Thursday Links

 HEADLINES:

Americans among first foreigners to leave Gaza through Rafah border crossing into Egypt (CBS)

Another wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camp as crossing opens for foreigners and wounded (Politico)

A Deadly Airstrike, and Gazans at the Breaking Point (NYT)

Crisis in Gaza as Israel warns of long war with Hamas (CNN)

People gather near Gaza border crossing to enter Egypt (WP)

Young progressive Democrats are splitting from the party on Israel (NPR)

Jenna Ellis’ Lawyer Reveals Why She Copped a Plea (Daily Beast)

Why doctors in America earn so much (Economist)

Trump Jr. testifies in $250 million fraud case against family business (WP)

Auto workers’ grand slam in Detroit is a home run for the US workforce (The Hill)

Freedom under fire: When guns outnumber people, which American liberties prevail? (AP)

The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh has set his sights on banning gender-affirming care for trans youth in Tennessee — and an attack on Vanderbilt University's transgender health clinic shows he's succeeding, HuffPost's Lil Kalish reports. [HuffPost]

A 'tropical disease' carried by sand flies is confirmed in a new country: the U.S. (NPR)

Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction (NYT)

The Department of Education is floating a new plan to forgive student debt, which would provide relief for several more categories of borrowers in an effort to chip away at the nation’s enormous student debt problem after the Supreme Court squashed the president's broad plan to do so this summer. [HuffPost]

We built a ‘brain’ from tiny silver wires. It learns in real time, more efficiently than computer-based AI (The Conversation)

See inside the stereotyping machines pushing American bias across the internet (WP)

Everything you're hearing right now about AI wiping out humans is a big con (Insider)

OMB tells agencies to focus on AI talent and transparency in new guidelines (Politico)

Voice-Based AI Interactions Bring Sci-Fi Fantasies to Everyday Reality (PYMNTS)

AI Can Supercharge Your Imagination (Atlantic)

Vice President Harris to unveil AI safety plans in U.K. speech (WP)

Amazon Fires Employee Who Tested Positive For Having Food In Their System (The Onion)