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The AI software told banks to deny millions of legitimate purchases, at a time when consumers had been scrambling for toilet paper and other essentials. Seasonal variations, data-quality changes or momentous events - such as the pandemic - all can lead to a string of bad AI predictions. Also to blame was its AI system learning from corrupted data, the company said. Arize AI, which raised $38 million from investors last month, enables monitoring for customers including Uber, Chick-fil-A and Procter & Gamble. Zoldi said consumer habits were changing too fast to rewrite the AI system.

☆ Explainer: What are the risks to Ukraine's nuclear reactors in war
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Guy Faulconbridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

What nuclear material is at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, what are the risks and why are Russia and Ukraine fighting over it? The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has six Soviet-designed VVER-1000 V-320 water-cooled and water-moderated reactors containing Uranium 235, which has a half-life of more than 700 million years. The biggest risk is from overheating nuclear fuel, which could happen if the power that drives the cooling systems was cut. Besides the reactors, there is also a dry spent fuel storage facility at the site for used nuclear fuel assemblies, and spent fuel pools at each reactor site that are used to cool down the used nuclear fuel. Special Russian military units guard the facility and Russian nuclear specialists are on site.

☆ European markets head for higher open after choppy start to the week
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. inflation is "unacceptably high" and uncertainties make monetary policy decisions "not trivial," said Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester in prepared remarks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "When there is uncertainty, it can be better for policymakers to act more aggressively," she said. "Aggressive and pre-emptive action can prevent the worst-case outcomes from actually coming about." "I will need to see several months of declines in the month-over-month readings," she said. "Wishful thinking cannot be a substitute for compelling evidence."

☆ Fed's Mester: with inflation high, better to act "aggressively"
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Ann Saphir | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mester said she would be "very cautious" about assessing inflation, and would need to see several months of declines in month-to-month readings to be convinced it had peaked. Similarly, she said she will "guard against being complacent" on long-term inflation expectations that have recently dropped a bit but may not, she said, be as well-anchored as hoped and could rise again. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterPolicymakers faced with uncertainty over inflation expectations should risk setting policy too tight rather than too loose, she said. The Fed last week increased its policy rate to 3%-3.25% in its third 75 basis point hike in so many meetings. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by Andrea RicciOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Feds commit $50 million to for-profit nuclear fusion companies, chasing the 'holy grail' of clean energy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The United States government is putting money behind private-sector nuclear fusion companies for the first time, and that's an indication of how momentum is building behind the "holy grail" of clean energy. At the Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh on Thursday, the Department of Energy officially announced $50 million will go towards private fusion companies in public-private partnerships. Nuclear fusion is when two heavier atoms slam together to form a heavier atom, and is the way stars are powered. But it will help bolster U.S fusion companies and give them credibility. The private sector fusion industry has attracted almost $5 billion in venture and other funding according to the Fusion Industry Association.

☆ Printing the future: New factory tech reshapes the U.S. industrial economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Timothy Aeppel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

DEVENS, Mass., Sept 21 (Reuters) - The giant machines churning out metal parts on this factory floor do not bang or clang - or make any other noise usually associated with heavy-duty manufacturing. VulcanForms builds metal parts by layering on and fusing together materials bit by bit — rather than cutting them out of blocks of metal or stamping them out in metal foundries. The factory has made everything from medical implants and gun suppressors to tire molds and computer cooling devices. VulcanForms is unique among 3D printing companies in that it builds its own proprietary machines - which it will not sell to other producers - and uses them to make parts for its customers. The company is growing quickly, with plans to double the number of 3D printing machines at the Devens factory by the end of this year.

☆ How crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried survived the market wreckage and still expanded his empire
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Kate Rooney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

FTX also extended $500 million to struggling Voyager Digital, which later declared bankruptcy, and was in discussions to acquire South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb. While Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange FTX is suffering from the downturn in digital assets, he said market share growth helped offset the pain. FTX Trading Ltd. is headquartered in Antigua, with FTX Derivatives Markets based in the Bahamas, where Bankman-Fried lives. FTX Trading has acquired companies in Switzerland, Australia, Cyprus, Germany, Gibraltar, Singapore, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, among other countries. watch nowLike Buffett, Bankman-Fried signed the Giving Pledge: a promise by the world's wealthiest individuals to donate the majority of their wealth to charity.

