,…

BEREA, Ky. — Four of the biggest U.S. tech companies are on track to spend about $650 billion on AI-related infrastructure in 2026, up from about $410 billion in 2025, according to Bridgewater Associates and a Reuters report summarizing the firm’s analysis. The companies driving this spend are Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft. That is…

BEREA, Ky. — I was a performing arts major, so I do not read “Google buys another music AI” the way a typical tech headline reader does. Part of me feels fiercely protective of the human side of music. Another part of me knows complaining from the sidelines does not change the direction of travel.…

BEREA, Ky. — If you only read the tech headlines, you would think the entire economy now lives or dies on AI model launches, GPU supply, and which companies can automate the most white-collar work the fastest. Zoom out, and the picture looks steadier. 📈 The Real Economy is Still Growing A Reuters column this…

BEREA, Ky. — MatX, a startup founded by two former Google TPU engineers, says it has raised a $500 million Series B to build a new processor aimed at training large language models (LLMs), positioning itself as a direct challenger to Nvidia’s dominance in AI hardware. The round was led by Jane Street and Situational…

BEREA, Ky. — A local church is often more than just a place for Sunday morning services; it serves as a vital hub for community support, youth programs, and neighborhood gatherings. Recognizing the wear and tear that comes with that responsibility, Berea Baptist is officially entering the next major phase of its facility renovations. According…

BEREA, Ky. — WiseTech Global, an Australian logistics software company with about 7,000 employees, says it plans to cut roughly 2,000 jobs over the next two years as part of a sweeping “AI transformation program.” Multiple outlets report the reductions equal nearly 30% of the workforce, with early impacts expected to hit product development and…

BEREA, Ky. — Scam calls, texts, and emails are not just a big-city problem. They hit small towns hard because scammers rely on two psychological triggers that work anywhere: urgency and trust. Thursday, March 5, 2026, is National Slam the Scam Day. Led by the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the SSA Office of the…

BEREA, Ky. — No more free subs—at least, not the way it used to work. It has been a good run for the “Fourth Footlong Free” promotion, but Subway is updating its Sub Club loyalty program on April 1, 2026, and the popular stamp-based reward is being discontinued. The company says members can keep earning…

BEREA, Ky. — During the week of Valentine’s Day, Berea Home Village (BHV) delivered 137 boxes of homemade treats to members and volunteers, each one paired with a handmade Valentine card. The organization says the boxes were baked and packed through a mix of member and volunteer effort, with help from women from the local…

RICHMOND, Ky. — If you notice a little more traffic and more families around Richmond between now and Saturday, it is likely tied to Eastern Kentucky University’s High School Honor Band Festival, running Thursday, Feb. 19 through Saturday, Feb. 21. EKU bills this as the 33rd annual edition of the festival, which brings together high…

BEREA, Ky. — The Catch the Leprechaun 5K is set for Sunday, March 1, with a 9:00 a.m. start at Berea Community High School. Organizers describe it as a St. Patrick’s-themed kickoff to spring racing, with proceeds supporting the Berea Food Bank and Bereans United for Utility and Rent Relief (BUURR). This event is designed…

RICHMOND, Ky. — Eastern Kentucky University’s Wind Ensemble and Concert Band will take the stage Tuesday, March 3, with a 7:30 p.m. concert at the EKU Center for the Arts in Richmond. The university lists the performance as free and open to all ages. For Berea listeners, this is the kind of low-effort weeknight concert…