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El PP no se atreve con Castedo

¿Por qué prefiere afrontar a la Casa Real y al empresariado antes que pactar con la oposición una gestora en Alicante, pese a que un  gesto así sería sin duda bien recibido por los ciudadanos?




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¡Vuelva usted mañana!.... dicen las empresas privadas

El "vuelva usted mañana" de Larra ocurre hoy en las empresas privadas.




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El hechizo de Susan Tedeschi o como dormir bien en verano

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¿Hubiera seguido usted jugando al golf?...

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Apple tipped to launch wall-mounted AI smart home display as early as March 2025

Apple appears to be turning its focus on the smart home market. #apple #smarthome #homehub #appleintelligence



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Check out Singapore’s first-ever Smart Home Tech Show from 14 November at Suntec City (Updated)

Come down to the Smart Home Tech Show and grab some S$1 tech deals on the 14 and 15 November. #smarthometechshow #hwztechshowportal




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Deported Ukrainian children are Russia's future army recruits, ombudsman says

Deported Ukrainian children are Russia's future army recruits, ombudsman says




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Led by Ted Cruz, the GOP Doesn’t Want Affordable Internet

In the coming months, we're set to witness the largest investment in America's digital infrastructure in history: $42.5 billion that should be a true lifeline for millions of Americans struggling with slow, unreliable, or nonexistent internet connections. But as with any massive government spending program, the devil is in the details - and Republican lawmakers, led by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, are doing their best to ensure those details work against their own constituents.




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Coastal Carolina University’s quarterback arrested. What happened with football player?




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Canadian teenager infected with H5N1 bird flu in critical condition

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia teenager has experts worried.




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DNA analysis identifies long-lost remains of executed 1916 rebel, Thomas Kent

The long lost remains of Thomas Kent, one of the 16 men executed in 1916 following the Easter Rising, have been identified by scientific DNA analysis...




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AI-Assisted Genome Studies Are Riddled with Errors

Researchers used artificial intelligence in large genomics studies to fill in gaps in patient information and improve predictions, but new research uncovers false positives and misleading correlations.



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WATCH LIVE: John Thune speaks after being elected Republican Senate leader

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) is speaking to reporters after being voted Senate Republican leader by secret ballot Wednesday. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Thune defeated Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL) to succeed outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will still serve in the Senate through at […]




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Mike Johnson nominated for second term as speaker, quelling GOP opposition for now

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) won his party’s nomination for a second term as speaker, teeing him up for a vote early next year even as rumors swirled earlier this week that some GOP lawmakers might prop up a challenger to his bid. Despite those efforts, no lawmaker publicly challenged Johnson for the position, allowing […]




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Quick Commerce captures nearly half of Kirana sales; market projected to hit $40 billion by 2030

India's quick commerce market is booming and is set to reach USD 40 billion by 2030. This surge is driven by consumer demand for fast deliveries, with 46% of consumers reducing their reliance on traditional Kirana shops. Quick commerce platforms are projected to capture 21% of total Kirana sales by 2024.




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Deutsche Telekom Earnings Boosted by Momentum in US and Germany




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Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong | WIRED




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Era of ‘unlimited supply of cheap foreign labour is over,’ minister says




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U.S. Flights to Haiti Halted After Gangs Start Shooting Commercial Airliners

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a notice on Tuesday banning all flights to Haiti for at least 30 days following three gun attacks on planes flying to the capital city of Port-au-Prince.

The post U.S. Flights to Haiti Halted After Gangs Start Shooting Commercial Airliners appeared first on Breitbart.






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Senate Majority Leader-Elect Thune: Senate Republicans ‘Excited’ to Put Trump’s Agenda into Action

Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune (R-SD) said Senate Republicans "are excited" to enact President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

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A federal law mandated outside oversight of crime labs. CBI didn’t use it, watchdogs allege.

The criticism comes in the wake of revelations that longtime CBI forensic scientist Yvonne "Missy" Woods routinely deleted and manipulated DNA testing during her nearly 30-year career, creating unreliable results in hundreds of cases.




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Colorado State Patrol trooper struck, injured by suspected drunken driver in El Paso County

A Colorado State Patrol trooper was airlifted to the hospital Wednesday after his patrol car was hit by a suspected drunken driver while the trooper was investigating a crash.






