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Meta has formally expanded Meta AI to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), opening the AI-enabled chatbot to millions more people. Back in October, Meta announced it was launching Meta AI in six additional markets, including Brazil and the U.K. At the same time, the company teased gradual rollout plans for additional markets around the world, including MENA. Moving forward, Meta AI will be available in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen. In tandem, Meta is also expanding language support to include Arabic. Users can summon a virtual assistant…
Chicago Cubs starter Cody Poteet knew exactly what pitch he wanted to uncork to Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy: a fastball down and away. But as the ball left his hand — in the first inning of the first game of spring training Feb. 20 in Arizona — it drifted toward the inside corner,...
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As geopolitical tensions rise, the U.S. Department of Defense is expanding its integration of artificial intelligence to stay ahead and turning to AI agents to simulate confrontations with foreign adversaries.On Wednesday, the Defense Innovation Unit, a Department of Defense organization, awarded a prototype contract to San Francisco-based Scale AI to build Thunderforge, an AI platform...
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Texas state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, filed legislation on Feb. 20 that would deliver a knock-out blow to the state’s multibillion-dollar hemp industry if enacted. The legislation, Senate Bill 3, aims to ban all consumable hemp products containing any form of THC while leaving in place the state’s low-THC medical cannabis program that incorporates a...
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The main cabin of a American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER jet. Mary Altaffer | APAmerican Airlines is planning to test complimentary inflight Wi-Fi starting next week as pressure mounts on carriers to offer the service free of charge.The tests will be available on three flights: Between hub Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina and Raleigh-Durham International Airport; Charlotte and Jacksonville International Airport in Florida; and between Miami International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.More and more carriers have either launched or are preparing to offer free inflight Wi-Fi, making it harder for competitors to charge for connectivity. American’s prices vary and are some…
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For decades, patents have been a bone of contention in the technology world, seen by some as a way to protect intellectual property, but by critics as a blunt weapon against innovation. In the age of AI, they are once again getting revisited. New York startup Patlytics has developed an AI-enabled patent analytics platform to help corporations, IP professionals and law firms streamline their patent workflows, from discovery, analytics, comparison, and prosecution to litigation. The Google-backed startup said Monday it had closed $14 million in a Series A round led by Next47 with participation from existing investors, including Google’s Gradient,…
In December, Jake Johnson and Gareth Reynolds announced that their advice podcast, We’re Here to Help, would be coming to a temporary end. The duo had released more than 140 episodes, sometimes devoting five hours a day to recording, and it became unsustainable. Reynolds, a touring comedian, was often Zooming in from the road and...
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Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton, who received computing’s highest honor this week for their foundational work on reinforcement learning, didn’t waste any time using their new platform to sound alarms about unsafe AI development practices in the industry.The pair were announced as recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday, often dubbed the...
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Forcing state-licensed cannabis businesses to continue paying punitive taxes on their ordinary business expenses, even should cannabis be federally rescheduled, is now a bicameral effort in the U.S. Congress. Congressman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, who chairs the House Budget Committee, and six of his fellow representatives in the U.S. House introduced legislation, H.R. 1447, on Feb....
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