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Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York, I’ve been drawn to op-eds and interviews about the stubbornness of his support among evangelicals despite it all. The lurid allegations involved in the trial have been enough to make news anchors blush. And yet, Trump’s evangelical supporters seem undeterred. Sociologist Samuel Perry offered a compelling explanation for this during an interview with Politico. Explaining how some evangelicals view Trump as one of God’s tools, Perry...
Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday showed off Project Astra, an aspirational AI agent that the company says represents the future of artificial intelligence-powered assistants: AI that can react to the world like people do, remembering what it “sees” and “hears” in order to answer questions about the scene around it.
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup X.AI Corp. is set to close its funding round at a valuation of about $18 billion as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.The size of the round hasn’t been finalised, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information isn’t public. The maker of AI chatbot assistant Grok was set to raise $6 billion in the round, whose participants include Sequoia Capital, Bloomberg News has reported.Deliberations are ongoing and...
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Livongo cofounder Glen Tullman wants to help employers lower healthcare costs with AI, but it may be just another Band-aid for America's $4.5 billion healthcare bill.
This is likely the only Trump trial before the election – and the only hope for a shred of accountability for his endless misdeedsWhen you set out to explore Donald Trump’s personal life and business practices, you don’t expect to meet any paragons of virtue.Sleazy media figures who buy and “kill” damaging stories? Yes. An adult film actor ready to tell all to make a buck? Certainly. A parade of spokespeople and staffers who compromised their own integrity during his presidential administration?...
Sphere is working on a show that will "blow your socks off," but officials say an announcement won't come until sometime this summer. Jim Dolan, Sphere's CEO and executive chairman, admits that's a tease.
STRICTLY professional Nadiya Bychkova has admitted she has no idea if she’ll be coming back amid Giovanni Pernice’s show crisis. The Ukrainian ballroom star is still none the wiser abou
Enterprises hoping to attract the attention of the search engine’s Gemini platform will need short, punchy web pages, says a digital advertising expert.
Are you ready for Microsoft’s latest Windows on Arm push? That’s what we’re expecting at today’s Surface and Windows AI event. Rumors suggest Microsoft will unveil a new Arm-powered Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 devices and a host of new AI features for Windows. Microsoft has been building up to this moment for quite some time, so expect to hear a lot about its transition to Windows on Arm. Things kick off at 10AM PT / 1PM ET. Microsoft isn’t livestreaming this event, so follow our live...
Knowledge advantage can save lives, win wars and avert disaster. At the Central Intelligence Agency, basic artificial intelligence – machine learning and algorithms – has long served that mission.