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All saw their federal sentences commuted by President Joe Biden on Thursday in the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. Many of those who received pardons had long ago completed their sentences but the crime will now be wiped from their record. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2014 before Biden commuted his sentence. The $26 million scheme involved billing Medicare for services that were never provided and efforts to bypass the government’s probe. Lovett was given a ten-year prison sentence and ordered by the U.S. District judge in the case to pay more than $9 million in restitution.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Joe Biden, Biden, Janell Harris, Jimmy Dimora, Dimora, Frank Russo, Anthony Le, Malcolm Hartzog, Barack Obama, Hartzog, Paul Daugerdas, Elaine Lovett, Lovett, Shaquan Hemingway, Hemingway Organizations: Biden, Prosecutors, Forbes, U.S, District, Jalisco New Locations: Detroit, Connecticut, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Las Vegas, Canada, Alabama, Illinois, United States, Wayne County , Michigan, Carolina, Jalisco, Mexico

☆ The 'godfather' of driverless cars says Tesla has a major advantage in the self-driving race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Anthony Levandowski, who co-founded Google's Waymo, says Tesla has a huge advantage in data. Musk has promised self-driving Teslas for the better part of a decade. Likewise, Levandowski said he hoped for "a little more steak and less sizzle" on the substance of Tesla's self-driving technology. Related storiesYet perhaps few people understand the nitty-gritty of self-driving tech better than Levandowski. Uber's advantageWhile Tesla and Waymo compete for tech supremacy, Uber might be the frontrunner in the robotaxi race right now.

Persons: Anthony Levandowski, Google's Waymo, Tesla, Levandowski, —, Elon, that's, Musk, Uber, Donald Trump, That's, a16z, Waymo, Dmitri Dolgov, Ben Thompson, Thompson, Levandowki Organizations: Business, Google, Service, Wall Street, Wayve, General Motors Locations: Pronto

☆ AI CEO says people's obsession with reaching artificial general intelligence is 'about creating God'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mistral's CEO Arthur Mensch said the obsession with creating general AI is about "creating God." The AI CEO doesn't believe Elon Musk and Sam Altman's predictions that AI will surpass human intelligence. AdvertisementMistral's founder and CEO Arthur Mensch doesn't believe in god — and therefore, he doesn't believe in artificial general intelligence. Artificial general intelligence, also referred to as AGI, is a level of AI that will outperform humans. Mensch said he felt uncomfortable with Silicon Valley's religious fascination with general AI.

Persons: Arthur Mensch, doesn't, Elon Musk, Sam Altman's, Mensch, —, Arthur Mensch doesn't, Mistral, I'm, Sam Altman, Anthony Levandowski, Donald Trump, Levandowski, It's Organizations: Service, The New York Times, Elon, Pollen, Microsoft, Google, Union, Intelligence, Big Tech Locations: Paris, Europe, Levandowski, France, United States, China

☆ Former Google engineer and Trump pardonee Anthony Levandowski relaunches his AI church
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski is relaunching his "Way of the Future" AI church. Levandowski was previously pardoned by Donald Trump after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets. AdvertisementAnthony Levandowski, a pioneer of self-driving cars and controversial Silicon Valley figure, announced the return of his AI-dedicated church in an episode of Bloomberg's AI IRL podcast. Levandowski started his "Way of the Future" church in 2015 while he was working as an engineer on Google's self-driving project Waymo. The engineer was pardoned in 2021 by the outgoing president at the time, Donald Trump.

Persons: Anthony Levandowski, Levandowski, Donald Trump, —, Peter Thiel Organizations: Google, Service, Bloomberg, Trump, Peter Thiel White House, Pollen Locations: America

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel has put up big numbers for years. “Competition should bring out the best of everyone if you’re made of the right stuff," Oklahoma coach Brent Venables said. Drake Stoops, former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops' son, leads the team with 25 receptions. All of it together is great chemistry, great understanding by everybody involved, then everybody gets an opportunity to have some success." Last week, Gabriel passed for three touchdowns and ran for two in a 50-20 win over Iowa State.

