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Google’s AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM now lets users customize the tone of their Audio Overviews, which are podcasts with AI virtual hosts that summarize and discuss documents shared with NotebookLM, such as course readings or legal briefs. When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted as a “Deep Dive,” “Brief,” “Critique,” or “Debate.” A Deep Dive features conversational dialogues where two AI hosts unpack the topic with depth and questions. A Brief is a bite-sized overview that’s designed to help you quickly grasp the core ideas from your…

The Trump administration wants the United States to be the dominant force when it comes to artificial intelligence, and one way the administration hopes to achieve primacy is by bringing semiconductor manufacturing back to the U.S. To help with that transition, President Donald Trump has introduced potential chip tariffs and policies in recent months meant to bring more semiconductor manufacturing stateside. In late August, the Trump administration took an unprecedented step toward that goal when it converted an existing government grant, meant for domestic semiconductor manufacturing, into a 10% equity stake in Intel. This deal was structured to grant the…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — If Aaron Rodgers is looking to gain a measure of revenge against the New York Jets a few months after being cut for the first time in his professional life, he’s keeping it to himself.Yes, Rodgers is looking forward to Sunday’s trip to MetLife Stadium with the rest of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but only because it marks the start of his 21st and perhaps final season. And that’s it. Publicly anyway.Rodgers brushed aside the idea that he has something to prove to the New York front office and first-year head coach Aaron Glenn after the Jets opted…

Florida is moving to “end all vaccine mandates” in the state, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced at a press conference on Wednesday.Ladapo said the Florida Department of Health would be working with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office to end all mandates in Florida law, at the event at Grace Christian School in Valrico, located just east of Tampa.”Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Ladapo said of vaccine mandates.Currently, Florida requires children between kindergarten and 12th grade to receive four or five doses of the diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine; four or five doses of…

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of cuts of more than $2.6 billion in federal funding for Harvard University, delivering a significant victory to the Ivy League school in its battle with the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands for changes to its governance and policies.The government had tied the freezes at Harvard to delays in dealing with antisemitism on its campus, but the judge said the federally funded research had little connection to antisemitism. “A review of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime got past Alex de Minaur 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5, 7-6 (4) at the U.S. Open across 4 hours, 10 minutes on Wednesday to reach his second Grand Slam semifinal — and second at Flushing Meadows.The No. 25-seeded Auger-Aliassime’s only other trip to the final four at a major came in New York in 2021 at age 21. “Four years ago. It feels like more,” said Auger-Aliassime, who advanced back then when Carlos Alcaraz stopped playing in the quarterfinals with an injured leg muscle. “It was a tough couple of years.”Auger-Aliassime, who is Canadian, will…

In 2024, in what seemed like a landmark ruling, a federal judge said Google had an illegal monopoly in search.On Tuesday, that same judge unveiled Google’s punishment, which amounts to … not too much, all things considered.There are plenty of places to find analysis of Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling, but the fastest way to process it is to see what Wall Street thinks: Google stock is up 9% on Wednesday.And if you take a few more seconds, you can see how the specter of a major antitrust case has affected Google since the US government first filed suit in October…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA said Wednesday that it will investigate if a $28 million endorsement contract between Kawhi Leonard and a California-based sustainability services company allowed the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent league salary cap rules, following a report by journalist Pablo Torre.The probe will focus on ties between Leonard, the Clippers and a company called Aspiration Fund Adviser, LLC, which filed for bankruptcy this year. It listed several creditors at that time, among them the Clippers (who were owed about $30 million) and a company called KL2 Aspire LLC that was owed $7 million.Leonard is listed as…

Millions of dollars in cuts to vaccine technology. Canceled research. Mass resignations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overhauled health councils and ever-changing guidelines that result in sparring between government officials and professional medical agencies.Keeping up with public health and, specifically, who can get a COVID-19 vaccine, has become more of a challenge since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office earlier this year. Kennedy ruffled feathers in health communities in June when he upended the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), replacing all 17 original members with new picks, some with a history of…

The NHL will implement a playoff salary cap and remove team dress code requirements beginning this season, a person with knowledge of the situation said.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the decisions had not been announced.The league and Players’ Association agreed to those changes as part of a new collective bargaining agreement that begins in September 2026.The sides opted to make the playoff cap and dress code policy adjustments immediately rather than waiting another year. Teams will be required to submit a cap-compliant 20-player roster for each playoff game. Several teams over the…