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By Alex PIGMAN WASHINGTON, Nov 29, 2023 (AFP) – A year after the history-making release of ChatGPT, the AI revolution is here, but the recent boardroom crisis at OpenAI, the super app’s company, has erased any doubt that Big Tech is in charge. In some ways, the discreet reveal of ChatGPT on November 30 last year was the revenge of the geeks, the unsung researchers and engineers who have been quietly building generative AI behind […]
Amazon on Tuesday released its own AI chatbot intended for businesses, about one year after ChatGPT took the world by storm. “Q” will be available only to Amazon’s AWS cloud computing customers and will be in direct competition with OpenAI’s ChatGPT as well as Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s copilots that also run on OpenAI’s technology. Chatbots targeted at businesses have become the main battleground for generative AI, a year after ChatGPT wowed the world with […]
By Jean-Philippe Chognot PARIS, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Ten Israeli women including a 17-year-old were released Tuesday by Gaza militants, Israeli officials said, on the fifth day of a truce in fighting with Hamas. The release of the Israeli group as well as two Thai nationals brings the total number of freed hostages to 86 from around 240 people taken to the Gaza Strip after Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel. Tuesday’s release […]
By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – The United States on Tuesday sent the first of three military planes to Egypt to bring vital humanitarian aid for Gaza, promising to assist Palestinians during a truce between Hamas and US ally Israel. The relief flights carrying food, medical supplies and winter gear are the first by the US military since the conflict began with the October 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel. The flights […]
KYIV, Ukraine, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Ukraine said Tuesday it believed Russia had poisoned the wife of its military intelligence chief, in an apparent assassination attempt targeting the heart of Kyiv’s leadership. Marianna Budanova, who is an advisor to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, was hospitalised after a prolonged deterioration in her health, the Babel news outlet reported earlier. Ukrainian investigators’ “main hypothesis” is that Russia was involved in the poisoning attempt, Ukrainian military […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 29, 2023 (AFP) – Apple is set to end its credit card tie-up with Goldman Sachs, a US newspaper reported Tuesday, as the investment bank pulls back from consumer lending. Apple sent a proposal to Goldman Sachs to exit from their contract in 12 to 15 months, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The report added that this break covers both parties’ whole consumer partnership, including a credit […]
SYDNEY, Nov 29, 2023 (AFP) – An Australian police officer was charged with manslaughter Wednesday, after allegedly tasering a 95-year-old great-grandmother who later died in hospital. Dementia patient Clare Nowland died in May this year, following a nursing home confrontation with police that shocked Australians and made international headlines. She was allegedly shot with an electric stun gun as she slowly approached the officer with the assistance of her walking frame. Police said she was […]
By Adel Zaanoun with Michael Blum in Jerusalem GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Twelve more hostages were freed Tuesday from Gaza captivity in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce, as mediators worked for a lasting halt to the seven-week Israel-Hamas war. Ten Israelis and two Thais were released, the Israeli prime minister’s office said, with the army saying they were handed over to the Red Cross and were “inside […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Government, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the political-wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), and the New People’s Army (NPA) have “agreed to a principled and peaceful resolution to the armed conflict.” The commitment was contained in a four-paragraph Joint Statement signed on Nov 23, which was released through the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (PAPRU) Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. “Cognizant of […]
By Jean-Philippe CHOGNOT PARIS, Nov 28, 2023 (AFP) – Eight children, one 18-year-old and two mothers all from the same kibbutz community were released late Monday by Hamas, according to relatives, Israeli media and the Hostage Families Forum. Their release brings the total number of freed hostages to 74 from around 240 people taken to the Gaza Strip after Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel. Monday’s release was followed by the freeing of 33 […]
Captain Pat Cummins said Tuesday that cricketers were “not robots” with Australia’s Twenty20 team struggling in India straight after their 50-over World Cup triumph. Seven of the Australia squad who won the World Cup remained in India for a five-match T20 series that started four days after the November 19 final. A second-string India side won the first two matches and reports in Australia say that six of the seven are now set to return […]