Persons: NORMAN, Okla, Dillon Gabriel, hasn't, Gabriel, “, ”, Jaylan Ford, Jackson Arnold, Venables, Arnold's, you’re, Brent Venables, ” Gabriel doesn't, Nic Anderson, Rodney Anderson's, Drake Stoops, Bob Stoops, Andrel Anthony, ” Venables, Dillon, ” Drake Stoops Organizations: — Oklahoma, Central, Sooners, College, Cotton, Oklahoma, Iowa State, AP Locations: Central Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, Dallas

Like, what if this doesn't end and this is how it's going to be?”Maxwell blames climate change, and she's not alone. And about 65% say climate change will have or already has had a major impact in their lifetime. About 9 in 10 Democrats say climate change is happening, with nearly all of the remaining Democrats being unsure about whether climate change is happening (5%), rather than outright rejecting it. Republicans are split: 49% say climate change is happening, but 26% say it’s not and an additional 25% are unsure. Overall, 74% of Americans say climate change is happening, largely unchanged from April.

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☆ The last 3 months were the hottest on record. Was summer 2023 just the beginning?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

June through August were the hottest months on record, the World Meteorological Organization said. The deadly extreme heat and other climate-fueled disasters are upending people's lives this summer. A summer of writing about disaster after disaster got me thinking: Will we look back on this summer as a turning point? More of us are feeling the whiplash: Americans are increasingly connecting the dots between disasters and the climate crisis. In the meantime, communities have to be better prepared because the next five years could continue to break temperature records , according to the World Meteorological Organization.

Persons: António Guterres, Anthony Leiserowitz, Leiserowitz, George Mason, they'd, Carole Walker, It's Organizations: World Meteorological Organization, Service, United Nations, Yale, George, George Mason University, Rocky Mountain Insurance Association, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Locations: Wall, Silicon, Maui, Hawaii, Northeast

☆ Don't call the extreme heat, flooding, and wildfires 'the new normal'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The climate crisis is causing a "new abnormal" characterized by more frequent and intense disasters. More people are connecting their personal run-ins with disasters to the climate crisis. "We're not on a plateau," Leiserowitz, who studies people's attitudes toward the climate crisis, said. Still, the climate crisis remains psychologically distant for many people. These institutions haven't acted fast enough to avert the crisis, climate scientists say.

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☆ France stabbing: knife attack in peaceful park stuns Alpine town of Annecy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Anthony Le Tallec via Instagram/via REUTERSANNECY, France, June 8 (Reuters) - Anthony Le Tallec was jogging around the pristine waters of Lake Annecy in the foothills of the Alps when a wave of panicked bystanders rushed past in the opposite direction. He's knifed children," Le Tallec, a former professional football player with Liverpool FC, quoted her as telling him in a video account of what he saw that he posted on Instagram. Confused, Le Tallec said he kept jogging through the park in the town of Annecy but soon saw a man heading his way with police officers in pursuit but struggling to catch up. He attacks one grandpa, stabs him once, the cops can't catch him, so I tell the cops, 'Shoot him'," Le Tallec continued. At least one of the wounded children was in a stroller, eyewitnesses said.

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☆ 4 Children and 2 Adults Are Stabbed in an Attack in France
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A knife-wielding man stabbed four children and two adults at a park in southeastern France on Thursday, the authorities said, in an attack that President Emmanuel Macron called “absolutely cowardly.”The local authorities said in a statement that a suspect had been arrested in the attack, which took place in Annecy, a city of about 130,000 people, and that all of the wounded had been hospitalized. Their immediate condition was not clear, but Mr. Macron said on Twitter that “children and one adult are between life and death” as a result of the attack. He added, “The nation is in shock.”The attack occurred just before 10 a.m. at a popular lakefront park in Annecy. Anthony Le Tallec, a former professional soccer player who ended his career in the city, said that he had witnessed the attack. In an Instagram story from the park, where he filmed police officers and emergency services at the scene, he said that he had been jogging on the lakefront when he saw dozens of people running in the other direction.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Macron, Anthony Le Tallec Organizations: Twitter Locations: France, Annecy

