US government shutdown would hit 2,000 long-term disaster recovery projects -White House
WASHINGTON The White House warned on Thursday a partial shutdown of the federal government that could occur this
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China Eastern Orders 100 Homegrown Comac Jets Worth $9.9 Billion
China Eastern Airlines Corp. signed an agreement to buy 100 domestically produced C919 aircraft, dealing a potential blow
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Congress on track to trigger a shutdown with House and Senate at odds
With only three days to go before government funding expires, Congress is barreling toward a shutdown with the House and Senate at an impasse over a path forward.
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Nagorno-Karabakh state will cease to exist in January, says leader
More than half of the region's ethic Armenians are now thought to have fled the Azerbaijani takeover.
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Biden to issue a warning over Trump's threats to democracy as they head toward possible 2024 rematch
President Joe Biden will issue blunt new warnings about ongoing threats to US democracy in a major address Thursday, sharpening the central argument in his potential rematch with Donald Trump, who he's accused of trying to "destroy" bedrock American institutions.
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Ant Consumer Finance Arm to Raise $616 Million to Revive Growth
Ant Group Co.’s consumer finance affiliate is raising 4.5 billion yuan ($616 million) from investors, as the Jack
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'I rejected it, like, full on': Kevin Bacon was scorched by Footloose fame
Kevin Bacon "rejected" the fame that he got from starring in 'Footloose' as he had his heart set on becoming a "serious actor".
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Kylie Minogue wows fans with free show in London
Kylie Minogue performed a 16-song set, including viral hit 'Padam Padam' and old classics, including her and Robbie Williams' noughties smash hit 'Kids'.
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'I've got quite high standards when I work with other people': Taika Waititi could relate to Next Goal Wins coach Thomas Rongen
Taika Waititi noticed parallels between himself and coach Thomas Rongen, the main character in his new movie 'Next Goal Wins'.
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Ed Sheeran to release album for each of the seasons and 'big pop record'
Ed has an album named after each of the four seasons, a live 'Autumn Variations' record, and a "big pop record" on the way.
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China's strong metal imports not as bullish as they seem: Andy Home
By Andy Home LONDON China's appetite for base metal imports appears to be growing. Refined copper volumes hit
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Meta launches AI chatbots with ‘personalities’ to take on ChatGPT
Meta has unveiled a new series of artificial intelligence chatbots to challenge the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Speaking at the tech giant’s annual Meta Connect conference, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the AI chatbots would feature different “personalities” based on celebrities. Among those to have already lended their personalities are the rapper Snoop Dogg, NFL star Tom Brady and YouTuber Mr Beast. The Meta AI virtual assistants, which will only be available in the US initially, will be able to answer queries or craft responses in a fashion similar to ChatGPT and other programmes. The firm also announced plans to launch an AI studio where users could custom build their own AIs. Users will be able to access the assistant and any created within its new AI studio from within any of Meta’s messaging platforms. This is where Meta is looking to differentiate itself from its rivals, by using its already extensively used social platforms to put AI chatbots in front of users, many for the first time. The company said it did not believe there will be “one single super-intelligent AI that everyone uses”, but rather “different AIs for different things”. This was the reason for creating AI Studio, Meta said, to enable users to “create your own AI that’s aligned with your goals, whether you’re a small business, a creator, or anyone really”. The company demonstrated several AIs it had created already, including a sous chef who could offer meal suggestions and a “personal editor and writing partner” called Lily. Meta said these different chatbots would be given their own profiles on its platforms to enable users to interact with them. Elsewhere at the conference, Mr Zuckerberg unveiled the newest version of the company’s virtual reality headset – the Meta Quest 3 – and reiterated his belief that the future of the internet would be based in the virtual world of the metaverse. In this space, users in such headsets will be able to interact with avatars of others as well as AI bots. Mr Zuckerberg said the metaverse would see the “physical and digital world come together”. The Facebook founder also unveiled a new pair of Meta smartglasses made by Ray Ban, which will be powered by the new Meta AI. “Smart glasses are the ideal form factor for you to let an AI assistant see what you are seeing and hear what you are hearing,” Mr Zuckerberg said. Over the last week, both Microsoft and Amazon have used live events to demonstrate their latest innovations in AI, with Microsoft announcing a new tool called Copilot is coming to Windows which users can call up at any time to help them with any computing, work or social task. While Amazon used its product event last week to unveil improvements to voice-based AI assistant Alexa that make it more natural and conversational, and better at understanding context and inference to help users complete tasks. On the same day as Meta’s announcement, OpenAI also unveiled a major update to ChatGPT that will give the viral chatbot direct access to the internet for the first time. Additional reporting from agencies Read More Meta unveils new Quest 3 headset and smart glasses that allow for virtual experiences in the real world Meta just took a step towards its dream of the metaverse Meta showcases new AR/VR tech at annual Connect conference Meta plans to develop ‘sassy robot’ chatbot for young users, report says
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