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13 Jul

Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts

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Meta, the parent company of social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, has decided to remove restrictions placed on former President Donald Trump’s accounts.Meta updated its original statement announcing the end of Trump’s suspension on Facebook and Instagram in January of 2023 to reflect the Republican presumptive presidential nominee’s new online status. Axios first reported on the news.Meta removed Trump from all of its platforms following the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 amid “extreme and highly unusual circumstances,” according to Meta’s original statement.Seven people were killed as a result of violence on or collateral damage as…

13 Jul

Whistleblowers Say OpenAI Broke Promise to Rigorously Test AI for Danger Before Releasing

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"We basically failed at the process."Deadline DangerTech leaders have warned about the potential dangers of the very AIs they're developing, while harping on about the need for regulation.The sincerity of this cautionary mien has always been suspect, however, and now there's more evidence to suggest that OpenAI, a leader in the space, hasn't been practicing what its CEO Sam Altman has been publicly preaching.Now, The Washington Post reports that members of OpenAI's safety team said they felt pressured to rush through testing "designed to prevent the technology from causing catastrophic harm" of its GPT-4 Omni large language model, which now…

13 Jul

U.S. military to award $3 billion contract for AI-driven intelligence

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is poised to award an estimated $3 billion multi-year contract for commercial data and analytics services to monitor potential threats across the Indo-Pacific region, a focal point of global geopolitics and a priority theater for the Department of Defense. The program, known as Long-Range Enterprise Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Activity (LEIA), seeks to procure a wide spectrum of commercial data and advanced AI-driven analytics, integrating information from ground, aerial, and space-based platforms. The LEIA contract is expected to be awarded later this year. It is a full and open competition and several firms are expected…

13 Jul

The EU Is Coming for X’s Paid Blue Checks

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Paid-for blue checks on social media network X deceive users and are abused by malicious actors, the European Union said today, threatening the Elon Musk–owned platform with millions of dollars in fines unless the company makes changes.Enabling any account to pay for a verification breaches the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), European Commission officials said on Friday, because it “negatively affects users’ ability to make free and informed decisions about the authenticity of the accounts.” X now has a chance to respond to the findings. If Musk cannot reach a resolution with the EU, the company faces fines of up…

13 Jul

Vantage Data Centers Publishes Annual ESG Report

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Company’s third environmental, social and governance report spotlights progress on carbon emissions reduction programs, DE&I initiatives, industry-leading safety record and adoption of international reporting frameworks Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today published its third annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report showcasing continued progress toward its wide range of ESG initiatives amid rapid global growth. Themed “Growth that Preserves,” the 2023 report reinforces the company’s commitment to increase and track its sustainability progress across an expanding portfolio of 34 global campuses. “2023 was a year of remarkable growth in an era of artificial intelligence (AI)…

13 Jul

‘People say my book gave them a panic attack’: When We Cease to Understand the World author Benjamín Labatut

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“I know you’re trying to skirt around it,” says Benjamín Labatut when I put to him that his books concern people of unworldly intelligence working on problems that are maximally deep, “but the best way to sum it up is: ‘Why am I interested in mad scientists?’” Fair play. There’s no getting away from it: that’s exactly what his richly satisfying, deeply researched books are about.Both of Labatut’s two books currently available in English – the International Booker-shortlisted When We Cease to Understand the World (2020) and The Maniac, recently published in paperback – pivot around that moment in the early 20th…

13 Jul

Nextiva Review (2024): Is it Right for My Business?

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Nextiva’s fast factsStarting price: $28.95 per user per monthKey features:Easy setup.Business communication platform.Omnichannel contact center solutions.NextivaONE app.Automation builder.Analytics and reporting.Gamification.Call pop. Nextiva is commonly known as the go-to business cloud communications platform. It’s versatile and reliable, and its customer service teams are top-notch. The platform brings a broad set of features for team collaboration, customer communication and contact management — all easily accessible through a unified dashboard. Plus, Nextiva comes with excellent automation and analytics features. 1 RingCentral Office Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large (1,000-4,999), Enterprise (5,000+) Medium (250-999 Employees), Large (1,000-4,999 Employees), Enterprise…

13 Jul

Kettlebells can help you gain muscle and cardio fitness at the same time. Here’s what to know, according to a world-record athlete.

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If you're not using kettlebells in your workouts, you might miss out on major gains.Kettlebell exercises like swings, cleans, and presses can make for an efficient workout routine, according to personal trainer Jennifer Hintenberger, an elite vegan athlete with multiple world records in kettlebell sport."It's heavy weight, so we're building strength, but we're also building endurance and speed," Hintenberger told Business Insider.She said the benefits of kettlebell training can help you get stronger and healthier, and have fun working out too.Kettlebells can help you train strength and cardio at the same timeInstead of having to choose what to focus on…

13 Jul

Helsing raises €450M Series C for AI defence tech

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German defence AI company Helsing has raised €450 million in a Series C financing round led by General Catalyst. Elad Gil, Accel, Saab, Lightspeed, Plural, and Greenoaks participated. This brings the company’s funding to over $760 million. Helsing has been active in Ukraine since 2022 and recently established the Defence Manufacturers Alliance, a joint initiative with the Ukrainian government. Since its founding in 2021, the company has secured a series of government contracts, including the German Eurofighter Electronic Warfare upgrade (with strategic investor and committed partner Saab AB), the AI infrastructure for the Future Combat Air System (FCAS, with consortium…

13 Jul

Why an ‘AI health coach’ won’t solve the world’s chronic disease problems

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Last week, two big names in the artificial intelligence (AI) and wellness industries announced a collaboration to develop a “customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach that will be available as a mobile app” to “reverse the trend lines on chronic diseases”. Sam Altman (head of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT) and Arianna Huffington (a former media executive who runs a high-tech wellness company called Thrive Global) announced their new company, Thrive AI Health, in a Time magazine advertorial. Health is an appealing direction for an AI industry that has promised to transform civilisation, but whose huge growth of the past couple of…