☆ CIOs at Logistics Companies Call in the Robots
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +5 min

Chief information officers at logistics companies like DHL Supply Chain North America and GXO Logistics Inc. are increasing investments in robots designed to move inventory around warehouses, but not all robots are up to the task yet, they say. GXO Logistics said it expects to be using more than 5,800 robots globally by the end of this year, up from 3,800 last year, while Kenco Logistics Services LLC plans to leverage roughly 120, up from 30 last year. Warehouse robots from Locus Robotics at a DHL Supply Chain facility. Photo: DHL Supply ChainAmid the robotics ramp-up, CIOs admit that the technology is not always more efficient than human workers or more cost effective. While warehouse robotic technology is mature in some areas, such as transporting goods from point A to point B, it is less mature in terms of picking up and placing down goods, tech leaders say.

☆ A Colombian buyer just spent over $10 million on 6 Miami condos before they were even built as some South Americans rush to protect their wealth
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-04 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Colombians are searching for Miami properties this year more than any other country's residents. COVID-19 caused a shift in preference from commercial to residential real estate as an investment. They see Miami real estate as a safe investmentWhy the turn to US real estate now? They see opportunity in residential real estate, as opposed to commercial real estate, like offices and retail spaces. "People were waiting to see who the next president was going to be, but now they're very afraid," Gomez said of Cipriani's Colombian buyers.

☆ The climate crisis has world leaders rethinking nuclear power
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-18 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Climate change and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has world leaders looking again at nuclear power. Gavin Newsom's plan to keep a nuclear power plant open points to a trend. Nuclear power doesn't emit greenhouse gases and provides 10% of global electricity. Gavin Newsom wants to extend the life of a nuclear plant that was slated to close by 2025. The race to combat the climate crisis and shore up energy supplies after Russia's invasion of Ukraine is pushing policymakers to reconsider nuclear power.

☆ Elon Musk wants SpaceX's biggest rocket ready to launch in July, but experts say he may not get his wish
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk might not be ready to launch SpaceX's Starship rocket in July, space industry experts say. SpaceX has to carry out the FAA's 75 actions by then, but two experts said they were fairly minor. Starship is a fully reusable rocket that SpaceX wants to send to the Earth's orbit and outer space. With July just days away, experts in the space industry aren't convinced Starship will be ready to launch by then. SpaceX and Musk have predicted various dates for the Starship launch.

Meanwhile, French company Aryballe is also working on AI systems that are able to distinguish between thousands of different flavors. The researchers combined a depth sensor with a standard camera to capture shades of reds, greens, and blues on the edges of transparent objects. Aterra/Getty ImagesThe AI system then collects that data and combines it with a database containing thousands of different smells. Systems that can 'taste' thousands of foodsGastrograph AI is a platform created by Analytical Flavor Systems Inc. Greenies/FacebookYunzhu Li, a researcher at MIT, is working on an AI system capable of establishing a relationship between an image and the touch of a surface.

☆ Studiu MIT: Distanțarea socială la 2 metri nu are efect împotriva îmbolnăvirii de Covid
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +5 min

Un studiu realizat de Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) dă peste cap regulile de distanțare socială menite să prevină răspândirea coronavirusului. Variabila importantă pe care CDC și OMS au trecut-o cu vederea este intervalul de timp petrecut în interior, spune Bazant. Totodată, Bazant susține că accentul pus pe distanțarea socială a fost unul deplasat încă de la bun început. Spre exemplu, dacă o persoană infectată cu Covid-19 care poartă mască de protecție cântă într-o cameră, o persoană care stă de cealaltă parte a camerei nu este mai protejată decât o altă persoană care stă la doar 2m distanță de cel infectat. De asemenea, distanțarea socială în spațiile deschide nu are aproape niciun sens iar măsurile de distanțare și purtare a măștilor în exterior sunt „nebunești”, afirmă Bazant.