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Linkin Park Doing Free Limited Livestream Of Friday's Concert

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Dame Flora Duffy Highlighted By World Triathlon

Olympic gold medalist Dame Flora Duffy will defend her title against 54 other athletes on July 31 at the women’s individual triathlon, with World Triathlon highlighting her and her competition ahead of the event. A World Triathlon story said, “At 8am on Wednesday 31 July, 55 athletes will line up in Paris for only the […]




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Dame Flora Duffy Excited For T100 Ibiza

Dame Flora Duffy said she is excited to test herself in her first outing in the T100 Triathlon World Tour for two years. The five-time Olympian will compete in the fifth leg of the eight-race series in Ibiza, Spain, on Saturday [September 28]. “Excited to get back to some T100 Triathlon racing this weekend in […]




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Blake Montgomery On Being Drafted By Senators

[Written by Stephen Wright] Bermudian ice hockey player Blake Montgomery has reflected on the moment he got drafted by National Hockey League [NHL] team the Ottawa Senators. Rather than attend the draft at the Sphere in Las Vegas in June, Montgomery, 19, visited Bermuda to watch the live televised event at the Boundary Sports Bar […]




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DENR Responds To Spotted Lanternfly

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] responded to reports of ‘spotted lanternflies’ — an invasive insect species — discovered aboard two cruise ships, with DENR noting that “both ships fully cooperated with DENR’s protocols, ensuring the effective elimination of the invasive pest.” A Government spokesperson said, “On September 2, 2024, the Department of […]




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What is "Server Detected Network Error #404"?

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AI Companies Reportedly Struggling to Improve Latest Models

Leading artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are facing "diminishing returns" from their costly efforts to build newer AI models, according to a new Bloomberg report. The stumbling blocks appear to be growing in size as Apple continues a phased rollout of its own AI features through Apple Intelligence.


OpenAI's latest model, known internally as Orion, has reportedly fallen short of the company's performance expectations, particularly in handling coding tasks. The model is said to be lacking the significant improvements over existing systems when compared to the gains GPT-4 made versus its predecessor.

Google is also reportedly facing similar obstacles with its upcoming Gemini software, while Anthropic has delayed the release of its anticipated Claude 3.5 Opus model. Industry experts who spoke to Bloomberg attributed the challenges to the increasing difficulty in finding "new, untapped sources of high-quality, human-made training data" and the enormous costs associated with developing and operating new models concurrently with existing ones.

Silicon Valley's belief that more computing power, data, and larger models will inevitably lead to better performance, and ultimately the holy grail – artificial general intelligence (AGI) – could be based on false assumptions, suggests the report. Consequently, companies are now exploring alternative approaches, including further post-training (incorporating human feedback to improve responses and refining the tone) and developing AI tools called agents that can perform targeted tasks, such as booking flights or sending emails on a user's behalf.

"The AGI bubble is bursting a little bit," said Margaret Mitchell, chief ethics scientist at AI startup Hugging Face. She told Bloomberg that "different training approaches" may be needed to make AI models work really well on a variety of tasks. Other experts who spoke to the outlet echoed Mitchell's sentiment.

How much impact these challenges will have on Apple's approach is unclear, though Apple Intelligence is more focused in comparison, and the company uses internal large language models (LLMs) grounded in privacy. Apple's AI services mainly operate on-device, while the company's Private Cloud Compute encrypted servers are only pinged for tasks requiring more advanced processing power.

Apple is integrating AI capabilities into existing products and services, including writing tools, Siri improvements, and image generation features, so it can't be said to be competing directly in the LLM space. However, Apple has agreed a partnership with OpenAI that allows Siri to optionally hand off more open-ended queries to ChatGPT. Apple has also reportedly held discussions with other LLM companies about similar outsourcing partnerships.

It's possible that the challenges faced by major AI companies pursuing breakthrough general-purpose AI models could ultimately validate Apple's more conservative strategy of developing specific AI features that enhance the user experience. In that sense, its privacy-first policy may not be the straitjacket it first seemed. Apple plans to expand Apple Intelligence features next month with the release of iOS 18.2 and then via further updates through 2025.


This article, "AI Companies Reportedly Struggling to Improve Latest Models" first appeared on MacRumors.com

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"Neutrino Evidence Revisited (AI Debates)" | Is Mozart's K297b authentic?

[This is a guest post by Conal Boyce] Recently I watched a video posted by Alexander Unzicker, a no-nonsense physicist who often criticizes Big Science (along the same lines as Sabine Hossenfelder — my hero). But in this case (link below) I was surprised to see Unzicker play back a conversation between himself and ChatGPT, […]




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Eagles, Steelers 'massively underestimated,' Bills climb up in Nick's Tiers | First Things First

Nick Wright unveils his Week 11 Tiers alongside Chris Broussard, Kevin Wildes and Coach Eric Mangini. Watch as Nick addresses "massively underestimating" the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles and why the Buffalo Bills climb higher up the tiers.




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Will the Buffalo Bills finally end the Kansas City Chiefs' undefeated streak in this pivotal matchup? | Speak

Michael Irvin breaks down whether the Buffalo Bills can finally end the Kansas City Chiefs' undefeated streak in this pivotal matchup. He analyzes the key factors at play as Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen go head-to-head.