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How A.I. Tools Could Change India’s Elections
  + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Suhasini Raj | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
For a glimpse of where artificial intelligence is headed in election campaigns, look to India, the world’s largest democracy, as it starts heading to the polls on Friday. An A.I.-generated version of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that has been shared on WhatsApp shows the possibilities for hyperpersonalized outreach in a country with nearly a billion voters. In the video — a demo clip whose source is unclear — Mr. Modi’s avatar addresses a series of voters directly, by name.
Persons: Narendra Modi, Mr Locations: India
They Graduated Into Gaza’s War. What Happened to Them?
  + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +5 min
These college graduates in Gaza finished training just one week before the war began. They Graduated Into Gaza’s War. Photo by Ahmed al DanafThey were among Gaza’s most ambitious students. This is not the first time war has come to Gaza. Hours later, Salem said, Mouayad was killed by a rocket when he went to retrieve the bodies.
Persons: Ahmed al Danaf, , Israel, , Loss, Madeha, Salem Shurrab, Mouayad Alrayyes, ” Salem, Salem, Mouayad, Aseel Taya, Sofyan, aya, asha Organizations: Al, Azhar University, Facebook, New York Times, Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education Locations: Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Salem
CNN —Dubai International Airport, one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs, remained in disarray Thursday after unprecedented heavy rain led to airliners having to negotiate flooded runways. Delays and cancelations caused by the flooding have led to ongoing congestion at Dubai International Airport. The tarmac of Dubai International Airport was left submerged. Some residents were seen rowing canoes outside their homes, and one viral video on social media showed residents wake boarding on a flooded street in a residential area. Amr Alfiky/ReutersOther videos from social media showed water rushing through a major shopping mall and inundating the ground floor of homes.
Persons: Rula Rouhana, Mohit Mehta, , , ” Mehta, Amr Alfiky, Mister Funk, Christopher Pike, Madiha Khawaja, Khawaja, Sheikh Zayed, cleanups, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al, Nahyan Organizations: CNN — Dubai International Airport, Emirates, Flydubai, , , Dubai International Airport, Rula, Reuters, United Arab, Dubai International, CNN, UAE, “ Emirates, Bloomberg, Getty Images Municipal, Abu Dhabi . Schools Locations: United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Gurgaon, India, Amsterdam, UAE, Gulf of Oman, Oman, Iran, London, Sheikh, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi
Meta gains : Shares of Meta Platforms rose 2% in the session. He navigated the downturn in U.S. department stores," Jim Cramer said Thursday. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY , TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER . NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB.
Persons: Jim Cramer, pounced, That's, Jim Cramer's, Estee Lauder, Fabrizio Freda, Jim, Horton, D.R Horton, Stanley Black, Decker Organizations: CNBC, Treasury, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Facebook, Club, Meta, Deutsche Bank, VanEck Semiconductor, Micron, Netflix, PPG Industries, Procter, Gamble, American Express, Jim Cramer's Charitable Locations: Estee, U.S, China
On a call with investors last spring, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, said he believed that he had an opportunity to introduce artificially intelligent assistants “to billions of people in ways that will be useful and meaningful.”A year later, he is making good on his statement. On Thursday, Meta will begin incorporating new versions of its A.I.-powered smart assistant software across its apps, which include Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook. The latest technology will be rolled out in more than a dozen countries, including Australia, Canada, Singapore and the United States. software will become practically omnipresent — inside the news feed, in search bars and in chats with friends. People will be able to ask the assistant, Meta A.I., for help in completing tasks and getting information, such as what concerts might be occurring in San Francisco on a Saturday night or the best options for vegan enchiladas in New York.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Meta A.I Organizations: Meta, Facebook Locations: Australia, Canada, Singapore, United States, San Francisco, New York
Apple said it pulled the Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from its app store in China on Friday on government orders, potentially escalating the war over technology between the United States and China. The House of Representatives was preparing to vote on a bill as soon as this weekend that would force the Chinese internet company ByteDance to sell its popular video app TikTok or have it be banned in the United States. U.S. lawmakers have said TikTok poses a security threat because of its ties to China. Apple said that China’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration, ordered the removal of WhatsApp and Threads from its app store because of national security concerns. “We are obligated to follow the laws in the countries where we operate, even when we disagree,” an Apple spokesman said.