Persons: Z, John WM Bush Organizations: Massachusetts Institute, Organizației Mondiale a Sănătății ( OMS, OMS Locations: MIT, Texas, Florida

☆ China anunță că îşi creează propria monedă digitală
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Cu o mie de ani în urmă, când banii însemnau monede, China a inventat bancnotele. Versiunea Chinei privind o monedă digitală este controlată de banca centrală a ţării, care va emite noii bani electronici. Banii digitalizaţi ar putea reordona fundamentele lumii financiare, iar faptul că un stat autoritar şi rival al SUA este primul care lansează o monedă digitală naţională stârneşte îngrijorare în Washington. Acum, bancherii centrali ai lumii se tem că ceea ce Facebook a plănuit cu o monedă digitală poate fi acum realizat de China, cu un guvern puternic. La începutul acestui an, Banca Reglementelor Internaţionale (BIS) şi-a publicat ultimul studiu care indică faptul că 86% dintre cele 65 de bănci centrale cu care a discutat lucrează la o monedă digitală.

Persons: Beijingul, Facebook, yuan, Christine Lagarde Organizations: Street Journal, Mediafax, China, Facebook, americane, Massachusetts Institute, Banca Centrală Europeană, Banca Locations: China, Chinei, american, SUA, Washington, Wall, Massachusetts

☆ 23 Black leaders who are shaping history today
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-01 | by ( Courtney Connley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +39 min

Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today's Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow. —Cory StiegRosalind Brewer, 58, Walgreens' next CEO and only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firmWalgreens' next CEO Rosalind Brewer. When she steps into this new role, she will be the only Black woman currently leading a Fortune 500 firm, and just the third Black woman in history to serve as a Fortune 500 CEO. "When you're a Black woman, you get mistaken a lot," she said during a 2018 speech at her alma mater, Spelman College. —Tom Huddleston Jr.Jason Wright, 38, first Black president of a National Football League teamWashington Football Team president Jason Wright.

