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We’re in the early days of generative AI tools. They might also be the best days, says one AI founder.By day, Lily Clifford is the CEO and founder of Rime Labs. The startup creates the voice on the other end of the line when you call to order from restaurants like Domino’s or Wingstop. Rime trains AI models to create voices with specific regional accents, tones, and other elements that make them easier to converse with.Clifford also uses AI in her daily life, especially in lieu of search engines, she told Business Insider.Instead of pulling up a search engine when…
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Sovereignty bested Journalism on Saturday in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, the second hosted at Saratoga.Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on a fast Saratoga track after downpours throughout the morning and early afternoon dried up before post time.The 5-2 second favorite won in 2 minutes, 0.69 seconds, beating Preakness Stakes winner Journalism by three lengths.Journalism ended up in second again and Baeza was third — the same 1-2-3 as the Kentucky Derby.Journalism entered the gate at the Belmont as the 2-1 favorite, with Baeza the…
High profile attorney Alex Spiro has one key piece of advice for clients wading through tricky times: Don’t panic.The words of wisdom were shared as one of his most high-profile clients, Elon Musk, is in the midst of a public feud with President Donald Trump. It’s unclear if or how the attorney is guiding him through this particular debacle.The lawyer, who has also represented Alec Baldwin, Mayor Eric Adams, and Jay-Z, through muddy legal waters, shared the advice he gives to clients during times of crisis at the Forbes Iconoclast Summit on Thursday.”You got to get people to take a…
Back in 2015, Bezos wanted to launch Trump into orbit after the at-the-time presidential candidate fired shots at Bezos on what was Twitter, now X, calling the Washington Post, which Bezos owns, a “tax shelter,” Bezos responded that he’d use Blue Origin, a space company Bezos founded, to “#sendDonaldtospace.”Times have certainly changed. In January, Bezos said he is “very optimistic” about the administration’s space agenda. Behind the scenes, he has reportedly given Trump political advice, allegedly as early as the summer of 2024, according to Axios.There was a brief flare-up in April, though, after Amazon reportedly considered listing Trump’s tariffs…
A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism that college sports was built upon.Some questions and answers about this monumental change for college athletics:Q: What is the House settlement and why does it matter?A: Grant House is a former Arizona State swimmer who sued the defendants (the NCAA and the five biggest athletic conferences in the nation). His lawsuit…
The Club World Cup. A bold new era for the world’s most popular sport — or a major inconvenience, shoe-horned into a soccer calendar that is already at saturation point?FIFA’s newly expanded tournament kicks off June 14 in Miami against the backdrop of legal challenges in Europe, strike threats and repeated concerns over players’ mental and physical welfare due to the increased number of games.There has been no shortage of pushback from Europe since the bumper new addition to soccer’s landscape was announced in December 2023. Voices of dissent from the continent that will be sending the most teams to…
Kate Rouch, OpenAI’s chief marketing officer, said she was diagnosed with breast cancer.Rouch said she is expected to make a full recovery and urged other women to prioritize their health.She said she leaned on OpenAI’s ChatGPT to navigate her treatment.Kate Rouch, the chief marketing officer at OpenAI, shared on Friday that she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer weeks after assuming the role, which she called her “dream job,” in December.In a thread posted on X, Rouch said she was sharing her story to help other women, adding, “We can’t control what happens to us–but we can choose how we…
Kate Rouch, the chief marketing officer at OpenAI, shared on Friday that she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer weeks after assuming the role, which she called her “dream job,” in December.In a thread posted on X, Rouch said she was sharing her story to help other women, adding, “We can’t control what happens to us–but we can choose how we face it. My biggest lesson: no one fights alone.”Prior to joining OpenAI as the company’s first CMO, Rouch was CMO at Coinbase and, before that, spent over a decade at Meta, including as vice president, global head of brand…
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Brad Marchand and Corey Perry are by far the oldest players in the Stanley Cup Final. Marchand just turned 37 last month, and Perry is 40.Naturally, they combined for a third of the goals in Game 2 on Friday night, showing this is indeed a Cup final for old men, not for the earth but certainly in hockey. Marchand scored his second of the game to win it in double overtime for the Florida Panthers after Perry got the latest tying goal in the history of the final in the waning moments of regulation to give…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A convicted killer in Utah who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years is competent enough to be executed, a state judge ruled late Friday.Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, was sentenced to die in 1988 for killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker. Despite his recent cognitive decline, Menzies “consistently and rationally understands” what is happening and why he is facing execution, Judge Matthew Bates wrote in a court order.“Menzies has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that his understanding of his specific crime and punishment has fluctuated or declined in a…