Persons: Apple Organizations: U.S, Cyberspace Administration, Apple Locations: China, United States
Mark Zuckerberg announces 'big AI news'
  + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The technology powers Meta AI, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use." They've also been integrated into Meta AI, the company's AI assistant. "With this new model, we believe Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday in an Instagram post. Advertisement"I don't think that today many people really think about Meta AI when they think about the main AI assistants that people use," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told The Verge in an article published Thursday. Meta AI, of course, faces stiff competition from better-known AI assistants, including the likes of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, and Anthropic's Claude.
Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, , They've, OpenAI's, Microsoft's Copilot, Anthropic's Claude Organizations: Service, Meta, Facebook
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during Meta Connect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California on September 27, 2023. Meta on Thursday announced its free artificial intelligence assistant, Meta AI, is rolling out across its social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. The assistant can answer questions, create animations and generate images, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video. Meta AI was built on the company's latest large language model called Meta Llama 3, which was also announced Thursday. "We believe that Meta AI is now the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in the video.
Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI's ChatGPT Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Locations: Menlo Park , California
"We realized we couldn't afford the mortgage and the car payments and everything," Stonestreet told me. Americans work more, vacation less, spend more on healthcare, and die sooner than people in other high-income economies. These factors likely explain why some Americans are moving to countries that aren't generally considered low-cost-of-living locales. She said that living abroad afforded her a degree of flexibility and spontaneity that would be out of reach back home. From their temporary perch in Tirana, Albania, the couple told me via WhatsApp that their only regret about moving abroad was not doing it sooner.
Persons: Amelia Basista, Stonestreet, Basista, Maliya, I'm, Fale, scoping, Cristina Johnson, Johnson, Mariana, Dustin Lange, that's, Mariana Lange, Mark Zoril, Andrew Hallam, Zoril, hasn't, — Zoril, Tomorrow's Organizations: State Department, American Citizens, Monmouth University, Labor Statistics, Financial Technology Association, Business Locations: South America, Denver, Cuenca, Ecuador, Germany, Canada, France, Minneapolis, Latin America, America, Puerto Morelos, Mexico, Pennsylvania, Belize, States, Austin, North Carolina, Central America, Portugal, Spain, Lisbon, Europe, Tirana, Albania
Among them: Chief officers and some Maui Fire Department staff used “WhatsApp” for situational awareness updates, but not everyone in the department used the app. Despite this, the collective actions by MFD and law enforcement saved many lives and property across the island,” the report says. “Battalion Chiefs initiated upstaffing for some resources on the morning of August 8” – the day the four major wildfires ignited. “MFD requested law enforcement to facilitate evacuations over the radio. “That is still under investigation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,” Maui Fire Department Chief Brad Ventura said Tuesday.
Persons: ” “, , , Anne Lopez, , upstaffing, Brad Ventura, ” Ventura, Ventura Organizations: CNN, Maui Fire Department, National Weather Service, Western Fire Chiefs Association, Staff, Hawaii’s, Fire Safety Research Institute, BCs, State, “ Battalion Chiefs, ICS, Incident Command, Hawaiian Electric Company, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives Locations: Maui, , Lahaina
Executives at Bayer Leverkusen, the longstanding but habitually middleweight German soccer team, have been fielding the messages since at least February. Some were delivered in person, a quiet blessing after yet another victory. Others came via WhatsApp, unsolicited and unexpected notes from peers and acquaintances and, to their occasional surprise, traditional foes. But as the German league season gathered pace, plenty wanted to laud Leverkusen’s impending achievement: It was, with each victory, getting closer and closer to being crowned national champion for the first time. Leverkusen will, this weekend, surge over the line and end a run of Bayern championships that stretches back more than a decade.
