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☆ Lula's Approval Ratings Inch up Ahead of Brazil's Local Elections -Poll
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Those who consider Lula's administration as bad or terrible increased marginally to 27.9% from 27.2 four months ago, it showed. The rating of the leftist president's performance edged up to 55.2% from 54.9% in September, while disapproval also rose slightly to 39.6 from 39.0%, the MDA poll commissioned by the transport sector lobby CNT. Lula gets his best approval ratings among lower-income Brazilians and in poorer northeastern Brazil, his political bastion. He does badly among higher income groups and evangelical Christian voters, MDA said. MDA polled 2,002 people in person between Jan. 18-21 and the poll has a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.

Persons: Luiz Inacio Lula da, Lula, Marcelo Souza, Anthony Boadle, Steven Grattan, Susan Fenton Organizations: Reuters, pollster MDA, MDA, CNT, Christian Locations: BRASILIA, Brazil

☆ A ‘thirsty’ generative AI boom poses a growing problem for Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-06 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Shaolei Ren, a researcher at the University of California, Riverside, published a study in April investigating the resources needed to run buzzy generative AI models, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT. Hundreds of millions of monthly users all submitting questions on the popular chatbot quickly illustrates just how "thirsty" AI models can be. The study's authors warned that if the growing water footprint of AI models is not sufficiently addressed, the issue could become a major roadblock to the socially responsible and sustainable use of AI in the future. For Google, meanwhile, total water consumption at its data centers and offices came in at 5.6 billion gallons in 2022, a 21% increase on the year before. watch nowIt's notable, however, that their latest water consumption figures were disclosed before the launch of their own respective ChatGPT competitors.

Persons: Shaolei Ren, Ren, Eitan Abramovich, OpenAI, Somya Joshi, Microsoft's Bing, Bard, Joshi, Paul Hanna Organizations: UNITED, EMIRATES, Tech, Microsoft, Google, University of California, Uruguay's Central Union, CNT, Afp, Getty, CNBC, Big Tech, Meta, SEI, U.S ., Stockholm Environment Institute, United, Inc, Talavera de la Reina, Bloomberg Locations: Dubai, Riverside, Montevideo, U.S, Stockholm, United Arab Emirates, Talavera de, Spain

☆ Lula government's approval rating dips nine months into office in Brazil
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The CNT/MDA poll said 40.6% of the people surveyed said the performance of the Lula government was "great" or "good" compared with 43% in the previous poll in May. Lula narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in a runoff election last October and took office in January. Still, 46% of those polled say the new government is better than Bolsonaro's, which had a 12-percentage-point lower approval rating after nine months in office. Approval of Lula's own performance as president has also dipped, to 54.9% from 57%, with disapproval rising to 39% from 35%. MDA, commissioned by the national transport lobby CNT, polled 2,002 people across Brazil between Sept. 27 and Oct. 1.

Persons: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's, Jair Bolsonaro, Lula, Marcelo Souza, Bolsonaro, Anthony Boadle, Steven Grattan, Rod Nickel Organizations: CNT, MDA, Thomson Locations: BRASILIA, Brazil, Brasilia

[1/5] Apple France workers on strike holding CGT labour union flags gather in front of the Apple Store near Place de l'Opera during a protest to demand higher pay and better benefits on the day Apple launches its iPhone 15, in Paris, France, September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Workers at Apple (AAPL.O) stores in France began a nationwide strike over pay and working conditions on Friday in a protest designed to coincide with the launch of the iPhone 15. Staff at an Apple store in Barcelona, where about 250 people were queuing to enter the store on Friday morning, were set to join colleagues in France in protesting. "We have been talking since August to our colleagues on strike in France. In Spain, unlike them, not all the unions have agreed to strike," Paredes said.

Persons: Abdul Saboor, Anais Durel, Tarek, Pablo Paredes, Paredes, Manuel Ausloos, Louise Dalmasso, Horaci Garcia, Corina Pons, Charlottte Van Campenhout, Charlie Devereux, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Apple, REUTERS, Rights, Workers, CGT, Unsa, CFTC, Management, Staff, Paseo de, CNT Apple, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Apple France, Paris, France, Opera, Barcelona, Paseo, Paseo de Gracia, Spain, Madrid

☆ Bolsonaro-Lula presidential race down to the wire in Brazil, polls show
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Anthony Boadle | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A survey by pollster MDA showed Lula's edge slipping to just 2 percentage points, equal to the margin of error for the poll commissioned by transport sector lobby CNT. But Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls in the first-round vote on Oct. 2, and many analysts say the election could go either way. The final opinion surveys by pollsters IPEC and AtlasIntel, however, showed Lula holding a stable and slightly larger lead. AtlasIntel, among the most accurate pollsters in the first round, showed Lula's lead holding at 7 percentage points. Lula vowed to revive those boom times, while Bolsonaro suggested current social programs are more effective.

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