Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and low of 61 degrees.
Saturday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 80, low: 66.
Sunday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, with a high of 86 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• SSCM Summer Fest Kicks Off On Thursday (patch.com) — Lemont residents can enjoy SS. Cyril and Methodius' annual Summer Fest this weekend at 607 Sobieski Street, featuring a carnival, food, drinks, games and raffles. The four-day event runs Thursday through Sunday with different live bands scheduled each day and daily ride passes available on-site.
• Federal Medical Scientists Are Using LLMs as Research Co-Pilots (healthtechmagazine.net) — Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont is using a secure custom interface called Argo to let its researchers safely tap powerful AI language models for scientific work. The story also highlights how the FDA is building its own protected AI tools, underscoring how strict data governance is reshaping federal medical research nationwide.
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