Persons: laud Leverkusen’s Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, Soccer, Rivals, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Werder Bremen Locations: German
WhatsApp lowers minimum age in Europe to 13
  + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Anna Cooban | Eve Brennan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
London CNN —Social media giant Meta has lowered the minimum age required to use WhatsApp in Europe to 13 from 16, sparking criticism from children’s rights advocates. The new minimum age of 13 was also announced for users in the United Kingdom in February. Vicky Ford, a UK lawmaker from the ruling Conservative Party and member of a key government committee on education, called the decision to lower the minimum age without speaking to parents first “irresponsible,” PA Media reported. Meta under fireMeta has been roundly criticized in the past for its push to lower age restrictions across platforms in the United States. Last year, the company said it was planning to reduce the minimum age for its virtual reality app from 13 to 10 years old, despite pressure from US lawmakers not to market such services to younger users.
Persons: , , Daisy Greenwell, , Vicky Ford, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Europe — Meta Organizations: London CNN — Social, Conservative Party, Media, CNN, European Commission, Meta, Facebook, Europe — Locations: Europe, United Kingdom, United States
In Gaza, it’s customary to make large batches of the cookies during Eid and other holidays to distribute to family and friends. Ahead of Eid, El-Haddad and her daughters prepare ka'ik, traditional ring-shaped cookies stuffed with date paste. Some other Muslim Americans aren’t in the mood to celebrateFor some other Muslim Americans, the ongoing assault on Gaza has cast a shadow over Eid festivities. Given the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, some Muslim American communities are not in the mood for elaborate Eid celebrations this year. So on Eid, El-Haddad will honor her aunt by cooking sumagiyya the way she knows how.
Persons: Laila El, Haddad, Eid, Haddad —, , An’am Dalloul, Hoda, Hani, Dalloul —, El, “ Um Hani, , Hani ” —, An’am, Maggie Schmitt, , , that’s, It’s, she’s, ” El, aren’t, Joe Biden’s, Laura Oliverio, CNN Arafat Herzallah, Herzallah, Herzallah’s, He’ll, he’s, they’ll, Abdul Elenani, Ayat Masoud, Elenani, they’d Organizations: CNN, sumagiyya, El, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Hamas, Palestinian American Community Center, Locations: Gaza, chard, chickpeas, El, Maryland, Gaza City, Israel, Rafah, New Jersey, Patterson, Palestine, San Francisco, New York
Meta debuts new generation of AI chip
  + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Meta Platforms unveiled details on Wednesday about the next generation of the company's in-house artificial intelligence accelerator chip. Reuters reported earlier this year that Meta planned to deploy a new version of a custom data center chip to address the swelling amount of computing power necessary to run AI products in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The chip, referred to internally as "Artemis," will help Meta reduce its reliance on Nvida's AI chips and reduce its energy costs overall. The new Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) chip is part of a broad custom silicon effort at the company that includes looking at other hardware systems too. Beyond building the chips and hardware, Meta has made significant investments in developing the software necessary to harness the power of its infrastructure in the most efficient way.
Persons: Meta, Artemis Organizations: Reuters, Facebook, Meta
That concentration of digital ownership can create real-world harm, as a recent censorship dispute with Meta lays bare. We don’t know,” Kabas wrote in her recounting of the situation. Meta controls a whole bunch of the social media ecosystem, and that means there aren’t a lot of competitors to keep it honest. Meanwhile, all of media relies on it because content creators have to get in front of readers if they want to survive. We don’t know what happened within Meta to trigger an erroneous block of legitimate news sources last week.
Persons: CNN Business ’, Meta, Marisa Kabas, Kabas, Sherman Smith, Andy Stone, ” Kabas, , , Clay Wirestone Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Facebook, Meta, CNN, Twitter, Free Speech Police Locations: New York, Kansas, Brooklyn, Meta
AdvertisementMeta took issue with several parts of Economides' testimony, which remains under seal and had many specific references redacted from Meta's filing. In his testimony, Economides valued individual Facebook user data at least $5 a month per user, according to Meta's summation of it. In the present day, that would mean Meta paying out tens of billions each month for user data, as Zuckerberg said in fourth-quarter earnings that over 3.1 billion people use at least one Meta app each day. Meta disagreed and told the court that Economides' testimony was effectively "junk science" with "no real-world support" and should be thrown out. "No firm like Meta, in any market, has paid all its users as a competitive response—ever," lawyers for Meta wrote.