Persons: Shirley Chisholm, John Lewis, Maya Angelou, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Kamala Harris, Gene Kim, Harris, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, Shyamala, —, — Cory Stieg Rosalind Brewer, Rosalind Brewer, Ursula Burns, Mary Winston, Brewer, Kimberly, Clark, she's, — Courtney Connley, Kizzmekia, Corbett, Kizzmekia Corbett, Anthony Fauci, Fauci, Dr, — Cory Stieg Victor J, Glover , Jr, Victor Glover, Amanda Gorman, Joe Biden, Gorman, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr, Lady Jill Biden, Robert Frost, Oprah, Angelou, — Jennifer Liu, Amanda Gorman's, Raphael Warnock, Georgia's, Kelly Loeffler, Warnock, Ebenezer Baptist Church —, — Abigail Johnson Hess Rashida Jones, Rashida Jones, Jones, Kristen Welker, Carole Simpson, Nicolle Wallace's, Dorothy Tucker, Brown, — Taylor Locke Sandra Lindsay, Sandra Lindsay, Lindsay, She's, I'm, Jade Scipioni Nicholas Johnson, Princeton's, Nicholas Johnson, Princeton University's, Johnson, William Massey, — Abigail Johnson Hess Cynthia, Cynt, Marshall, Cynthia Marshall, Cynt Marshall, George Floyd, Marshall —, Mark Cuban, Scipioni, Cynthia Marshall's, Dallas Mavericks Cori Bush, Missouri's, Missouri, Cori Bush, Michael Brown, Ferguson, William Lacy Clay Jr, Bush, Essence.com, I've, he's, Louis, Clay, — Jennifer Liu Alicia Boler Davis, Amazon's, Jeff Bezos Alicia Boler Davis, Alicia Boler Davis, Boler Davis, Jeff Bezos, alums, Jennifer Liu, Noah Harris, Harvard Noah Harris, Harvard's, It's, we've, Fentrice Driskell, Du Bois, — Abigail Johnson Hess, Harvard Mellody Hobson, Mellody Hobson, Ariel Investments, Hobson, — Courtney Connley Sydney Barber, Sydney Barber, Barber, Ms, Janie Mines, wasn't, Mines, Jesse Collins, Collins, Indiewire, " Collins, Jennifer Liu Nia DaCosta, Nia DaCosta, Marvel, DaCosta, Nora Ephron, Jordan Peele, Peele, — Tom Huddleston Jr, Aicha Evans, Zoox, Evans, Jason Wright, Wright, He's, Dan Snyder, — Emmie Martin Dana Canedy, Dana Canedy, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Dana Canedy's, Canedy, Denzel Washington, Alicia Adamczyk, Schuster Bozoma Saint John, Saint John, Beyonce, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Michael Jackson, — Courtney Connley Cheick Camara, Ermias Tadesse, Cornell University's, Cheick Camara, Ermias Organizations: CNBC, White, South, Latina, Howard University, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Democrat, United States Senate, U.S, Walgreens, Fortune, Starbucks, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Xerox, Bed, Sam's, Walmart, Nonwovens, Spelman College, Moderna, National Institute of Allergy, National Urban League, FDA, Vaccine Research, University of North, Space Station, NASA, Capitol, LA, Poet, Harvard, Georgia, Black, Morehouse College cum, Ebenezer Baptist Church, United, MSNBC, University of Missouri's School of Journalism, NBC, ABC News, National Association of Black Journalists, Jewish Medical Center, Northwell, Long, Pfizer, Pew Research Center, Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NBA Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Mavericks, NBA, Mavericks, Congress, Senate, Democratic, Green New Deal, General Motors Institute, GM, Amazon, Employees, Amazon's, Ariel Investments, Ariel, Financial Planning's Diversity, Princeton University, JPMorgan, Lucas Family Foundation, Hobson College, Naval, U.S . Naval Academy, U.S . Naval, Naval Academy, Academy, Super, Super Bowl, Jesse Collins Entertainment, ViacomCBS Cable Networks, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Paramount Network, VH1, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Marvel Universe, Tribeca, Wall Street, George Washington University, Intel, Financial, Automotive News, National Football League, Washington Football, Washington Football Team, National Football, NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals, University of Chicago, McKinsey & Company, Washington, Morning, Simon &, New York Times, Jordan, Crown Publishers, New Yorker, Netflix, Saint, Longtime, Endeavor, Uber, Apple, PepsiCo, BlackGen Capital, Cornell, BlackGen Locations: United States, Oakland , California, India, America, White, California, University of North Carolina, Chapel, Los Angeles, Georgia's, Savannah , Georgia, Ebenezer, Long, New York, Queens , New York, Jamaica, Princeton, Montreal, Canada, Spring, Missouri, Louis, St, Detroit, Hattiesburg , Mississippi, Florida, Chicago, U.S, Lake Forest , Illinois, Sydney, mull, Senegal, Zoox, Charlottesville , VA

☆ Cunoaște vorbitorul care va deschide conferința TEDxRoseValleyParkED pe 23 ianuarie
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-21 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Pe parcursul ultimelor săptămâni, echipa TEDxRoseValleyParkED v-a prezentat 11 invitați care vor să vă inspire prin discursurile lor motivaționale despre inteligența artificială, rolul femeilor în știință, psihologie și multe alte domenii relevante educației în anul 2021. Astăzi aflați cine va deschide oficial conferința de pe data de 23 ianuarie. Nirvana Chaudhary, însă, nu va vorbi despre business sau procese bancare. Fără a intra prea mult în detaliile discursului său, pe care îl vom urmări împreună poimâine, afirmăm cu cea mai mare certitudine că spectatorii noștri virtuali nu vor rămâne dezamăgiți. Pe data de 23 ianuarie, ora 10.00, ne pregătim o cană de ceai fierbinte și ne conectăm la evenimentul live, care anul acesta este complet gratuit pentru orice doritor.

