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Tech billionaires aren’t the only ones fighting for control of AI. The US and China are too. The two world superpowers are competing with each other for everything from the intellectual know-how to design AI hardware and software to the raw materials that power artificial intelligence systems. Both are also using government subsidies to spur new advancements. Where the US holds a commanding lead at the moment is the development of generative AI systems such as large language models (LLMs),… Source link

California Gov. Gavin Newsom thinks the Constitution should be amended to accommodate the gun regulations he favors. But in the meantime, he is trying out a different strategy: If we ignore the Second Amendment, maybe it will go away. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right to carry guns in public for self-defense, saying states could not require residents to demonstrate a “special need” before allowing them to exercise that right. Newsom responded to what he called a “very bad… Source link

Russian army officers delivered a damning verdict on Vladimir Putin‘s war in Ukraine, as they voted to down arms and go home in a secret poll. Putin’s army has been involved in fierce fighting in the Donbas, as it tries to secure control over the entire resource rich region. On Friday Russia‘s Ministry of Defence claimed the city of Soledar had fallen to the Kremlin’s troops and that the noose was tightening on Bakhmut. Kyiv insisted that the city was still not fully under Russian control and… Source link

Brittney Griner in a Russian jail cell (left), Elon Musk (right)ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (left) and JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (right) Elon Musk responded to reports of a US-Russia prisoner exchange to free WNBA player Brittney Griner. “Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?” he tweeted alongside a meme on Sunday. Griner was imprisoned in Russia after officials found vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage. Elon Musk tweeted Sunday in… Source link

For the first time since Brittney Griner’s arrest almost three months ago, Russia appears to have publicly signaled its asking price for her safe return, if multiple reports by Russian state media are to be believed. Russia is looking to exchange the WNBA star in a prisoner swap for notorious convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout, several state-owned Russian news outlets reported Friday, citing unnamed government sources. Bout, whose exploits earned him the nickname the “Merchant of… Source link

Vasiliy Lomachenko, a former three-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist with eyes on a title bout in June, has reportedly taken up arms to defend his native Ukraine against the Russian invasion. Lomachenko, 34, posted an image of himself wearing military fatigues and holding a rifle via Facebook on Sunday alongside an announcement that he has joined a voluntary defense battalion amid the Russian onslaught. “The Belgorod-Dniester Territorial Defense Battalion has been… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, February 14, 2022 On Super Bowl Sunday, there was Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson getting the Super Bowl started on the right foot as only he could. Couple things stood out to me while The Great One was speaking: 1) He never trips up over his words on the mic, going back to his days with WWE. 2) Under Armour needs a bigger deal with The Rock (they… Source link

The “AMC apes” were quick to shred the downgrade of their favorite company on Twitter from Macquarie analyst Chad Beynon on Wednesday, a move that wiped away 7.3% from the stock price.  A day later, Beynon is standing by his call because, well, the fundamentals warrant a more bearish stance.  “It has been a pretty difficult time [to cover AMC],” Beynon said Thursday on Yahoo Finance Live. “The AMC story is really momentum and technically driven, and a lot of the leaders of this [AMC]… Source link

In a video released by the U.S. Navy, the USS Monterey is seen intercepting a ship. They seized nearly 3,000 assault rifles, hundreds of heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket propelled grenade launchers, and dozens of Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles. U.S. officials are currently investigating where the weapons haul originated and where it was going. Source link