Persons: Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Javier Olivan, Guy Rosen, Nicholas Economides, Economides, Zuckerberg, Kali Hays Organizations: Service, Facebook, Meta, Business, New York University, Google Locations: khays@businessinsider.com
Editor’s Note: Teresa Gray is the executive director and founder of Mobile Medics International, a medical disaster and humanitarian aid non-profit. CNN —The news reports declared that on April 1, seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen were killed in an airstrike in Gaza. I never saw Zomi in her home country of Australia and she never saw me in my home country of America. But for humanitarian aid workers, its often one and the same. Working in these conditions bonds all of us aid workers in a way that may be hard for others to understand.
Persons: Teresa Gray, Lalzawmi “, Frankcom, Teresa Gray That’s, , Zomi, , “ Hey Teresa, We’d, That’s, people’s, , Teresa, I’ll Organizations: Mobile, International, CNN, WCK Locations: Gaza, Transylvania, Australia, America, Haiti
AdvertisementHaving a flip phone removed the impulse to do things on my phone without thinkingThe flip phone I got was clunky and slow. I had to get a smartphone again for workI stopped using the flip phone after nine months. AdvertisementI also felt that having a flip phone hindered me from meeting people and being easy to communicate with. If I were getting to a point where I felt I was using my phone too much, I'd know I could go back to using a flip phone. AdvertisementBefore having a flip phone, I would spend five hours or more a day on my smartphone, but now I think it's more like one or two.
Persons: , Ella Jones, Jones, she'd, StudentCrowd, I've, I'd, you'll, I'm Organizations: Service, Samsung Galaxy Young, YouTube, Business, Google, Nokia, Facebook Locations: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Since the start of the war in Gaza in October, the aid group said, it had delivered more than 43 million meals there. Mr. Al-Asaad knows many people relied on meals from World Central Kitchen, which often consisted of rice and beans and sometimes meat or chicken. His family rarely got the meals “because the demand was more than the supply,” Mr. Al-Asaad said in an interview on Friday. “Eggs cost more than gold,” Mr. Al-Asaad, 45, wrote in the caption. The World Food Program, an arm of the United Nations, says that famine is imminent in northern Gaza.
Persons: Suhail Al, Asaad, José Andrés, Mr, Biden, Israel, , Mohammad al, Masri, doesn’t Organizations: Mr, Food Program, United Nations, World Health Organization Locations: Gaza City, Rafah, Gaza, WhatsApp
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMeta asks court to dismiss FTC anti-trust case seeking to unwind WhatsApp and Instagram dealsEamon Javers joins CNBC's 'Power Lunch' with breaking news update on Meta's motion for dismiss the FTC anti-trust case.
Persons: unwind, Instagram, Eamon Javers Organizations: Meta, FTC
The cruise continued sailing, and the tour company said they left her with other stranded cruisers. AdvertisementIt wasn't a surprise to Julie Lenkoff's family that she was going on another cruise. During the tour, she passed out and fell, Diogo Beirão, the chief operating officer of the tour company, confirmed to BI. Kurt said he and the rest of Lenkoff's family had no idea this was happening since Norwegian hadn't contacted them. Kurt GiesToday, Lenkoff is in critical conditionSince arriving at the hospital in California, Kurt told BI that Lenkoff has undergone numerous tests and scans.
Persons: Julie Lenkoff, Lenkoff, , Julie Lenkoff's, Kurt Gies, Lenkoff's, Lana Gies, Kurt, Navetur, Diogo Beirão, Beirão, hadn't, São, Jay Campbell, should've, WRAL, Jill Campbell, Lana, Julie, gurney, Kurt Gies Kurt, would've Organizations: Service, Stanford Medical Center, BI, Campbells, North, Apple, Lenkoff Locations: Norwegian, Africa, São, Gambia, African, American, Lisbon, Portugal, United States, Toronto, San Francisco, California
"In fact, we now estimate that in 2024 Meta's ad business could outgrow Amazon's for the first time since 2015," the firm added. META 1Y mountain Shares of Meta Platforms over the past 12 months. Jefferies' bullish outlook goes straight to the heart of our investment case, which Jim Cramer reiterated last week during the March Monthly Meeting. All of this also jives with our view on Meta, as Jim laid out during the Monthly Meeting. Put it all together, and we're aligned with Jefferies on where Meta's stock can go from here.
