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Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will have a disciplinary hearing with the NFL on Sept. 30 in New York, a person with knowledge of the schedule told The Associated Press on Thursday.The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the details haven’t been announced, said Sue L. Robinson is scheduled to hear Rice’s case. Robinson is a former U.S. district judge who serves as the disciplinary officer jointly appointed by the NFL and NFL Players Association.It’s the second time under the 2020 collective bargaining agreement that the league and the players’ union haven’t agreed on length of discipline,…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that helped parents get books they found objectionable removed from public school libraries and classrooms. It is a victory for publishers and authors who had sued after their books were removed.U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza in Orlando said in Wednesday’s ruling that the statute’s prohibition on material that described sexual conduct was overbroad. Mendoza, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, also said that the state’s interpretation of the 2023 law was unconstitutional. Among the books that had been removed from central Florida schools…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…
Vibe coding startup Lovable aims to hit $1 billion in annual recurring revenue within the next 12 months, according to its CEO, Anton Osika. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Osika said the company grows by at least $8 million in ARR each month. In a blog post written this summer, the company said it passed $100 million in ARR just eight months after making its first $1 million. Osika told Bloomberg Thursday the company is projecting to reach $250 million in ARR by the end of this year, and it hopes to reach $1 billion within the next 12…
As concerns over the emotional pull of general-purpose LLM chatbots like ChatGPT grow by the day, Meta appears to be letting its chatbot personas engage in flirtatious exchanges with children, disseminate false information, and generate responses that demean minorities, according to reporting by Reuters. According to an internal Meta document seen by Reuters, Meta had policies on AI chatbot behavior that allowed its AI personas to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” Meta confirmed to Reuters the authenticity of the document, which contained standards for the company’s generative AI assistant, Meta AI, and chatbots on Facebook,…
NEW YORK (AP) — Every NBA team will have at least two national TV games this season, the league confirmed Thursday as part of its full schedule unveiling for 2025-26.The reason: There simply are more national games than ever, now that the league’s new 11-year, $76 billion agreements with ABC-ESPN, NBC-Peacock and Amazon Prime Video are about to formally begin.There will be 247 games scheduled on those networks this season, up from 172 last season between ABC, ESPN and TNT.Other notes from this season’s schedule release:Election DayThe NBA, which did not play on Election Day in 2022, 2023 or 2024,…
There’s one word that strikes terror in the heart of a creative working on a MrBeast video: “cringe.”If the world’s top YouTuber calls a video or idea “cringe,” it’s likely dead in its tracks.MrBeast knows better than anyone what might spark a backlash among his millions of fans, a former staffer said. “If he doesn’t buy into it, it’s not going to work,” they said.MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is known for turning YouTube videos into eye-popping spectacles. The 27-year-old creator has buried himself alive, put hundreds of contestants through endurance challenges, and sent a train barreling into…
Good morning. Travis Kelce scored the ultimate podcast guest last night in his girlfriend, Taylor Swift. During the nearly two-hour episode, the singer spoke about the Eras Tour, her Easter eggs, and her new album. More than 8 million people have already watched it — but if you’re not one of them, read BI’s seven big takeaways.In today’s big story, employees are treating ChatGPT like their new office besties. But there are risks, and some of their human coworkers feel weird about it.What’s on deck:Markets: Corporate bankruptcies are blowing past pandemic-era highs.Tech: One of AI’s hottest startups is seeking a…
One of Europe’s most prominent AI startups has released two AI models that are so tiny, they have named them after a chicken’s brain and a fly’s brain. Multiverse Computing claims these are the world’s smallest models that are still high-performing and can handle chat, speech, and even reasoning in one case. These new tiny models are intended to be embedded into Internet of Things devices, as well as run locally on smartphones, tablets, and PCs. “We can compress the model so much that they can fit on devices,” founder Román Orús told TechCrunch. “You can run them on premises,…
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysInstant coffee products sold at Dollar General stores nationwide has been recalled due to the “potential presence of glass,” according to the company.Dollar General has voluntarily recalled three lots of its 8-ounce Clover Valley Instant Coffee sold in 48 states, the company said in an announcement posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.”The recall is being initiated after a customer notified Dollar General employees about the potential issue,” the…