Bernanke Review at BOE to Probe Use of Market Rates in Forecasts
Ben Bernanke’s review into the Bank of England’s forecasting process will look into whether the market path for
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Fed’s Goolsbee Says Soft Landing Possible, But Risks Remain
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said it’s possible for the US to avoid a recession
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First pitch: 3 things I heard in the Chicago Cubs clubhouse this weekend
The Chicago Cubs seemed to have found their winning ways once again over the weekend, and here's what I heard about that at Wrigley Field.
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How Do Rocks, Metal, and Other Foreign Materials Get Into Our Food?
A bacteria-related food recall is troubling but understandable. It’s a little weirder when one involves golf balls.
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Premier League rumors: Oblak to United, Januzaj to Everton, Rabiot to Newcastle
Today's Premier League rumors include Jan Oblak linked with Manchester United, Adnan Januzaj a target for Everon and Adrien Rabiot possibly on his way to Newcastle.
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Monday night's $785M Powerball jackpot is 9th largest lottery prize. Odds of winning are miserable
The ninth-largest lottery jackpot will be on the line when numbers are drawn for a $785 million Powerball prize
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IndyCar to return to Milwaukee Mile in 2024. Texas off schedule for first time since 1997 season
IndyCar will return to the Milwaukee Mile next season and Texas Motor Speedway is off the calendar for the first time since 1997 in the 2024 schedule
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When does NBA All Star voting begin?
When will NBA All-Star Game voting begin? Find out the latest updates on the upcoming 2023-24 season and the All-Star Game in Indianapolis.
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Ukraine claims commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet was killed in Sevastopol attack
Ukraine has claimed that the commander of Russia's Black Sea Feet, Adm. Viktor Sokolov, was killed in its attack on Sevastopol on Friday.
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Airbus picks sales chief Scherer to run jetmaking arm -sources
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Airbus is set to appoint sales chief Christian Scherer as the head of its core
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Spotify makes AI voice clones of podcasters and uses them to speak other languages
Spotify has cloned the voices of its top podcasters and will use them to translate podcasts into other languages. Presenters including Lex Fridman and Kristen Bell now have podcasts on Spotify in which they interview their guests in Spanish – despite those conversations never actually having happened. Instead, Spotify took those podcasts and used a range of artificial intelligence technologies to create a match of their voice. They then translated the podcasts and used the voice clone to read them back out, giving an interview that is in another language but nonetheless sounds as if it was being spoken by the actual presenters. The company hopes that the technology means that people can listen to natural-sounding podcasts that were originally English – even if they do not speak the language. The technology is available for a limited number of podcasts in Spanish already, and Spotify will collect them in a devoted part of the app, and will also appear as a suggestion when someone starts listening to a relevant podcast. Soon it expects to use the technology for French and German, and will apply it to more podcasts. “By matching the creator’s own voice, Voice Translation gives listeners around the world the power to discover and be inspired by new podcasters in a more authentic way than ever before,” said Ziad Sultan, Spotify’s vice president of personalisation, in a statement. “We believe that a thoughtful approach to AI can help build deeper connections between listeners and creators, a key component of Spotify’s mission to unlock the potential of human creativity.” Spotify has already rolled out a number of other AI-powered features, including its AI DJ, which not only chooses songs but uses an artificial voice to introduce them. Like that AI DJ, the new translation technology is built on tools provided by OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. It said the current techologies are “just the beginning”. “The creator and audience feedback from the pilot will provide important insights for future expansion, iterations, and innovations,” Spotify said in its announcement, and it said it would “continue exploring new ways to overcome barriers to storytelling”. Read More Tesla robot shown practising yoga Meta plans to develop ‘sassy robot’ chatbot for young users, report says Nasa just delivered a piece of a distant asteroid to Earth
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Call for sanctions as homophobic chants again overshadow French soccer's biggest game
Homophobic chanting by sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeting Marseille players has again marred the biggest game in French soccer and prompted calls for sanctions
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