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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while pitching into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a four-run sixth inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 on Wednesday night and advance to the National League Division Series.After hitting a franchise playoff-tying five home runs in a 10-5 win in the NL Wild Card Series opener Tuesday, the Dodgers eliminated the Reds by playing small ball and rapping out 13 hits — two fewer than in Game 1. Mookie Betts went 4 for 5 with three doubles.The Dodgers advanced to face the Phillies…
SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers wearing hard hats crawled into tight passages of concrete rubble, chipping away debris with hand tools to try to reach survivors days after they were trapped in Monday’s collapse of an Islamic school’s prayer hall in Indonesia.Some of the survivors were communicating with the rescuers working to free them.“How old are you, son?” a team of rescuers asked a student who was trapped.“Sixteen,” he replied, in a video released Wednesday by Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency.The student confirmed to the rescuers that he was not hurt but his torso was stuck in the debris of…
Peloton is aiming for a grand comeback ahead of the holidays.The company has been struggling after its meteoric rise during the pandemic.Its latest release? A $6,695 treadmill equipped with AI, along with a suite of other AI-enabled exercise equipment.Peloton is overhauling the entire Cross Training Series with new personalization features and a movement tracking camera that provides feedback, all powered by AI.On Wednesday, the fitness equipment company launched five new releases, including refreshed versions of its bike and treadmill, and a brand-new rowing machine. The higher-end Bike+, Tread+, and Row+ will now come with Peloton IQ, an AI-powered coaching system…
VALHALLA, New York (AP) — Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.PepsiCo, which also makes Doritos, Cap’n Crunch cereal, Funyuns and Mountain Dew, announced in April that it would accelerate a planned shift to using natural colors in its foods and beverages. Around 40% of its U.S. products now contain synthetic dyes, according to the company.But just as it took decades for artificial colors to seep into PepsiCo’s products, removing them is likely to be a multi-year process. The company said it’s still…
VALHALLA, New York (AP) — Pepsi has a new challenge: keeping products like Gatorade and Cheetos vivid and colorful without the artificial dyes that U.S. consumers are increasingly rejecting.PepsiCo, which also makes Doritos, Cap’n Crunch cereal, Funyuns and Mountain Dew, announced in April that it would accelerate a planned shift to using natural colors in its foods and beverages. Around 40% of its U.S. products now contain synthetic dyes, according to the company.But just as it took decades for artificial colors to seep into PepsiCo’s products, removing them is likely to be a multi-year process. The company said it’s still…
One medical resident at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc Township discovered his wife and children were attending church services Sept. 28, when a gunman rammed his truck into the chapel, opened fire and set the building ablaze.Two other medical residents from the hospital were at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel and were injured in the attack. Other employees were attending the service and some raced in on their day off to help treat the wounded.”This type of stuff doesn’t happen in Grand Blanc, Michigan,” said Dr. Chris Ash, a general and trauma surgeon who…
Several current and former OpenAI researchers are speaking out over the company’s first foray into social media: the Sora app, a TikTok-style feed filled with AI-generated videos and a lot of Sam Altman deepfakes. The researchers, airing their grievances on X, seem torn over how the launch fits into OpenAI’s nonprofit mission to develop advanced AI that benefits humanity. “AI-based feeds are scary,” said OpenAI pretraining researcher John Hallman in a post on X. “I won’t deny that I felt some concern when I first learned we were releasing Sora 2. That said, I think the team did the absolute…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. zipped all the way home from first base on Austin Wells’ tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees extended their season Wednesday night with a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of their AL Wild Card Series.Unhappy he was left out of the starting lineup in the opener, Chisholm also made a couple of critical defensive plays at second base that helped the Yankees send the best-of-three playoff to a decisive Game 3 on Thursday night in the Bronx.“What a game. I mean, it has…
For a moment, set aside all your worries and fears about the new Sora 2 app — about how using people’s likenesses could be “bad” or “create problems for society.” Don’t think about the potential copyright problems, or legal problems, or the possibly bad effects of super-realistic fake videos. Ssshhh, I don’t want to think about any of that.Instead, let’s talk about how Sora 2 is the most fun I’ve had online in at least three weeks. I’ve been playing around with OpenAI’s new video tool, and it’s FANTASTIC.Here’s the thing that makes Sora 2 more fun than other AI…
California just made history as the first state to require AI safety transparency from the biggest labs in the industry. Governor Newsom signed SB 53 into law this week, mandating that AI giants like OpenAI and Anthropic disclose, and stick to, their safety protocols. The decision is already sparking debate about whether other states will follow suit. Adam Billen, vice president of public policy at Encode AI, joined Equity to break down what California’s new AI transparency law actually means — from whistleblower protections to safety incident reporting requirements. He also explains why SB 53 succeeded where SB 1047 failed,…