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☆ Bloomberg plans to integrate GPT-style A.I. into its terminal
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bloomberg LP has developed an AI model using the same underlying technology as OpenAI's GPT, and plans to integrate it into features delivered through its terminal software, a company official said in an interview with CNBC. Bloomberg says that Bloomberg GPT, an internal AI model, can more accurately answer questions like "CEO of Citigroup Inc? The move also shows how the AI market may not be dominated by giants with massive amounts of generalized data. The company was able to use freely available, off-the-shelf AI methods and apply them to its massive store of proprietary — if niche — data. It also can do some "generative AI" applications, like suggesting a new headline based on a short paragraph.

☆ Archaeologists in Israel left red-faced after it transpired that a unique 'ancient' inscription was carved last summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An inscription bearing the name of a Persian king is "not authentic," the Israel Antiquities Authority said. In a demonstration, an expert in ancient inscriptions had etched the words into the shard last summer. The Antiquities Authority said they take "full responsibility for the unfortunate event." "The Israel Antiquities Authority takes full responsibility for the unfortunate event," said Professor Gideon Avni, the authority's chief scientist, according to Israeli news outlet i24. Darius I ruled the ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire from 522 BC until his death in 486 BC.

But a new survey suggests a “disturbing” lack of awareness about the Holocaust in the Netherlands, where she and her family hid for years before being discovered and deported to a Nazi concentration camp. Equally disturbing is the trend toward Holocaust denial and distortion,” Claims Conference President Gideon Taylor said in a press release accompanying the survey. Some of them, a small part, do not even know about the Holocaust,” Dutch Holocaust survivor Max Arpels Lezer, 86, told NBC News by video call from his home in Amsterdam. A memorial at the Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands, where Dutch Jews were kept before being sent to concentration camps. In 1961, Lezer married Sofia, now 86, who as a child had been hidden by a Dutch family during the war.

☆ Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Gonzaga escapes BYU on late 3-pointer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

8 Gonzaga escaped with a 75-74 victory against BYU in a West Coast Conference game Thursday night in Provo, Utah. Johnson scored 18 points for the Cougars (13-7, 3-2) and Gideon George and Jaxson Robinson added 17 apiece. Adem Bona added 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting and collected eight rebounds for the Bruins (15-2, 6-0 Pac-12), who won their 12th consecutive contest. Jaylen Clark added 11 points, five rebounds and three steals, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. had eight points, 12 rebounds and six assists for UCLA. Rollie Worster scored 12 points to pace the Utes (12-6, 5-2), who lost their second straight game.

The GOP-controlled House passes a rules package for 118th Congress with just one GOP defection, NBC’s Kyle Stewart reports. ... President Biden spends his final day in Mexico City at North American Leaders’ Summit. But first: The news that the Justice Department is reviewing Obama Era classified documents found at a think tank tied to President Biden is quite a political gift to Donald Trump. “When is the FBI going to raid the many homes of Joe Biden, perhaps even the White House?” Trump posted on his Truth Social account. 6: The number of shootings recently at or near the homes of New Mexico Democratic political leaders, including the incoming state House speaker.

☆ 24 top sports managers and agents helping athletes from LeBron James to the Cavinder twins build successful careers as content creators
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Colin Salao | Ashley Rodriguez | Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stars like LeBron James and Kevin Durant have shown that athletes can build lucrative media businesses. Meet the people helping athletes tell their stories and build their brands off the field or court. Many of these athletes are driven by the behind-the-scenes work of their talent managers and agents. Insider is highlighting for the first time those talent managers and agents who are guiding athletes as they build successful careers in entertainment and content creation. These people are helping athletes elevate their social content, strike brand deals, launch podcasts, or break into TV and film.

☆ Democracy remains vulnerable despite a good year
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Hugo Dixon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Aristotle said there are three good forms of government – monarchy, aristocracy and constitutional democracy – in which the rulers act for the common benefit. Rich democracies face two main threats: an external one from autocracies, such as China; and an internal one from demagogues. Both autocrats such as Chinese President Xi Jinping and demagogues such as former U.S. President Donald Trump have had a bad year. The world economy faces a tough decade. Until democrats provide some answer to this, they will be vulnerable to new waves of autocracy and demagogy.

☆ These 3 habits are making you feel overly busy—and it's easy to unlearn them
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Natasha Piñon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Dorie Clark, a leadership expert and former presidential campaign spokesperson, says lots of people are just looking at busyness the wrong way. When asked why they feel so overworked, most people cite external causes, like those incessant emails or constant Zoom calls. In a May TED Talk, Clark argued those are merely manifestations of busyness — not necessarily the root causes. Avoiding uncertaintyHuman brains are notoriously averse to ambiguity, and many of us use busywork as a way to avoid uncertainty, Clark said. And so we become busy ... so that we don't even have to ask the question," Clark said.

