• 'AI Town': A Simulation Game with a Mind of Its Own

    "AI Town" is a virtual world powered by large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's Llama 3. Here, AI-powered characters can live, chat with each other, and even form social bonds."AI Town," an open-source project built by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on the Convex platform, lets developers create their own simulated worlds populated by AI-powered characters.This "always-on Sims-like" environment is a testing ground for various language models, allowing them to...

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    REO Town river contamination continues

    A February incident that led to contamination in the Grand River in REO Town continues to cause problems.

  • Irish town honours famous ship

    This May Bank Holiday, Cobh in Ireland will host several significant events to commemorate an event over 100 years old, which still holds deep resonance for today’s world. On May 7 1915, the Cunard Ocean liner ‘Lusitania’ was sunk by a German torpedo 11 miles from the Old Head of Kinsale while en route from […]

  • Chitungwiza acting town clerk in court

    By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF [email protected] CHITUNGWIZA acting town clerk who was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti- Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week on allegations To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions

  • How to manage your finances with Excel Interactive Dashboards

    If you are struggling to budget efficiently and make any headway paying off those credit cards or debts you might be interested in setting up an Excel Interactive Dashboard to help you manage your personal budgeting in 2024. Mastering personal budgeting is a crucial skill for individuals seeking financial stability and growth. Allowing you to […]

  • Managing meandering waterways in a changing world

    Just as water moves through a river, rivers themselves move across the landscape. They carve valleys and canyons, create floodplains and deltas, and transport sediment from the uplands to the ocean.

  • DATELINE SUNDAY PREVIEW: At the Edge of Town

    Dennis Murphy reports Sunday, April 28 at 10/9c on NBC.

  • An expert travel guide to Cape Town

    An insider guide to Cape Town, the South African city that excels in natural splendour

  • Collaborating with managers to improve employee engagement

    Discover your organization’s untapped potential through the transformative impact of effective communication strategies on workplace morale and productivity. No one benefits from an unhappy workforce. Yet detached and unmotivated employees seem to be everywhere. Last year, for example, two-thirds of U.S. workers reported feeling either not engaged or actively disengaged on the job, according to […]

  • Around the Bluhmin’ Town: What do you gotta be so happy about?

    Are you happy? The World Happiness Report just came out, and the wonderful folks of Finland are (once again) ranked as the happiest people on Earth.

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    Town of Alberton looks to clean up rat problem

    The Town of Alberton has scheduled a community cleanup day and wants to help residents pay for exterminators as it wrestles with a rodent problem.

  • Deadly, destructive tornado rips through Kansas town

    Authorities confirmed that at least one person died when a tornado barreled through Westmoreland, Kan. The storm also destroyed almost two dozen homes. It was one of 13 tornadoes reported during the night. Millions were at risk for new severe storms in the central and southern Plains.