☆ LVMH chief Bernard Arnault ordered a makeover for Tiffany's Fifth Avenue store after getting lost inside
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

LVMH's CEO ordered a makeover of Tiffany's flagship Fifth Avenue store after getting lost in it. The Tiffany flagship store on Fifth Avenue pictured in 1995. Since the acquisition, LVMH has overhauled the design of Tiffany's flagship store, which reopened Wednesday after being closed since 2019. Tiffany & Co. brand ambassador Gal Gadot, Alexandre Arnault (left) and Tiffany CEO Anthony Ledru open the revamped Fifth Avenue store on April 26. When asked about that figure, Arnault told the Journal: "You cannot dream when you talk numbers.

☆ Tiffany unveils revamped New York flagship, showcasing new look
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Global Brand Ambassador Gal Gadot along with Anthony Ledru, President and Chief Executive officer of Tiffany & Co attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for reopening of the Tiffany flagship store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidNEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - Tiffany & Co. lifted the lid on its newly renovated New York city flagship on Wednesday, the centerpiece of a broad brand reset orchestrated by its owner, the world's biggest luxury group LVMH. Alexandre Arnault spearheaded the label's initial reset with an advertising campaign starring Beyonce -- wearing the famous yellow Tiffany diamond -- and Jay-Z. Now the priority will be on renovating the label's retail network, essential for Tiffany to bridge the gap with Cartier, the world's largest jewelry label, which belongs to Richemont(CFR.S), Ledru said. Tiffany sales came to 5.1 billion euros ($5.63 billion) in 2022 and are forecast to reach 7.4 billion in 2025, according to HSBC.

☆ The New Tiffany, Unboxed
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Alex Vadukul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For nearly four years, the Tiffany & Company flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street was shrouded in scaffolding while it underwent a full-bore renovation. In the days before the reopening, set for April 28, a Tiffany executive vice president, Alexandre Arnault, and the company’s chief executive, Anthony Ledru, monitored final preparations as they whispered to each other in French. Display cases glittered with Tiffany pieces — heart tag bracelets, Elsa Peretti Bone cuffs and Paloma Picasso necklaces. Digital screens encircling the room showed an animation of a diamond-encrusted bird fluttering across the New York City skyline. We decided to do both.”He gestured toward the digitized bird, noting that it was based on a design by the noted Tiffany jewelry artist Jean Schlumberger.

☆ Companies that mine copper are making plans to go green so they can help the rest of the world do the same
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The plans call for using renewable electricity sources to reduce the industry's carbon footprint. Broader use of these technologies could also help shrink the copper industry's carbon footprint. "A lot of these technologies do exist," Anthony Lea, the president of the International Copper Association, told Insider. "There are prototype vehicles out there, so it's going to take a dialogue between mining companies and equipment manufacturers. Lea said the climate strategy can help show the public, policymakers, and investors that copper mining can expand in a responsible way, which can help attract investment.

☆ Waymo says it plans to launch its self-driving service in Los Angeles
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Waymo said service will first begin with safety drivers behind the wheel and, later, with just Waymo employees as riders. “When we think about our next cities, Los Angeles jumps out,” said Waymo’s co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana in Wednesday's blog post. Alphabet -owned Waymo said Wednesday it plans to expand its self-driving ride-hailing service, Waymo One, to Los Angeles. The self-driving car industry has been slow to progress and live up to lofty promises, but that's especially true of Waymo. Waymo announced plans in March to remove safety drivers for fully-autonomous rides, but those are still only available to Waymo employees, the spokesperson confirmed.

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