☆ Ghana name uncapped pair who have impressed in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Kamal Sowah’s form for Club Brugge in the Champions League has won him a World Cup call-up for Ghana after the uncapped striker was on Monday included in the country’s squad for Qatar. The 22-year-old was a surprise selection as coach Otto Addo named his 26-man squad for the tournament, where the Black Stars face Portugal, South Korea and Uruguay in Group H.Sowah has impressed as the Belgian club reached the last 16 of the Champions League, knocking out Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen in the process. There was also a first call up for midfielder Salis Abdul Samed, 22, who has been a regular for Racing Lens this season as they have moved to second in the French Ligue 1 standings. The squad will be captained by Dede Ayew, who was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010 – only the third time an African nation has reached the last eight of a World Cup. Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

An analysis of debate schedules by NBC News confirms what many political observers have speculated: The number of debates in competitive 2022 Senate races has hit a new low since 2008. Before 2022, each election saw an average of about 20 debates among the most competitive Senate candidates surveyed. The audience awaits a debate between Ohio Senate candidates, Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat, and J.D. He pointed to the recent Pennsylvania Senate debate in which John Fetterman’s stroke-affected performance was widely panned. For instance, far more people likely saw a picture of Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker holding an honorary sheriffs badge on stage than listened to a single minute of his debate with Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock.

☆ Desperate flight, then misery in a camp for Nigerians displaced by floods
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Seun Sanni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"They ate like people who need more, so like a father that I am I cannot go and join them," he said. NOT ENOUGH FOODThe camp in the school building in the village of Ogbogu now shelters about 600 displaced people whose homes are under water. People are so desperate they are cooking with chaff that would normally be thrown away after grinding cassava to make garri, a staple food. He and those who remained were sleeping outdoors as there was no space in any of the makeshift camps that had sprung up, he said. "Even when this is over, I know that there is no money now that I can use to buy something to eat.

☆ Ukraine moves to cut diplomatic ties with Iran after drone attacks
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign minister said on Tuesday he was submitting a proposal to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to formally cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after a wave of Russian attacks using what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones. Russia launched dozens of "kamikaze" drones on targets in Ukraine on Monday, striking energy infrastructure and killing four people in the capital of Kyiv. Ukraine says the attacks were carried out with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones, though Tehran denies supplying the drones. "Tehran bears full responsibility for the destruction of relations with Ukraine", Kuleba told a news conference. "I am submitting to the president of Ukraine a proposition to sever diplomatic ties with Iran."

☆ Germany marks 70 years of compensating Holocaust survivors with payment for home care
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

It brought the overall amount of compensation Germany has paid to more than 80 billion euros ($79.7 billion). “The payments to survivors and the home care program are very close to our heart,” the chancellor added. Among other payments, 12 million euros ($11.96 million) emergency humanitarian payments will be given to 8,500 Ukrainian Holocaust survivors, and 170 million euros ($166 million) will go to a special hardship fund that will impact approximately 143,000 Holocaust survivors worldwide. As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, teaching the coming generations about the atrocities committed during the genocide of the Jewish people becomes ever more important. Therefore, Germany agreed for the first time in the negotiations to specifically fund Holocaust education — with 10 million euros for 2022, 25 million euros for 2023, 30 million euros for 2024 and 35 million euros for 2025.

☆ Netanyahu again in center stage as Israel heads towards elections
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-22 | by ( Tovah Lazaroff | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Now that government has collapsed, opening the door for Netanyahu to sweep back into power on a nationalistic right-wing slate. Even before the Knesset took its first preliminary vote Wednesday to disperse, Netanyahu, also known as “Bibi,” couldn’t stop beaming. A long-running corruption case will hang over Netanyahu during any upcoming elections as it has during the past four votes. Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid will become interim prime minister. He is due to become interim prime minister.

☆ Parlamentul din Israel, dizolvat pentru a patra oară în ultimii doi ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Premierul în funcţie, Benjamin Neyanyahu, a atribuit alianţei Albastru & Alb responsabilitatea crizei politice. Benny Gantz nu şi-a respectat angajamentele”, a afirmat Benjamin Netanyahu marţi seară, subliniind că formaţiunea sa, Likud, va obţine „o victorie imensă”. „Un om acuzat de infracţionalitate, cu trei inculpări, târăşte ţara spre a patra campanie electorală”, a transmis partidul condus de Benjamin Gantz. Astfel, partidul Likud va avea dificultăţi în obţinerea majorităţii în Knesset, care are 120 de locuri. Partidul Albastru & Alb (centru) este creditat cu doar cinci-şase locuri, deşi până acum avea 33 de locuri în Knesset.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Benjamin Gantz, Benjamin Neyanyahu, Benny Gantz, Gideon Sa'ar Organizations: Mediafax, Likud, Apărării, Channel, Partidul Albastru Locations: Israelului, Likud, Knesset, Israelul

Premierul în funcţie, Benjamin Neyanyahu, a atribuit alianţei Albastru & Alb responsabilitatea crizei politice. Benny Gantz nu şi-a respectat angajamentele”, a afirmat Benjamin Netanyahu marţi seară, subliniind că formaţiunea sa, Likud, va obţine „o victorie imensă”, citează Digi24. La rândul său, formaţiunea Albastru & Alb i-a atribuit vina lui Benjamin Netanyahu. Astfel, partidul Likud va avea dificultăţi în obţinerea majorităţii în Knesset, care are 120 de locuri. Partidul Albastru & Alb (centru) este creditat cu doar cinci-şase locuri, deşi până acum avea 33 de locuri în Knesset.

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