Persons: Nirvana Organizations: Fundației Moldcell, London Business School, Group, Nabil Bank, Moldoveni Locations: Massachusetts, Nepal, Nabil

Urmează să fie construite opt submarine, iar primul va intra în teste în 2025. În cadrul ceremoniei care a marcat începutul programului, președintele taiwanez Tsai Ing-wen a spus că acesta este un moment istoric și dovedește "voința puternică a Taiwanului în fața lumii". Beijing susține că are suveranitate asupra statului insular Taiwan - o democrație cu 24 de milioane de locuitori aflată la sud-est de China continentală, deși cele două părți sunt guvernate separat de mai bine de 70 de ani. Președintele chinez Xi Jinping a jurat că Beijingul nu va permite niciodata insulei să-și obțină independența și a refuzat să excludă folosirea forței în caz de necesitate. Noile unități urmează să înlocuiască actuala flota de patru submarine a Taiwanului, vechi de aproape 75 de ani.

Persons: wen, Președintele, Xi Jinping, Owen Cote, Mark 48 Organizations: Massachusetts Institute Locations: Kaohsiung, Taiwanului, Beijing, Taiwan, China continentală, Taipei, Massachusetts, MIT, Washington

☆ Pentru prima dată în istorie, revista Time a desemnat „Copilul anului”
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Pentru prima dată în istorie, revista Time a desemnat „Copilul anului”Gitanjali Rao, o adolescentă de 15 ani din Statele Unite a fost desemnată de revista TIME „Copilul anului 2020”. Adolescenta s-a făcut remarcată încă de acum câțiva ani după ce a inventat un dispozitiv mobil pentru detectarea plumbului în apa potabilă, dar și a unei aplicații care depistează hărțuirea online. Gitanjali Rao a fost aleasă dintre 5 000 de nominalizați la titlul de „Copilul anului 2020”. Revista Time, care acordă titlul de „Omul anului” încă din 1927, susține că noua categorie, „Copilul anului”, pe care a instituit-o începând de anul acesta, este o modalitate de a scoate în evidență tinerii care au o influență pozitivă asupra comunităților lor. Anul trecut, titlul de „Omul anului” i-a revenit, la numai 16 ani, activistei suedeze de mediu Greta Thunberg, cea mai tânără persoană care a obținut acest titlu.

Persons: . Adolescenta, Angelina Jolie, laureata, Adolescenta Organizations: Time, Rao Locations: Statele Unite, Massachusetts, MIT

Gitanjali Rao a fost aleasă dintre 5.000 de nominalizați la titlul de „Copilul anului 2020”. Într-un interviu acordat actriței și activistei Angelina Jolie, laureata a spus că speră să-i poată inspira și pe ceilalți copii să vină cu idei pentru a rezolva problemele lumii. Adolescenta vrea să studieze genetica și epidemiologia la celebrul Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Revista „Time”, care acordă titlul de „Omul anului” încă din 1927, susține că noua categorie, „Copilul anului”, pe care a instituit-o începând de anul acesta, este o modalitate de a scoate în evidență tinerii care au o influență pozitivă asupra comunităților lor.

Persons: Angelina Jolie, laureata, Adolescenta Organizations: Rao Locations: Massachusetts, MIT

☆ Cine este „Copilul anului 2020” desemnat în premieră de revista „Time”
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Persons: Angelina Jolie, laureata, Adolescenta Organizations: Rao Locations: Massachusetts, MIT

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▼ + stars: | 2019-01-16 | by ( ) noutati.md time to read: +1 min

Astfel, potrivit unui studiu recent, al doilea copil al familiei are toate sansele sa fie mai nazdravan decat primul nascut. Cercetarea spune ca exista mai multe sanse ca al doilea nascut sa fie mai obraznic decat primul copil. De exemplu, la primul copil parintii isi concentreza toata atentia asupra lui, in timp ce la aparitia celui de-al doilea, lucrurile se schimba, parintii devin un pic mai relaxati. Astfel, parintii nu vor mai fi la del de stricti ca in cazul primului copil, pentru ca au capatat experienta mai multa. De asemenea, cel de-al doilea nascut poate sa se afle adesea intr-o rivalitate cu primul nascut, pentru a capta atentia parintilor.

Persons: Joseph Doyle Organizations: Massachusetts Institute Locations: Massachusetts, MIT, Danemarca, Florida, SUA

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