Persons: Jefferies, outgrow Amazon's, Jim Cramer, that's, Jim, Meta, , TikTok, Mark Zuckerberg, there's, Zuckerberg, Jim Cramer's, David Paul Morris Organizations: Google, Meta, Facebook, Jefferies, CNBC, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: U.S, Menlo Park , California
Meanwhile, Wells Fargo called for 20% upside for Meta Platforms and raised one of its estimates for the company's ad sales. Despite those positive trends, the new price target from KBW is still below the stock's closing level on Tuesday of $245.84. — Jesse Pound 5:53 a.m.: Redburn Atlantic upgrades UPS UPS could be in for strong gains after a slow start to the year, according to Redburn Atlantic. Analyst Oliver Holmes upgraded the package delivery giant to buy, raising its price target to $180. "We believe UPS is at, or close to, trough revenue, volume, margin and share price levels," Holmes wrote to clients.
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An analytics app Meta acquired a decade ago turned into a major source of inspiration for product and business decisions, including its work to "clone" Snapchat. Rosen is Meta's chief information security officer, while Tiger was vice president of engineering until he left Meta in 2022. For several years, Onavo was key to how Meta decided to acquire, launch, and change its products, according to over a dozen court documents unsealed last week in an ongoing lawsuit. After the acquisition, Facebook found through Onavo's data on messaging apps that Snapchat was a top five mobile app and WhatsApp had begun to outpace Facebook Messenger. The company was hailed for its tech that compressed data on mobile phones, allowing apps to run in the background without eating up user data.
Persons: Guy Rosen, Roi Tiger, Rosen, Tiger, Onavo, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Mike Schroepfer, Chris Cox, Javier Olivan, Sandberg, Olivan, Cox, Facebook's, Colin Stretch, WhatsApp, Zuckerberg, Instagram, Snapchat, Stretch, Kali Hays Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Business, Onavo, YouTube, Olivan, TechCrunch Locations: Onavo, Davos, khays@insider.com
Here's a rapid-fire update on all 33 stocks in Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, the portfolio we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Amazon's recent AI moves have been impressive, specifically its close relationship with fellow Club holding Nvidia and, most recently, its multibillion-dollar venture investment in startup Anthropic. Best Buy : We added the electronics and appliance retailer to the portfolio shortly after the Monthly Meeting concluded. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.
Persons: Jim Cramer's, Jim, Jim Cramer, Reckitt Benckiser, Abbott, We've, Here's, Salesforce, that's, Walt Disney, Nelson Peltz, Estee Lauder, he'd, Ford, We're, we'll, Vimal Kapur, Kapur, Linde, Eli Lilly, TikTok, Meta's Ray, Morgan Stanley, Reddit, Morgan, Ted Pick, he's, it's, Stanley Black, Decker, TJ Maxx, Wells, Wynn, Spencer Platt Organizations: Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust, CNBC, Club, Department of Justice, Abbott Laboratories, Nvidia, Broadcom, Investors, Bausch Health, Pharmaceuticals, Costco Wholesale, Costco, GTC, Coterra, DuPont De Nemours, DuPont, stoke, Peltz, Disney, Eaton Corporation, Ford, General Motors, Wall, GE Healthcare Technologies, General Electric, Apple, Google, Bloomberg, . Honeywell, Honeywell, UBS, Meta, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto, Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Constellation Brands, Stanley, TJX, Marshalls, Wynn Resorts, Jim Cramer's Charitable, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, Getty Locations: China, Costco, U.S, East, Mexican, Growth, HomeGoods, Wells Fargo, Macao
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