What does the US and Iran ceasefire entail?

What does the US and Iran ceasefire entail?

Iran, the United States, and Israel agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, an 11th-hour deal that headed off the U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash a bombing campaign that would destroy Iranian civilization. Hours after the announcement, Iran and Gulf Arab countries reported new attacks on Wednesday, though it was not clear if the strikes would scuttle the deal. All sides have presented vastly different versions of the terms. Iran said the deal would allow it to formalize its new practice of charging ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the U.S. would work with Iran to remove buried enriched uranium, though Iran did not confirm that. Pakistan and others said fighting would pause in Lebanon, which Israel has invaded to fight the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Wednesday that the deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah. Israeli strikes hit several dense commercial and residential areas in central Beirut on Wednesday afternoon without warning, killing dozens and wounding hundreds of people. Joining us are Phil Stewart, Chief National Security reporter for Reuters, and Laurie Nathan, professor of the practice of mediation and director of the Kroc Institute’s mediation program at the University of Notre Dame.

With files from Associated Press.

How has gaming culture evolved over the years?

For some gamers, a lot of the fun of playing comes from doing so with friends. Achieving goals in unison, or sparing off in a bout of friendly competition can give gamers a way to hang out and bond over an activity, even when miles apart. In the internet era, gamers can connect with thousands of strangers in a given day — and while some of these interactions are positive, many are also negative. Many of the issues of trolling and toxicity that have plagued social media are also apparent in video games, but the ephemeral nature of a game instance makes tracking and punishing bad actors a challenge. At the same time, video game culture is still shedding its boy club mentality, with women gamers still regularly experiencing harassment in the space. So what is it really like being a "gamer" these days? Joining us to discuss is Carly Cocurek, director of Game Design and Experiential Media at Illinois Tech in Chicago, Agnes Romhanyi, PhD candidate at UC Irvine for informatics whose recent research focuses on game moderation, and Samwitch, streamer on the videogame streaming platform Twitch.

Is Ontario becoming a new entertainment hub?

Just last week, Ontario’s new ONT Field, home to the Dodger’s Single-A affiliate, the Tower Buzzers, opened. The over 6,000 seat minor league baseball stadium is part of the city’s larger Ontario Sports Empire complex, a 200-acre project that will include stadiums for professional and youth sports and entertainment venues. The complex boasts to be Southern California’s largest sports and entertainment complex, making Ontario a destination city in the Inland Empire. Today on AirTalk, we learn what plans are for the Ontario Sports Empire and how it fits into the city’s recent rise as an entertainment hub. Joining us are Scott Ochoa, City Manager for Ontario, and Kome Ajise, executive director of Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG).

Anthropic to release AI model ‘Mythos,’ addressing cybersecurity concerns ahead of official launch

The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has unveiled a new AI model that it says it is withholding from the public due to safety concerns. The artificial intelligence pioneer has looked to connect with major companies, such as Amazon, Google, and JPMorgan Chase in order to provide them with the model, dubbed Mythos, ahead of a potential public release. They are citing cybersecurity concerns, as according to the company Mythos is capable of performing so-called zero-day exploits of computer systems, effectively making it an extremely potent, quick, and efficient hacker. Anthropic says that Mythos was able to find security exploits in major web browsers and operating systems. So how much of what Anthropic is portending here is real, and how much of this Mythos announcement is hype? Is the AI race at a new, potentially life-altering tipping point? Or is this just more buzz? Here to break down the latest is Margi Murphy, Bloomberg News reporter who is following this.

What's your go-to midnight munchie?

The rules and guidelines laid out by so-called "nutritionists" or "dieticians" simply don't apply past 11pm. Maybe that isn't true on a factual level, but on an instinctual level it certainly feels correct. Eating a meal outside the named three at a time when most of the world is asleep is something of a perverse ritual, one that demands an equally profane spread. No one in their right mind would dare eat a croissant containing a fried chicken patty, bacon, hashbrown, and cheese with two tacos and a mix of curly and straight fries in one sitting during the day. But past 9pm, there's nothing that comes close to feeling as right. Today on AirTalk, we want to hear from you: What's your goto late night snack? Maybe it's three hardboiled eggs straight from the boiling water, or maybe it's a quick quesadilla with some of dinner's leftovers mixed in, or maybe's four hardboiled eggs straight from the boiling water. However you eat your 1 am eggs, we want to hear from you: give us a call at 866-893-5722 or you can email us at atcomments@laist.com.